GlobalSantaFe Corporation was an offshore drilling contractor headquartered in Houston, Texas.

The company was formed in 2001 by the merger of Global Marine and Santa Fe International Corporation.

[2] In March 2003, the company temporarily suspended operations in Kuwait ahead of the Iraq War.

[5][6] In August 2004, one of the company's rigs sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 25 miles offshore Egypt after a fire broke out on the rig.

[7] In June 2006, the company contracted with Saudi Aramco for 4 of its jackup rigs.