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  • Seadrill Orders Tender Rig from COSCO, China

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, has placed an order for a new tender rig at the COSCO Nantong Shipyard in China. The new unit, T18, is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter 2013. Total project price is estimated at US$135 million, including project management, drilling and handling tools, spares, and capitalized […]

  • One More Seadrill Tender Rig for Chevron Thailand

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill has received a Letter of Award for a five-year contract for the tender assist rig T18 by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. Start of operations is scheduled for the first quarter 2014, following the delivery to Chevron of tender assist rigs T15 and T16 during 2013. The estimated value of the five-year contract […]

  • South Korea: Seadrill Confirms Samsung Drillships Contracts

    27 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries on Friday announced that it had received contracts for the construction of two drillships without revealing who the costumer was. Today, Seadrill, a Norwegian/Bermudan offshore drilling contractor confirmed the deal. The construction of the drillships is scheduled for completion in the second and third quarter 2014. Total project price per […]

  • Equinor to use Seadrill rig for Norwegian Sea work

    16 April 2021
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.

  • Seadrill Partners files for voluntary Chapter 11 protection

    1 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to preserve value and to continue the operation and marketing its assets.

  • Rolls-Royce man taking over as CFO at Seadrill

    29 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has announced that Mark Morris from Rolls-Royce will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), starting from  September 1, 2015. Morris will succeed Rune Magnus Lundetræ at Seadrill, where he will oversee corporate finance, tax, investor relations, and risk and insurance and will report to Seadrill Chief Executive […]

  • Seadrill drillship gearing up for new job in Brazil

    29 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    One of Seadrill’s drillships has arrived offshore in Brazil to complete testing operations ahead of its three-year contract with Petrobras.

  • Seadrill Places Order for Two Jack-Up Rigs

    20 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill Limited has entered into new contracts for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) in China. The newbuild rigs are scheduled for delivery during the fourth quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016, and the total project price per rig is […]

  • Nigeria: Seadrill Bags Drillship Contract from Exxon

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Seadrill Limited, in cooperation with indigenous partner Field Offshore Design Engineering Nigeria Limited has secured a contract with Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, for employment of the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship West Saturn, in support of the ERHA North Phase 2 project in Nigeria. The contract is for a firm period of […]

  • One-year extension, higher dayrate for Seadrill’s drillship

    2 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore drilling company Seadrill has won a contract extension for one of its drillships.

  • Seadrill Secures Letter of Intent for Semi-Submersible Newbuild

    7 September 2006

    HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Seadrill has been awarded a letter of intent by an E&P operator in the Gulf of Mexico for the semi-submersible drilling rig West Sirius (Jurong 1). The contract has a firm duration of four years with the option for the operator to extend the contract to five or […]

  • Singapore: Double Naming Ceremony for Seadrill’s UDW Rigs

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard and Seadrill Limited set a key milestone on November 5, 2011 with the double naming of high-specification, ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs West Capricorn and West Leo. The double rig naming – a first for Seadrill and Jurong Shipyard – witnessed the christening of West Capricorn by Ms Evelyn MacLean and […]

  • Sonadrill drillship held in Malaysia due to lack of permits

    15 October 2019
    Exploration & Production

    The Sonangol Quenguela drillship is being held by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency due to docking without permission. 

  • Seadrill to Submit Offer For All of the Remaining Scorpion Offshore Shares

    31 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill Limited (“Seadrill”) announces the acquisition of a further 9,071,948 shares in Scorpion Offshore Limited (“Scorpion”) on Friday, May 28, 2010 taking its total holding to 45,010,851 shares, representing 50.11 percent of the issued shares in Scorpion. The acquisition of the additional shares was made through Pareto Securities ASA at a price of NOK40.50 per […]

  • NYSE pushes to delist Seadrill Partners. Driller set to appeal

    6 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The New York Stock Exchange gas decided to suspend trading in securities of Seadrill Partners and has started procedure to delist the company, an affiliate of drilling contractor Seadrill, from the exchange. The NYSE reached its decision due to Seadrill Partner’s low market capitalization.

  • Seadrill targets enhanced managed pressure drilling ops with new collaboration

    17 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels, Vision

    Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has established a strategic collaboration with Texas-headquartered Oil States International with the aim of “transforming” offshore drilling efficiency and safety by bringing managed pressure drilling (MPD) into mainstream operations. The non-exclusive collaborative relationship is aimed at increasing the safety and efficiency of offshore MPD operations, combining Oil States’ MPD Integrated […]

  • Two Seadrill drillships pick up $1.1 billion for work in Brazil

    25 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Seadrill has found long-term assignments for two drillships with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant, Petrobras.

  • Seadrill Limited files for second Chapter 11 in four years

    11 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    In a move that was almost an inevitability after recent events in the company, offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • Seadrill boosts backlog with new deals but plans for recycling spree

    20 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Seadrill has added approximately $52 million to its backlog following the end of 3Q and is looking to manage its rig count by recycling some of its rigs.

  • Hat-trick award to bring $404 million to Seadrill

    28 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contracts totalling $404 million for three jack-up rigs in the Middle East.

  • New gig to keep Seadrill Partners’ rig in Malaysia

    27 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore Driller Seadrill Partners has secured a contract for its West Capella drillship with Petronas in Malaysia.

  • USA: Seadrill Secures Contracts for Three Newbuild Drillships

    25 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Seadrill has received a commitment from a major oil company for new contracts on newbuild drillships West Auriga, West Vela and a third drilling unit currently in operation, which will be named later. The combined 3 rig package involves 19 rig years and a potential contract value of US$4 billion, including mobilization fees for the […]

  • Seadrill Buys Songa Eclipse Rig for $590 Million

    16 November 2012

    Songa Offshore has agreed to sell the ultra deepwater semi-submersible rig “Songa Eclipse” to Seadrill. The rig is sold for net sale proceeds of USD 590 million. The ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig was delivered from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore in 2011, and is currently operating for Total offshore Angola on a fixed contract ending in […]

  • Hibiscus: Seadrill rig to drill Sea Lion well

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Hibiscus Petroleum’s wholly-owned entity, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (CHPL), has signed a rig share agreement for the drilling of an exploration well located in VIC/P57 offshore Australia. The agreement is signed with Origin Energy Resources Ltd which intends to drill two wells prior to handing over the rig to CHPL. Under the agreement, CHPL will […]

  • Bermuda: Seadrill Completes Deal with North Atlantic Drilling

    4 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

      Reference is made to the reorganisation of Seadrill’s harsh environment drilling services and the establishment of North Atlantic Drilling Ltd announced on February 15, 2011. Seadrill announces that North Atlantic Drilling’s acquisition of our harsh-environment drilling activities was successfully completed on March 31, 2011. Closing of the transaction took place in line with the […]