
A routine sidetrack drilling operation in the North Sea has paid off for Equinor, yielding a fresh gas discovery.

Valaris has revealed a total of $220 million secured in new offshore assignments and contract extensions.

Arabian Drilling's backlog has surged to nearly $5 billion after a four-rig award from the Aramco-Kuwait Petroleum Corporation joint venture (JV).

Brazil's Constellation has got a nod from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for diesel-emission technology aboard one of its drillships.

This fresh oil discovery off Brazil’s northern coast encountered a new oil-bearing section at a well in ultra-deep waters of the Amapá state.

Three rigs from Borr Drilling's fleet have picked up new awards off the coasts of West Africa, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom (UK).

Noble Corporation's 13-year-old drillship has lined up a multi-well assignment off the coast of Ghana.

Three Norwegian oil and gas players – Aker BP, Equinor, and DNO – have carried out appraisal drilling activities on two hydrocarbon discoveries in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, raising the estimated size of these finds.

Brazilian deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore has secured more action time for its semi-submersible rig off the coast of Indonesia with subsidiaries of Searah, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and Malaysia’s Petronas.

Norway’s oil and gas player DNO has secured the thumbs-up from the country’s authorities for drilling activities in the North Sea with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

Southeast Asia’s hydrocarbon sector has gained fresh momentum as Canadian oil and gas company Valeura Energy struck an oil discovery near its existing offshore field in the Gulf of Thailand, potentially supporting a new satellite development while extending the productive life of existing infrastruc

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has struck gas in the North Sea, opening up a new opportunity 25 kilometers north of the Duva field. The operator and its partners will now assess whether the discovery could be commercially viable.

Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem has divested its shallow-water drilling business in Saudi Arabia to ADES Saudi Limited Company, an indirect subsidiary of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Holding Company, which has now added about SAR 3.7 billion ($987 million)

Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has taken steps to streamline its operations in Mexico through a sale of its interests in joint ventures Perforaciones Estratégicas e Integrales Mexicana and Perforaciones Estratégicas e Integrales Mexicana II, known toge