Northern Offshore has sold its semi-submersible rig Energy Driller to an unnamed party for conversion to alternative use.
A trial is set to start in Houston on Monday in a case of a worker injured in a 2012 shipyard accident when a jack-up rig of a Friede & Goldman design being built for Noble Corporation tilted to one side. The rig, now known as Noble Regina Allen, was being built by Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong […
Offshore driller Noble Corporation will be bringing one of its warm stacked rigs back to work following a binding letter of intent with a Thai operator.
Contract backlog for offshore driller Transocean has been reduced due to changes in the drilling contract for one of its drilling rigs.
Awilco Drilling has lost an opportunity for a potential contract for its only active rig as an unnamed operator no longer plans to run the drilling campaign for which the rig was hired.
Offshore driller Stena Drilling has signed a contract with Timor Sea Oil & Gas Australia Pty Limited (TOGA) for the Stena Clyde drilling rig.
Following a fatal explosion on an ONGC rig in a shipyard in India one person remains in critical condition.
Talks between UK-based offshore driller Awilco Drilling and oil company Alpha Petroleum related to the hire of the WilPhoenix rig have come to naught but Awilco has found another operator interested in hiring the rig.
A gas leak had been reported on an ONGC drillship which was undergoing repairs at India’s Cochin Shipyard but the order to stop the hot works on the rig came too late resulting in deaths of five workers.
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.
Offshore driller Stena Drilling has signed a contract with Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited for the Stena Spey drilling rig.
GulfSlope Energy has executed a drilling services contract with a subsidiary of Rowan Companies to secure and utilize the Ralph Coffman jack-up rig for its 2018 Gulf of Mexico drilling program.
Houston-based offshore driller Diamond Offshore has won several new contracts for its drilling rigs.
Diamond Offshore sank to a loss in the fourth quarter of 2017 as its revenues decreased compared to the same period of 2016.
