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  • Seadrill Lands Massive Deal

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) has secured a contract with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd. for employment of the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship West Jupiter, in support of the EGINA ultra-deep offshore project in Nigeria. The contract is for a firm period of 5 years and has a total revenue potential for the primary contract term of approximately $1.1 […]

  • Seadrill, Sonangol create JV company Sonadrill in Angola

    6 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Seadrill has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola Ltda, an affiliate of Sonangol E.P.

  • Seadrill defers drillship deliveries

    15 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Ltd has reached an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Enigneering (DSME) to defer the delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships. According to the new schedule, the West Aquila and West Libra drillships will now ne delivered in the second quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019 respectively. Under the terms of the original construction […]

  • Seadrill names Executive VP

    2 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has appointed Anton Dibowitz as Executive Vice President of Seadrill Management. He will continue to report to CEO, Per Wullf. Seadrill said on Thursday that, in addition to his ongoing role as Chief Commercial Officer, in this new appointment, Dibowitz will take on additional responsibility for day-to-day business administration. Per Wullf, […]

  • Seadrill emerges from bankruptcy

    3 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Offshore driller Seadrill Limited has emerged from Chapter 11 after successfully completing its reorganization pursuant to its chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

  • Seadrill chairman steps down

    31 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Seadrill Limited’s chairman will be stepping down from the board with immediate effect, having been chairman since 2019.

  • Seadrill Partners Expands BoD

    30 January 2013

    Seadrill Partners LLC  announced today that  Bart Veldhuizen has been appointed to its board of directors. Veldhuizen will also serve on the conflicts committee of Seadrill Partners. Veldhuizen has worked in the shipping industry since 1994, on both the banking and non-banking side, most recently as the Managing Director & Head of Shipping of Lloyds […]

  • Seadrill rigs secure more Gulf of Mexico work

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

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured new contract awards for two of its rigs with a total value of $105 million.

  • SapuraKencana Merges Its Tender Rig Business with Seadrill

    6 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad and Seadrill Limited are pleased to announce that they have entered into a non binding memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) to combine and integrate both companies’ tender rig businesses. The two companies including their predecessor companies have operated part of their tender rigs businesses together successfully in the joint venture Varia Perdana Sdn […]

  • Seadrill JV lands 12-well drillship contract in Angola

    14 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    A new, twelve-well drillship contract has been awarded to a joint venture between Seadrill Limited and Angola’s oil and gas player Sonangol.

  • Seadrill JV lands 12-well job for drillship in Angola

    3 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Sonadrill, a 50:50 joint venture between Seadrill and Sonangol, has secured a 12-well extension in Angola for the Libongos drillship.

  • Bermuda: Seadrill Nets Hat-Trick

    6 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    A Norwegian-Bermudan drilling contractor, Seadrill, has secured new contracts for the three jack-up rigs Offshore Mischief, Offshore Defender, and West Leda. The aggregated revenue potential is estimated at US$311 million inclusive of mobilization fees and assignment specific rig modifications. Offshore Mischief has been awarded contract by Equion Energia Limited in Colombia. The assignment is for […]

  • Seadrill Partners welcomes new director

    26 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Seadrill Partners LLC, a London-based company formed by Seadrill Limited to own, operate and acquire offshore drilling rigs, has appointed Andrew Cumming to its board of directors. The company says that Cumming will also serve on the conflicts committee of Seadrill Partners. As said in the statement, Cumming has almost 40 years’ experience in banking and risk […]

  • Seadrill sells West Vela drillship

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill Limited has entered into an agreement with Seadrill Partners according to which the company will sell to Seadrill Capricorn Holdings LLC, Seadrill Partners’ 51% owned subsidiary, all of the ownership interests in the entities that own and operate the drillship, the West Vela. Seadrill Limited says that the Vela acquisition, which is expected to […]

  • LLOG Hires Seadrill’s Newbuild Drillship

    17 April 2013

    Seadrill has signed a contract with LLOG Bluewater Holdings, LLC, for employment of the new-build drill-ship, West Neptune, offshore Gulf of Mexico. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus an option for a one-year extension at mutually agreed rates. The potential revenue for the primary contract term is approximately US$662 million. The […]

  • Seadrill on track for Chapter 11 emergence

    6 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Seadrill Limited is on track for Chapter 11 emergence following court approval of its disclosure statement for the reorganization plan.

  • Statoil hires new Seadrill rig

    15 April 2010

    “We believe that the contract reflects a sustainable price level for this type of drilling rig,” says Anders Opedal, senior vice president for procurement in Statoil. “The contract also serves to strengthen further our cooperation with Seadrill.” Statoil is awarding a five-year contract to Seadrill for a newly built drilling rig for use on the […]

  • Seadrill JV’s drillship pair secures over 800 days in Angola

    25 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Sonadrill Holding, a joint venture between offshore drilling contractor Seadrill and an affiliate of Angola’s state-controlled oil company Sonangol, has won two contracts for a vessel pair from its fleet.

  • Seadrill makes two senior management changes

    18 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Seadrill Limited has appointed Reid Warriner as Chief Operating Officer and Leif Neilson as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately.

  • Seadrill sees increased contracting activity in deepwater market

    24 May 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has posted a quarterly loss but says it sees improvement in deepwater drilling contracting activity. The company has also revealed it has secured more work for its rigs.

  • Seadrill drillship bags 10-well job in Angola

    25 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has announced a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill, Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Angola’s Sonangol. Sonadrill has secured a 10-well contract with options for up to 8 additional wells in Angola for the West Gemini drillship, Seadrill revealed on Monday. The rig owner also said that […]

  • Seadrill Eyes Brazilian Business Expansion

    14 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill, a Norwegian-Bermudan offshore drilling company with operations around the globe is thinking of expanding its product range with an ambition to offer a wider range of oilfield services in Brazil. It is the intention that such expansion could include a joint investment with SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd, or SapuraCrest, which recently, through a wholly owned […]

  • Seadrill’s Rig Bound for Equatorial Guinea

    27 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill has been issued a letter of award by Hess Equatorial Guinea, Inc. to enter into an eight well drilling contract offshore Equatorial Guinea for the semi-tender rig West Esperanza. The anticipated contract duration is a minimum of 18 months, with corresponding potential revenues of approximately $127 million plus mobilization fee. West Esperanza, which Seadrill […]

  • Seadrill rejects bribery case links

    19 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor with a stake in former Sevan Marine’s subsidiary Sevan Drilling, has denied its relation to a bribery case with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. To remind, Sevan Marine on Friday said that some of its former employees might have been involved in a bribery case with Petrobras, adding it has decided to hand […]

  • Prospector Offshore Sells One to Seadrill

    15 November 2013

    Seadrill Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification jack-up rig Prospector 3 from Prospector Offshore for a total purchase price of $235 million. In addition, Seadrill will provide drilling and handling tools, spares and operations preparations resulting in a total cost […]