Barry Michael Smith

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. was a global offshore drilling contractor, which was engaged in the drilling and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells. It was own mobile offshore drilling units and is constructing drill-ships, and jack-ups. The company was headquartered in Houston, TX.

Transocean, Inc. provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company also provides integrated services. It operates through two segments, Transocean Drilling and TODCO. The Transocean Drilling segment consists of floaters, jackups and other rigs used in support of offshore drilling activities and offshore support services. The TODCO segment consisted of its interest in TODCO, which conducts jackup, drilling barge, land rig, submersible and other operations in the United States. Transocean, Inc. is based in Houston, Texas.

Noble Corp. Plc engages in the provision offshore drilling services for oil and gas industry. It focuses on a balanced fleet of floating and jackup rigs and the deployment of drilling rigs in oil and gas basins around the world. The company was founded by Lloyd Noble and Art Olson in 1921 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.