Offshore driller Transocean will retire four offshore drilling rigs of which two three are of the ultra-deepwater type and one is a mid-water floater.
Rowan Companies has leased one of its jack-up drilling rigs to its joint venture with Saudi Aramco.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs remained unchanged during last week.
Cairn Energy has farmed into Azinor Catalyst’s Agar Plantain well and the P1763 Licence on the UK Continental Shelf.
Prosafe, the Oslo-listed provider of offshore flotels has further extended its standstill agreement for delivery of Safe Nova and Safe Vega accommodation rigs built by Cosco in China.
ADES International has completed the acquisition of three offshore jack-up rigs in the Arabian Gulf from Nabors Industries.
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered the Skald jack-up rig to Borr Drilling.
An Ocean Rig-owned drillship has been mobilized to Namibia in preparation for the drilling of Tullow Oil’s Cormorant-1 well planned for September.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has moved 29 offshore drilling rigs ahead of the Indian monsoon season.
Wellesley Petroleum has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to carry out exploration drilling in the North Sea using a Transocean-owned rig.
Cooper Energy has completed the reservoir section of Sole-3 production well located offshore Australia with preparations now underway for flow back.
Shell has received consent from the PSA to drill an exploration well in production license 832 in the Norwegian Sea.
Ocean Rig has abandoned its previously announced plan to sell its only two semi-submersible drilling rigs to a subsidiary company.
Offshore Driller Noble Corporation has sold its Noble David Tinsley jack-up rig.
