UK-based driller Ensco has won new contracts for a number of its drilling rigs but has also lost one contract and scrapped three rigs.
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has secured work for its drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, UK, Norway, and Saudi Arabia.
Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has won a new long-term contract award for one of its mid-size class vessels.
The international offshore rig count for March 2018 dropped both sequentially and year-over-year, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Egypt’s offshore and onshore driller ADES has posted an increase in full-year profit and is targeting acquisition opportunities.
International Maritime Industries (IMI) and Saudi Aramco Rowan Offshore Drilling Company (ARO Drilling) have selected a new LJ43 rig design for ARO Drilling’s newbuild program.
Rowan Companies has reportedly sold one if its jack-up drilling rigs to Advanced Energy Systes (ADES) in Egypt.
The international offshore rig count for February 2018 decreased both sequentially and year-over-year, according to a Wednesday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
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UK-based offshore drilling giant Ensco, which further expanded its rig fleet through an acquisition of the U.S.-based rival Atwood Oceanics, on Tuesday released its quarterly fleet status report, revealing a number of new contracts and extensions for its fleet.
Rowan Companies has received early termination for one of its drillships. The driller has also seen several of its rigs come off contract and several others have won more work.
They’re cheap to stack and costly to scrap, but old jack-ups are finally moving off to scrapyards.
The international offshore rig count for the first month of 2018 increased sequentially but dropped when compared to the same period of 2017, according to a Wednesday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Greek oil and gas firm Energean has signed a contract with Stena Drilling for the development drilling of the Karish field, offshore Israel.
