Christopher Pitre

Global Marine, Inc. provides offshore drilling and management services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Rowan Cos., Inc. engages in the provision of contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company was founded by Charles Rowan and Archibald Rowan in 1923 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

GlobalSantaFe Corp. is one of the leaders in the contract drilling industry. It provides offshore oil and gas drilling and drilling management services. It owns and operates about 61 marine drilling rigs, including premium and heavy-duty, harsh-environment jackups, semi submersibles and dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships, as well as two semi submersibles operated for third parties under a joint venture agreement. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Rowan Cos. Ltd. engaged in the provision of offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry. It operates through the following segments: Deepwater, Jack-ups, and ARO. The Deepwater segment included ultra-deepwater drill ships. The Jack-ups segment consists of self-elevating jack-up rigs. The ARO segment owned, managed, and operated offshore drilling units in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded on October 11, 2011 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.