Santa Fe was founded in 1946 when a group of Union Oil Company employees purchased the drilling division’s eight land rigs in California oil fields.

The first order for desert drilling equipment came in 1951 for the Kuwait Partitioned Neutral Zone. This led to work in Kuwait, Tunisia, Bahrain and Iran. Over the last 53 years, Santa Fe has earned a well-deserved reputation for providing knowledge and quality equipment anywhere in the world along with safe and efficient drilling operations, which has made Santa Fe a class apart from its competitors.

Today, Santa Fe has a rig fleet of 26 marine rigs and 33 land rigs located in 16 countries worldwide.