Helmerich & Payne

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryOilfield Services & Equipment
Founded1920 (1920)
HeadquartersTulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Key people
  • Hans Helmerich (chairman)
  • John Lindsay (CEO)
ProductsOilfield Products & Services
Revenue US$2.76 billion (2024)
US$452 million (2024)
US$344 million (2024)
Total assets US$5.78 billion (2024)
Total equity US$2.92 billion (2024)
Number of employees
6,200 (2024)
Websitehelmerichpayne.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of September 30, 2024.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (/ˈhɛlmrɪk/ HELM-rik) is an American petroleum contract drilling company engaged in oil and gas well drilling and related services for exploration and production companies headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with operations throughout the world. Their FlexRigs, introduced in 1998, have been used extensively in drilling unconventional shale formations, such as the Bakken formation in North Dakota and the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford formation in Texas. H&P is the largest on-shore driller in the United States of America with over 20% of the American land drilling market share and over 40% of the super-spec American land drilling market share.