Great Offshore

GOL is one of the largest offshore oil field service providers in India, offering drilling and offshore support services to oil and gas companies for exploration and production activities. The company was formed when the offshore division of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (GESCL) was demerged into a separate company in October 2006. Taking... into account the years when it was the offshore division of GESCL, GOL has over two decades of operational experience in the offshore oil field services business. The company, as an erstwhile division of GESCL, is India's first private sector company to enter the offshore business, with the purchase of an offshore support vessel in 1983. The company entered the drilling business with its first rig in 1987. It was also the first to own a platform supply vessel, and, pioneered the fire-fighting vessel segment with two dedicated fire-fighting support vessels under long-term charter with ONGC. GOL has a total fleet of 47 comprising drilling assets, support vessels, construction barges and tugs. It has four wholly owned subsidiaries, Deep Water Services (India) Ltd, Great Offshore Fujairah LLC-FZC, KEI-RSOS Maritime Ltd and Rajamahendri Shipping and Oilfield Service Ltd. GOL also holds a 26 per cent stake in a joint venture company, United Helicharters Pvt Ltd.Read More