Directional drilling services in Kazakhstan

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SLB

Service company · ManufacturerAtyrau +3

SLB (formerly Schlumberger) provides reservoir characterization, well construction, completion and production services and technologies to oil and gas operators in Kazakhstan. It works through an Atyrau-registered branch of Schlumberger Logelco Inc. (since 2001) and ТОО «Шлюмберже Центральная Азия», and runs a large operating base near Aktau, opened in 2012, that supports onshore and offshore work in western Kazakhstan and the wider Caspian region.

Directional drilling and MWD/LWD · Wireline well logging · Well cementing · Hydraulic fracturing · +6 more

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KazMunayGas-Burenie (KMG-Drilling)

Service company · ContractorAtyrau

KazMunayGas-Burenie is an Atyrau-based drilling contractor whose history goes back to the Prorva drilling office of 1963; it has operated under its current name since 2002. It drills production and exploration wells and provides drilling fluid services, cementing, coring, well completion and directional drilling with a fleet of about ten owned rigs of 100–590 t capacity. It is part of the KazPetroDrilling group rather than a subsidiary of national company KazMunayGas.

Production and exploration well drilling · Drilling fluid services · Well cementing · Coring · +2 more

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Batys Munai S Group (BMSG)

Service company · ContractorAktobe

Aktobe-based oilfield contractor providing directional and horizontal well drilling, workover and capital well repair, well testing and development, cementing and swabbing, core sampling and geotechnical investigations. It also manufactures ancillary equipment such as rope slings, circulation systems and storage tanks, and supplies and services drill bits under a state licence for subsoil-related operations.

Directional and horizontal drilling · Well workover and capital repair · Well testing and development · Cementing and swabbing · +5 more

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Halliburton

Service companyAlmaty +3

Halliburton provides well construction, completion and intervention services to oil and gas operators in Kazakhstan through the Kazakhstan branch of Halliburton International GmbH (registered in 1996) and ТОО «Halliburton Kazakhstan». It has offices and operating bases in Atyrau, Aktau and Aksai; its remotely operated completion valves have been used at the Tengiz field, and it partners with Aksai Operating LLP, which holds an NCOC contract to operate a hydraulic workover unit at Kashagan.

Completion tools and services · Hydraulic workover and snubbing · Well cementing · Drilling fluid services · +4 more

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Baker Hughes

Service company · ManufacturerAtyrau +2

Baker Hughes provides oilfield services and equipment, as well as industrial and energy technology such as compressors and turbomachinery, to operators in Kazakhstan. It is represented by an Atyrau-registered branch of Baker Hughes Services International LLC (since 1998) and several local entities, including ТОО «Baker Hughes Services Kazakhstan» and the Kazakhstan branch of Nuovo Pignone International S.r.l.; it has an office in Atyrau and field operations in Aksai, and its authorized partner Atyrauenergoremont services mechanical drives, compressors and power generation equipment.

MWD and LWD services · Directional drilling services · Compressor and turbomachinery servicing · Industrial NDT inspection solutions · +2 more

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Exalo Drilling

Contractor · Service companyAlmaty

Exalo Drilling is a Polish drilling and well-services contractor, descended from PGNiG's drilling subsidiaries, operating a fleet of about 35 drilling and workover rigs plus well-services equipment. It runs a Kazakhstan branch from Almaty as part of an international network that also includes Pakistan, Chad, the UAE, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Tanzania.

Contract land drilling · Well workover · Well cementing · Hydraulic fracturing · +2 more

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Nabors Industries

Contractor · Service companyAtyrau

Nabors Industries is a global land-drilling contractor that has operated in Kazakhstan since 2015 through KMG Nabors Drilling Company, a joint venture with KazMunayGas subsidiary KMG Drilling & Services that took over Tengizchevroil's drilling program at the Tengiz field. In 2025 Nabors also acquired Parker Wellbore, which had run drilling rigs in Kazakhstan for various operators since 1993.

Land drilling rig operations · Rig automation and process control · Tubular rental and running services · Drilling performance software

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Gyrodata

Service companyAlmaty

Gyrodata provides gyroscopic wellbore surveying, directional-drilling support and cased-hole wireline logging services, and lists an office in Almaty. The Houston-founded company became part of SLB (Schlumberger) when SLB completed its acquisition of Gyrodata in February 2023, but continues to operate under the Gyrodata brand.

Gyroscopic wellbore surveying · Directional drilling support · Cased-hole wireline logging · Drilling optimization monitoring

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Vostok Neft i Servisnoe Obsluzhivanie

Service company · ContractorAktobe +1

Vostok Neft i Servisnoe Obsluzhivanie is an Aktobe-region drilling contractor registered in 2002. It independently performs turnkey drilling, casing, workover and development of oil, gas and geothermal wells, including deviated, horizontal and cluster wells, plus core sampling, drilling-fluid treatment, cementing and well completion.

Turnkey and contract drilling · Directional and horizontal drilling · Cluster well drilling · Well cementing · +2 more

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NOV

Manufacturer · Service companyAtyrau

NOV (formerly National Oilwell Varco) supplies drilling rig equipment, downhole tools and wellbore technologies to oil and gas operators in Kazakhstan, and rents and services tubular-handling and drilling tools. It has operated in the country since 2003 through a branch registered in Atyrau, with an office and equipment warehouse serving western Kazakhstan's oilfields.

Rig equipment field service · Downhole tool rental · Drill bit services · Tubular running services · +6 more

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Great Wall Drilling Company

Contractor · Service companyAktobe

Great Wall Drilling Company (GWDC), the international land-drilling arm of China National Petroleum Corporation, has drilled in Kazakhstan since 1999 through Sino-Kazakh Great Wall Drilling LLP, a joint venture with CNPC-Aktobemunaigas headquartered in Aktobe. The JV provides contract drilling, workover, cementing and directional drilling, mainly in the Zhanazhol field area of Aktobe region.

Contract land drilling · Well workover · Cementing and casing · Directional drilling · +1 more