nabors provides innovative drilling rigs and equipment to transform our global industry. every day, we are exploring new territory, digging deeper into what we can achieve. from designing new rigs that deliver higher levels of safety and efficiency for our customers to setting operational performance records around the world, our people provide the rigtelligence to meet the world's demand for oil and gas while learning and growing to also enhance their future career development. since our founding in 1952, nabors has grown from a small land drilling business in canada to one of the world’s largest drilling contractors. at the beginning of 1990, our fleet consisted of 44 actively marketed land drilling rigs in canada, alaska and various international markets. today, nabors owns and operates the world’s largest land-based drilling rig fleet and is a leading provider of offshore platform workover and drilling rigs in the u.s. and multiple international markets. as a global provider of ser