Nomac’s first rig hit the field in April 2001 in northwestern Oklahoma. Nomac rig numbers 2 through 5 followed close behind and were also deployed in 2001. Operations continued to grow, with new rigs added to the fleet each year, and in 2005 we opened a Nomac office in El Reno, Oklahoma, to support the increasing workload. That year the company built and deployed eight rigs.

Nomac’s momentum continued in 2006 with the acquisition of Martex Drilling, which brought 13 rigs based in Marshall, Texas, to the team and opened up a new operating area for the company in East Texas and northern Louisiana. That same year, another 18 new-build rigs were added, and in 2007, 15 additional new rigs were added to the fleet.

In 2009, Nomac acquired 19 rigs from Yost Drilling, located in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania, which opened up operations in the eastern U.S. Additional acquisitions include four rigs from Houston-based Mountain Drilling in 2010, seven rigs from Oklahoma City-based Forrest Drilling in 2011 and 22 rigs through the acquisition of publicly held Oklahoma City-based Bronco Drilling in 2011. As of Feburary 2012, Nomac had 109 active rigs in the field with operations in Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia, making Nomac the fourth most active drilling contractor in the United States.