Rig activity in Asia Pacific has been stepped up this year, but most stacked jack-ups are being reactivated for gigs in the Middle East.
EnerMech has secured new contract awards worth over $126 million in Africa, Caspian and the Middle East, spurring further headcount increase.
Due to the current energy security concerns, TAQA has decided to keep its entire oil & gas portfolio, except for its Dutch upstream assets.
Following the delivery of a jack-up rig from India’s Aban, Shelf Drilling has renamed this latest addition to its fleet of offshore rigs.
India’s offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has closed the sale of another jack-up drilling rig to the UAE-based ADES International.
A 400-ft jack-up drilling rig built by CIMC Raffles has joined the fleet of Italy’s contractor Saipem following a naming ceremony in China.
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new drilling contract from BP for operations offshore Canada.
QatarEnergy has selected Shell as a partner in the large North Field East LNG expansion project.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has revealed that Kuwait will be embarking on its first offshore drilling campaign soon.
Saipem has been awarded multiple onshore extensions and new offshore contracts in the Middle East, totalling around $1.25 billion.
India’s offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has completed the sale of a jack-up drilling rig to the UAE-based ADES International.
UN Coordinator has urged the public to help with funding to head off a decaying oil tanker threat and prevent an oil spill in the Red Sea.
Shelf Drilling has inked a deal with Noble to buy five jack-up rigs, which are being sold to address concerns about the Noble-Maersk merger.
Seadrill has won contract extensions with a total value of approximately $361 million in aggregate for three jack-up rigs in the Middle East.
