Dolphin Drilling’s main shareholder, Bonheur, has decided it will no longer contribute any money in the troubled offshore driller.
Maersk Drilling-owned jack-up drilling rig Maersk Resolve has left Denmark’s Port of Osbjerg for a job in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Jack-up drilling specialist Shelf Drilling has been awarded a three-year contract in India for one of its rigs. Shelf Drilling said on Wednesday the contract was for the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up rig with the client being Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India’s national oil company. The contract
Transocean said it would use the net proceeds “to partially finance the construction or acquisition of the Deepwater Poseidon [drillship] .”
Lundin has received consent from Norway’s PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible rig.
Seadrill Partners, an affiliate of offshore driller Seadrill, will reduce the quarterly distribution to its common unitholders from 10 cents per unit to 1 cent per unit. “The move reflects the slower than anticipated recovery in dayrates and the company’s desire to preserve liquidity ahead of debt m
The Haeva jack-up rig, the previously named Paragon HZ1, has left the Port of Esbjerg.
Oil services company Schlumberger has won a contract from Equinor for total well delivery on the Peregrino C platform in the Campos basin offshore Brazil.
Offshore drilling company Ensco has decided to postpone its general meeting originally scheduled for January 23, 2019.
Seadrill’s drilling rig West Phoenix is now being moved from Norway to the UK Continental Shelf to start operations on a three-well drilling campaign for Equinor.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.
Equinor has proven gas and condensate in the Ragnfrid North exploration well, which is located near the Kristin field offshore Norway.
Corallian Energy has failed to find hydrocarbons at its Wick exploration well located off the UK.
Offshore drilling company Ensco has raised its offer for rival Rowan Companies, offering an increase in the exchange ratio for its all-stock combination with Rowan. The increased offer comes a week after it was announced that one of Rowan’s major shareholders, Canyon Partners, would oppose the merge
