SMP (Société de Maintenance Pétrolière) is a French onshore drilling contractor operating in the oil & gas and geothermal ind ... ustry. Established in 1998, SMP employs today over 200 people in France, 100 people in Gabon and up to 100 people in Mozambique. SMP Headquarters are located in Château-Renard, one hundred thirty kilometers south of Paris (France). SMP has two operational bases in France (Château-Renard and Pau), one in Gabon (Port Gentil) and one office in JNB (South Africa) for our business in Mozambique. SMP has acquired interests in a fully renovated training center (EFF Drilling School) equipped with one rig and two simulators. read more