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Claim this pageNational Oilwell Varco UK Limited is a private limited company (Companies House number 00873028), incorporated in March 1966, with its registered office in Stonehouse. Companies House lists its business as support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating), Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (A rating) and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (A rating) routes. It was on the register by January 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 16 Oct 2026.
On the register by January 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
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Yes. National Oilwell Varco UK Limited is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists National Oilwell Varco UK Limited for 3 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating), Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (A rating) and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (A rating).
National Oilwell Varco UK Limited was on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors by January 2023. That is the first copy of the register we hold that lists it, so it may have been listed earlier.
National Oilwell Varco UK Limited is registered with Companies House under company number 00873028, with its registered office in STONEHOUSE.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating), Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (A rating) and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (A rating).
National Oilwell Varco UK Limited is classified under Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction.
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38 other licensed sponsors in Aberdeen have the same industry code: support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction (09100).
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