Key Energy Mcclain SWD

Key Energy Services is a well services company headquartered in Houston, Texas, working for exploration and production operators from small independents to majors, along with geothermal developers. Services cover well servicing and completions, fishing and rental equipment, and cementing, plugging and abandonment. The company states it has spent 45 years in the well services business.

Well servicing and completions

The rig fleet covers a range of classes for production work, including completion services, and each rig is available with ancillary equipment. Published rig specifications list pull capacity of 150,000 to 250,000 and mast heights of 71 to 116 feet.

Fishing and rental services

A full line of fishing services and rental equipment supports work on producing oil and gas wells. The company lists the following as a portion of the rental fleet:

• Reverse units
• Drill pipe
• Tubulars
• Laydown machines
• Blowout preventers and annulars
• 5k and 10k pumps
• Power swivels
• Foam air units
• Fishing and completion tools

Cementing, plugging and abandonment

The plug and abandonment package is assembled to provide all of the equipment needed to plug and abandon a well from a single service provider, rather than coordinating a separate vendor for each part of the job.

Fleet and operating footprint

The company reports roughly 400 rigs in total, of which about 225 are Class IV or above, and describes this as one of the largest well service rig fleets in the United States. It lists 37 operating locations across the major active basins of the Lower 48.

Operations leadership is divided by region, with vice presidents covering the Permian, the Eastern region, and the West Coast and Rockies. Key Energy also cites proprietary technology intended to support continuous improvement, cost reduction and safety performance.