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Rowan Cos. Inc. (RDC) is in the Energy Industry

Revenue
Dec 31 2007
$2.0B
Profit
Dec 31 2007
$483.8M
Market Cap
Dec 03 2008
$1.7B

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  • Rowan Companies Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

    Question-and-Answer SessionThank you, gentlemen. [Operator Instructions]. And we will first go to Collin Gerry from Raymond James. Collin Gerry - Raymond James Hi. Good morning, guys. D.F. McNease - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning. Collin Gerry - Raymond James I've got a quick question on...

    Earnings calls 2008-05-01

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  • Rowan Cos., Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

    Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. [Operator Instructions]. We will go to our first caller, Mr. Arun Jayaram with Credit Suisse. Arun Jayaram - Credit Suisse Good morning. D.F. McNease - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning. Arun Jayaram - Credit Suisse Danny, I want to clarify your comments on...

    Earnings calls 2008-03-04

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  • Rowan Companies, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

    Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Ian MacPherson with Simmons. Ian MacPherson - Simmons & Company Hi, good morning. I guess my first question would be on the Gorilla VII contract there. It...

    Earnings calls 2007-11-01

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  • Rowan Companies Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

    Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions] We'll take our first question from Rob MacKenzie with FBR Capital Markets. Robert MacKenzie - FBR Capital Markets Good morning, guys. Daniel F. McNease - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Morning. Robert MacKenzie - FBR Capital Markets...

    Earnings calls 2007-08-02

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    Articles 2008-03-31

  • Steel Partners bids for Rowan board seats

    New York-based Steel Partners II LP has nominated Warren G. Lichtenstein. John J. Quicke and Robert H. Kanner to join the board of its portfolio company Rowan Cos. Inc.. Houston. (NYSE: RDC) a decision that is being argued by Rowan executives. Lichtenstein is chairman, chief executive and managing member of...

    Articles 2008-02-01

  • Steel Partners bids for Rowan board seats

    New York-based Steel Partners II LP has nominated Warren G. Lichtenstein, John J. Quicke and Robert H. Kanner to join the board of its portfolio company Rowan Cos. Inc., Houston, (NYSE: RDC) a decision that is being argued by Rowan executives. Lichtenstein is chairman, chief executive and managing member of...

    Articles 2008-02-01

  • Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights: ENSCO Int'l, Nabors Industries, Pioneer Drilling Co., Parker Drilling Co., and Rowan Cos

    CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases its latest Industry Outlook. This report identifies the best stocks in the top-ranked industries. Featured in the latest report is the oil & gas - drilling industry, with a focus on the following stocks: ENSCO International Inc. (NYSE:ESV), Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR), Pioneer Drilling Company (AMEX:PDC),...

    Articles 2005-12-29

  • DAYRATES

    Attractive prospects at current oil and gas prices and a shortage of rig equipment are catapulting dayrates for offshore as well as onshore rigs. "Jackups in the Gulf of Mexico have begun to sign meaningfully higher rates, well beyond our original expectations," reports Angeline M. Sedita, senior vice president of...

    Articles 2005-12-01

  • Katrina brought disaster to Gulf Coast energy center

    As some oil and gas companies were still working to fully recover from 2004's Hurricane Ivan, Katrina blazed across the Gulf, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Offshore driller Rowan Cos. Inc. lost one of its 22 rigs. Other companies did not fare as well, and Danny F....

    Articles 2005-10-01

  • More than 10 drilling rigs take a hit from Hurricane Rita

    Hurricane Rita sunk several drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and knocked several others from their drilling locations. Houston-based Rowan Cos. suffered damage to at least four rigs. The jackup rig Rowan Louisiana was found washed up on the Louisiana coastline. The rigs Halifax and Odessa...

    Articles 2005-09-27

  • Providian Financial and Rowan Co. Increase in Profits.

    M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2005-FNWU: Providian Financial and Rowan Co. Increase in ProfitsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01242005 Market leaders reported on by Financial News USA. Providian Financial (NYSE: PVN) saw its shares rise 4 percent Friday after the credit card issuer said...

    Articles 2005-01-24

  • UP AND DOWN

    The dominant Gulf of Mexico helicopter-service firms are seeing declining market share while smaller players are taking more for themselves. Once dominated by two large players, the Gulf of Mexico helicopter market is fragmenting as smaller firms try to carve niche positions in the shallow waters where their larger rivals...

    Articles 2004-05-01

  • ETCETERA

    Debt ratings, analyst comments & more First Reserve has raised its 10th private equity fund, a $2.2 billion fund available for companies in all sectors of the energy industry. The firm is still investing from its 9th fund, and expects to begin making investments from its latest...

    Articles 2004-04-19

  • Natural Gas Drilling Company Rowan Ends 60-Year Run in Texas' Permian Basin.

    By Julie Breaux, Odessa American, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--Rowan Cos. Inc., which drilled some of the deepest natural gas wells in the Permian Basin in the 1960s and 1970s, is pulling out of the region to concentrate its...

    Articles 2004-03-02

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  • Incorporated: 1947

Rowan Companies provides international and domestic contract drilling services. Co. also owns and operates a manufacturing division that produces equipment for the drilling, mining and timber industries. Co. conducts drilling operations primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, the Middle East, the North Sea, Trinidad, offshore eastern Canada as well as offshore West Africa, and onshore in the U.S. Co. operates in three segments: contract drilling of oil and gas wells, both onshore and offshore, and two manufacturing segments. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. provided contract drilling services utilizing a fleet of 21 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling platforms and 29 deep-well land drilling rigs.

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Rowan Cos. Inc. Company Info

Board of Directors

Lord Colin B. Moynihan

Mr. William T. Fox III

Sir Graham Hearne

Mr. Henry E. Lentz

Mr. P. Dexter Peacock

Mr. John R. Huff

Mr. Robert E. Kramek

Mr. Frederick R. Lausen

Contact Information

2800 Post Oak Blvd.

Suite 5450

Houston, TX

http://www.rowancompanies.com

713 621-7800

NAICS Code

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells: 213111
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