Striker

What Striker does

Striker Design Solutions is a privately held engineering and design firm founded in 2011, headquartered in Eagle Lake, Texas, with a sales and operations office in the Houston Energy Corridor. The company specializes in oilfield drilling equipment and rig modernization, serving contract drilling companies operating 10-50 rigs and oilfield equipment companies needing outsourced engineering expertise. Its core offering is turn-key solutions spanning design, fabrication oversight, sourcing, and delivery, addressing the coordination gap between design teams and fabricators on land-based drilling rig projects.

The product portfolio centers on three single-load drilling structures (HP1000, HP1500, HP2000) with integrated walking systems and hydraulic rig-up via radio remote control, complemented by two proprietary walking system product lines (Well Runner™ and Well Sprinter™) and a modular set of rig upgrades (additional mud pumps, increased racking and setback capacity, mud system additions, repurposing of idle equipment). Underlying technology is built on industry-standard tools — AutoCAD for 2D layouts, SolidWorks and Inventor for 3D modeling, Compress for pressure vessel calculations, and ANSYS for Finite Element Analysis — with all drilling structures certified to API 4F, API 8A, and API 7K. The company's flagship reference project is the modernization of Independence Contract Drilling's Quicksilver fleet into the Shale Driller fleet, completed in a compressed 8-month timeline and resulting in rigs that have not stopped drilling since deployment.

The business model is project-based professional services combined with discrete upgrade product sales, priced via custom quotes. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, targeting drilling contractors who need to upgrade idle or aging rigs without the capital expenditure of new builds. Striker is founder/owner-operated with two co-owners (Joseph Nichols, President; Americo Garcia, VP Engineering), and the company has no disclosed external funding, institutional investors, or parent company. A strategic partnership with Perfect Consulting Group (2019) supports marketing and market reach. Named customers include Independence Contract Drilling and TSC (Trinidad Supply Company).

Name

Striker

Legal name

Striker Design Solutions

Website

https://strikerds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Striker Design Solutions is a privately held oilfield engineering firm (founded 2011, Texas) that designs and modernizes land-based drilling rigs, offering single-load drilling structures, proprietary walking systems, and turn-key rig upgrades for contract drilling companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oilfield Drilling Equipment Engineering

NAICS

Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333132), Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing (33313)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Completion Tools & Subsurface Equipment (Packers, Liners, Valves, Sand Control) (EUALABAD)

Keywords

• Drilling structure engineering
• Walking system design
• Rig modernization services
• Oilfield equipment design
• Pressure vessel engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Eagle Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Design and Engineering Services: Engineering services including API 4F drilling structures, rig skidding, walking systems, metering skids, pressure vessels, and piping design. Services offered as standalone design packages or integrated into turn-key solutions.
2. Project Management and Turn-Key Solutions: Full project handling beyond design including fabrication oversight, sourcing of purchased items, and ensuring delivery of products exceeding customer expectations. Addresses communication issues between design teams and fabricators.
3. Rig Upgrade Products: Sales of upgrade components including additional mud pumps, racking/setback capacity upgrades, mud systems, and repurposed idle equipment integrated onto existing rigs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Striker Design Solutions is an oilfield engineering and design firm that delivers API 4F-compliant drilling structures, walking systems, rig upgrades, pressure vessels, and piping for land-based drilling contractors. The company provides turn-key solutions spanning design, fabrication oversight, sourcing, and delivery of HP1000/HP1500/HP2000 single-load mast and substructure systems, proprietary Well Runner™ and Well Sprinter™ walking systems, and upgrade components such as mud pumps, mud systems, racking capacity expansions, and BOP handling add-ons.

Product overview

Striker Design Solutions is an engineering and design firm specializing in oilfield drilling equipment and rig modernization. The company offers a portfolio of drilling structures (HP1000, HP1500, HP2000) featuring single-load mast and substructure designs with integrated walking systems, two walking system product lines (Well Runner and Well Sprinter), and comprehensive rig upgrade solutions including mud pump additions, increased racking capacity, mud system enhancements, and idle equipment repurposing. Additional offerings include pressure vessel engineering and a suite of walking system add-ons (Articulating Cable Tray, BOP Annular Collar, BOP Shuttle Skid, BOP Transport Skid, Telescoping Flowline, BOP Parking Stump). The company also provides design and engineering services, project management, and rig surveys/inspections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Well Runner™: A versatile Pin-on walking system design adapted for multiple substructure types including Parallelogram, Slingshot, Cabot, Box-on-Box, Ideal Rig, and Carrier.
• Well Sprinter™

Products and services

• HP1000 Drilling Structure 1000 HP single-load mast and substructure with integrated walking system for land drilling contractors. Features hydraulic substructure rig-up with radio remote belly pack; mast transports with top drive installed, raises hydraulically, and scopes vertically using integrated winches. API 4F compliant.
• HP1500 Drilling Structure 1500 HP single-load mast and substructure with integrated walking system for land drilling contractors. Features hydraulic substructure rig-up with radio remote belly pack; mast raises hydraulically and scopes vertically using integrated winches. API 4F compliant.
• HP2000 Drilling Structure 2000 HP single-load mast and three-piece substructure with integrated walking system. Designed to reduce transportation costs and feature hydraulic rig-up with radio remote belly pack. Mast raises hydraulically and scopes vertically using integrated winches. API 4F compliant.
• Well Runner Walking System Versatile pin-on walking system adapted for multiple substructure types including Parallelogram, Slingshot, Cabot, Box-on-Box, Ideal Rig, and Carrier. Features 2.4 million lb lifting capacity, 24-inch forward movement per cycle, 5-inch ground clearance on rig jacking, and automatic rotating feature for movement in any direction. For drilling contractors.
• Well Sprinter Walking System Walking system designed specifically to be integrated into Box-on-Box or parallelogram style substructures and travels with the units during transportation. For drilling contractors.
• Additional Mud Pump Upgrade Mud pump upgrade solution including addition of third mud pump, upgrading from 5,000 psi to 7,500 psi, increasing suction charge lines, and optimizing suction and discharge piping for longer, deeper wells. For drilling contractors.
• Increased Racking and Setback Capacity Upgrade Custom solutions to upgrade racking and setback capacity to meet drilling industry demands. All solutions backed by PE certification and in compliance with API 4F. For drilling contractors.
• Mud System Upgrade Additional mud system volume solutions for longer wells. Options include modifying existing mud systems and reserve tank options. For drilling contractors.
• Repurpose Idle Equipment Service Equipment repurposing services to utilize idle assets on upcoming projects. Example includes derrick 503 single shakers unitized on a single skid with flow divider, overflow weirs, walkways, and cement bypass. For drilling contractors.
• Pressure Vessel Design Services Pressure vessel design services using state-of-the-art software including AutoCAD for 2-D layouts, SolidWorks and Inventor for 3-D modeling, Compress for calculations, and ANSYS for Finite Element Analysis. For oilfield equipment companies.
• Articulating Cable Management Tray 6-section articulating cable management tray for walking rigs. Alternative to festoons and drag chains that is more effective, efficient, and cost-effective for keeping rig wired up during walking operations. For drilling contractors.
• BOP Annular Collar Allows BOP to rotate freely while being supported by substructure trolley hoists. Enables correction of misalignment during BOP installation and can finesse BOP through narrow substructure openings. For drilling contractors.
• BOP Shuttle Skid Substructure BOP parking stump that moves linearly toward the well along trolley hoist path. Integrated hydraulic rotator allows BOP rotation to slip through substructure supports. Serves as parking location during walking operations. For drilling contractors.
• BOP Transport Skid Custom BOP transport systems and handling solutions. Features 5k annular with 10k rams on transportable skid for augmenting Striker walking systems. For drilling contractors.
• Telescoping Flowline Triple telescoping swivel flowline for walking or skidding land rigs. Allows 50 to 100 feet of movement. Longer walking distances handled with additional manifold easily installed on mud system. For drilling contractors.
• BOP Parking Stump Static solution for BOP mounting during walking operations. Removable beams attached to substructure welds serve as parking stump when moving BOP away from well center. Safer alternative to chaining BOP. For drilling contractors.
• Design and Engineering Services Wide range of design and engineering services including API 4F drilling structures, rig skidding, walking systems, metering skids, pressure vessels, industrial tank cleaning equipment, piping, and product lines. Services offered as standalone design packages or integrated into turn-key solutions. For oilfield equipment companies and drilling contractors.
• Project Management Services Project management beyond the design stages, handling fabrication oversight, sourcing of purchased items, and ensuring delivery of products exceeding customer expectations. Addresses communication issues between design teams and fabricators. For drilling contractors.
• Rig Surveys, Inspections and Upgrades Services Field services covering re-commissioning of stacked rigs, 4G inspections, and various upgrades to existing rig designs. For drilling contractors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rig utilization improvement from 42% (2017) to 65% (2018) across industry
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Perfect Consulting GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2019Perfect Consulting Group introduced Striker Design Solutions to expand their client base beyond engineering. Striker provides expert engineering services and turnkey custom solutions to clients in the Drilling and Custom Production Equipment market. Perfect Consulting Group assists Striker with marketing materials, website updates, market reach expansion, and introducing contractors and partners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Pason Systems: Provider of drilling instrumentation and data systems to land drilling contractors. Adjacent to Striker's drilling equipment focus, serving the same contract drilling customer base with complementary (rather than directly competing) offerings.
• BICO Drilling Tools: Smaller oilfield equipment manufacturer offering drilling tools and rig components. Comparable niche scale to Striker and partial product overlap in drilling rig auxiliary equipment.

Broad incumbents

• Precision Drilling: Major North American land drilling contractor operating a large fleet of high-performance walking rigs. A representative customer profile for rig modernization services and a comparable operator in the same end market.
• SLB (Schlumberger): Integrated oilfield services giant with drilling-related equipment and BOP products. Overlaps with Striker's BOP handling add-ons and pressure vessel work, though operating at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Nabors Industries: Global drilling contractor with significant US land drilling operations and proprietary rig technologies (PACE rig). Comparable customer profile and a competitor in walking system innovation.
• Helmerich & Payne: Largest US land drilling contractor and FlexRig walking system developer. Both a potential customer profile (large fleet operator) and a competitor since it designs drilling rigs in-house, paralleling Striker's specialty.
• Patterson-UTI Energy: US land drilling contractor with a large rig fleet, including AC and walking rigs. Comparable customer profile to Striker's ICD relationship and a relevant industry comparator for fleet modernization trends.

Direct peers

• Drillmec: Manufacturer of land drilling rigs and related equipment, including walking systems and skidding packages. Operates in the same land rig modernization niche as Striker, with international reach.
• Forum Energy Technologies: Manufactures oilfield equipment including drilling-related structures and components. Overlaps with Striker's drilling structures and rig upgrade products, serving similar upstream drilling contractors.
• National Oilwell Varco (NOV): Largest global oilfield equipment manufacturer, including drilling rigs, masts, substructures, and walking systems (Aero Walk). Directly competes with Striker's drilling structures and walking system offerings, but at much larger scale and with broader product portfolios.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/striker-design-solutions-llc
• Facebookfacebook.com/strikerdesignsolutions

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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