Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a three-year contract extension for the High Island VII jack-up rig.
Shelf Drilling has secured contract extensions for four of its jack-up drilling rigs.
The worldwide offshore rig count in September 2019 decreased by four units sequentially, but increased by 43 units year-over-year, according to reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
UAE-based offshore oil rig builder Lamprell has yet to receive a firm order for the construction two jack-up rigs for which it signed a letter of intent in December 2018.
The worldwide offshore rig count in August 2019 decreased by ten units sequentially, but increased by 41 unit year-over-year, according to reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured more work for its jack-up rigs in the Middle East and Australia.
Northern Offshore has received a firm letter of award for the high-specification jack-up drilling unit Energy Emerger for work offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Borr Drilling expects 40 jack-up deals to be awarded in the next 12 months.
Offshore oilfield contractor Gulf Marine Services’ (GMS) chief executive officer Duncan Anderson has resigned as the company now expects lower 2019 earnings compared to 2018.
Seadrill Limited has entered into a joint venture with Gulf Drilling International (GDI) following a recent contract award to GDI by Qatar Petroleum. Last May, Qatar Petroleum awarded contracts for a total of eight offshore jack-up drilling rigs required for the North Field Expansion (NFE) Project o
The worldwide offshore rig count in July 2019 went up by 10 units compared to June, and 45 year over year, according to monthly rig count reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Shelf Drilling reduced its net loss in the second quarter of 2019 and added $343 million to its contract backlog since the beginning of April 2019.
Dana Gas has completed drilling operations at its Merak-1 well located offshore Egypt, but failed to find commercial hydrocarbons.
Qatari North Oil Company (NOC) has extended drilling contracts for a Japanese drilling rig duo at the giant Al Shaheen offshore oil field in Qatar.
