Wellesley Petroleum has made an agreement with Transocean for a three-firm slot contract with the Transocean Arctic semi-submersible rig.
Lamprell is on track to complete the upgrade of the Master Marine-owned Haven accommodation rig during 2Q 2018.
Norway’s offshore safety regulator has given its consent to Aker BP to use the Maersk Interceptor jack-up rig in the North Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Spirit Energy Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well offshore Norway.
Prosafe expects to see an end of its dispute with Westcon in March.
Offshore driller Awilco Drilling has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed operator for the provision of the WilPhoenix drilling rig. The one-well program has an estimated duration of 115 days and will start in direct continuation from the rig’s current contract with Apache North Sea Limited
Norwegian oil company Statoil has exercised its second option in the Deepsea Bergen’s drilling contract.
Singaporean rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine is in talks with Oslo-listed driller Borr Drilling about the possible sale of jack-up rigs currently being built by Keppel FELS.
The PSA has found seven non-conformities and six improvement points during an audit of the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig.
The contract is worth around $8.2 million, meaning the dayrate for the rig is around $136.000.
Offshore drilling giant Transocean has received shareholders’ approval to acquire its Norway-focused rival Songa Offshore.
Deep Sea Mooring has begun providing pre-lay mooring products and services to the Deepsea Bergen semi-sub offshore Norway.
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well off Norway with the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has found work in Europe and Asia Pacific for two of its jack-up drilling rigs.
