Name

International Snubbing Services

Legal name

International Snubbing Services LLC

Website

https://iss-snub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oil and Gas Well Intervention Services

NAICS

Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333132)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)

akta.pro primary industry

Production Services & Artificial Lift (ESP, Rod Lift, Gas Lift, Chemicals) (EUALABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Drilling & Workover Rigs (Land & Offshore) (EUALABAA), Subsea Services & Equipment (Subsea Trees, Umbilicals, Installation, IMR) (EUALABAI)

Keywords

• Well intervention services
• Hydraulic workover services
• Snubbing services
• Plug and abandonment
• Oilfield intervention equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Arnaudville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Well Intervention Services: ISS provides hydraulic workover, snubbing, plug & abandonment, and deep water services to oil and gas operators. Revenue generated through project-based service contracts, typically charged per operation or project scope.
2. Equipment Manufacturing and Maintenance: ISS manufactures and maintains custom-built equipment strictly for both live and dead well intervention applications. Equipment sales and rental contribute to revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ISS is a global provider of well intervention services—hydraulic workover (HWU), snubbing, plug and abandonment, engineering/consulting, and deep water services—for onshore and offshore oil and gas operators. The company designs and manufactures its own fleet of proprietary hydraulic workover and snubbing equipment (150k to 600k units), enabling live and dead well interventions across diverse environments including Gulf of Mexico platforms, deep water floating assets, and onshore wells. Operations are delivered through project-based service contracts supplemented by equipment sales and rental.

Product overview

International Snubbing Services (ISS) offers a portfolio of well intervention services and custom-built hydraulic workover/snubbing equipment. The core service offerings include Hydraulic Workover (HWU), Snubbing Services, Plug & Abandonment, Engineering/Consulting, and Deep Water Services. These services are supported by a fleet of in-house manufactured equipment ranging from 150k to 600k capacity units (150k Quick Rig, 225k Quick Rig, 340k Stand Alone, 420k Hydraulic Drilling Unit, 460k Stand Alone, 600k Stand Alone), all designed for live and dead well interventions in both onshore and offshore environments. The equipment portfolio provides varying capacities from 150,000 lbs to 600,000 lbs pull capacity to address different well conditions and intervention requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hydraulic Workover (HWU) In-house designed and manufactured Hydraulic Workover Unit (HWU) providing an economic solution for well repair operations both onshore and offshore, using hydraulic cylinders to lift tubulars in or out of dead wells with perfect control and a small footprint.
• Snubbing Services Live well intervention service for injecting tubulars into under-balanced wells, configured with snubbing slips for handling pipe light situations, including planned snubbing and well control snubbing applications for onshore and offshore customers.
• Plug & Abandonment Services Platform well plug and abandonment operations using hydraulic workover solutions, including re-entry P&A, temporary abandonment, isolating reservoirs, and casing section milling, with BSEE-driven Gulf of Mexico idle iron decommissioning expertise.
• Engineering/Consulting Engineering services including project management, workover/snubbing programs, downhole tool selection, rig-up design, pipe modelling via Cerberus/CTES software, P&ID design, and P&A program design.
• Deep Water Services Well intervention services for deepwater assets including workovers, tubing change outs, ESP change outs, recompletions, gravel packing, thru tubing intervention, and plug & abandonment on TLP, Spar, Compliant Tower, and semi-submersible platforms, using units with passive compensation substructures and full skidding capabilities.
• 150k Quick Rig Truck-mounted quick rig snubbing unit with 150,000 lbs max pull capacity and 65,000 lbs max push capacity, designed for high pressure snubbing, thru tubing well intervention, pipe sizes 3/4" to 3-1/2", and velocity string installations.
• 225k Quick Rig Compact snubbing unit with 225,000 lbs max pull capacity and 115,000 lbs max push capacity, featuring rapid rig up time, designed for coiled tubing fishing, frac plug millouts, multi well pads, and pipe sizes 1-1/2" to 5-1/2".
• 340k Stand Alone Stand alone snubbing unit with 340,000 lbs max pull capacity and 160,000 lbs max push capacity, capable of running tubing from 2-3/8" to 7-5/8" with 22,000 ft/lbs rotary torque for drilling and milling operations.
• 420k Hydraulic Drilling Unit Self-erecting hydraulic drilling/workover unit with 420,000 lbs pull capacity, capable of side track drilling and workover operations offshore with skidding capabilities and integrated equipment sub-frame.
• 460k Stand Alone Stand alone snubbing unit with 460,000 lbs max pull capacity and 210,000 lbs max push capacity, capable of running tubing from 2-3/8" to 10-3/4" with 22,000 ft/lbs rotary torque.
• 600k Stand Alone Largest stand alone snubbing unit with 600,000 lbs max pull capacity and 300,000 lbs max push capacity, capable of running tubing from 2-3/8" to 10-3/4" with 14" or 20" through bore.

Quantifiable outcome

• P&A operations using HWU are 5 times more affordable than using jack-up drilling rigs
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wild Well ControlcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISS has worked hand in hand with Wild Well Control, their sister company, for decades providing unsurpassed service to go along with an award winning safety record. Wild Well Control provides well control expertise while ISS provides snubbing services for uncontrolled situation response.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Halliburton (Production Solutions): Global oilfield services major whose Production Solutions and Well Intervention product lines include snubbing, HWO, and P&A services, competing with ISS especially on complex, internationally located jobs.
• SLB (Schlumberger): World's largest OFS provider with extensive well intervention, production enhancement, and P&A capabilities that compete for the same offshore deep-water intervention contracts ISS targets.
• Superior Energy Services (parent): Diversified oilfield services conglomerate that owns ISS and provides adjacent services (workover rigs, cementing, intervention) across the same customer base, overlapping as both parent and broader peer set.

Emerging players

• Archer Limited: Global oilfield services company providing platform drilling and well intervention services, with comparable offshore platform-based intervention work.
• Strikeline Inc. Specialized well intervention provider offering snubbing services, comparable in scope and customer profile to ISS, particularly in select US basins.
• Wild Well Control (sister company): Sister company under Superior Energy providing well control and pressure control services; while not a direct snubbing competitor, it shares customers and is contractually intertwined with ISS.

Direct peers

• RPC, Inc. Cokesbury division operates one of the largest snubbing fleets in North America, offering hydraulic workover and snubbing services that directly overlap with ISS's HWU and snubbing portfolio.
• Key Energy Services: US-based well intervention and workover services provider (including coiled tubing and snubbing), directly competing with ISS in onshore and offshore well intervention across North American basins.
• C&J Energy Services: Provides hydraulic workover, coiled tubing, and snubbing services across the US, including offshore-capable equipment. Directly comparable product mix and customer base to ISS.
• Basic Energy Services: US-focused oilfield services company with overlapping well servicing, workover, and P&A offerings serving onshore and shallow-water oil and gas operators.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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