Barbour specializes in drilling shallow oil production wells, and large diameter geothermal wells that are high yield and quality in support of the Petroleum and Geothermal industries.

Barbour is aggressive in its ongoing research efforts to provide the most comprehensive and advanced methods of well drilling and associated services such as; workover - rehabilitation, geophysical logging and downhole video services.

Barbour is an current IADC member, and provides both direct mud rotary (conventional) drilling, vertical and directional, as well as reverse rotary underbalanced drilling for specialized applications.

Barbour has a lengthy list of clientele and project references which are available upon request.  Of particular importance is the work performed for the government at the Nevada Test Site in Mercury, Nevada and unique oil production drilling applications throughout Bakersfield and Santa Maria California and Geothermal drilling in Nevada.

Barbour maintains both a C53 and D09 Contractors License in California and both C23 and A9 Contractors Licenses in Nevada. Our Wireline services also are available in most of the Western US States as well as servicing the Pacific Rim as far as Hawaii and Japan.

Barbour maintains complete in-house facilities for support, repair, maintenance, and calibration of all their equipment. These facilities include an electronic engineering department, machine shop and mechanical repair shop.

Barbour's innovations have additionally provided new avenues for the petroleum industry in their ongoing efforts to produce viable production wells in a variety of formations.