U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has picked up new assignments for nine drilling rigs in its fleet, including a job for one of its semi-submersible units, which enables it to make its entrance into the Norwegian harsh environment floater market.
As global energy security concerns keep the demand for oil and gas alive, Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, owner of premium jack-up rigs and hydraulic work-over units, has dived into its expectations for 2026, highlighting its belief that the jack-up rig market will remain on stable ground during the year
Equinor has secured the green light from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has secured work assignments for a drillship and a jack-up rig off the coasts of Malaysia and Norway, alongside a contract extension for another drillship deployed in Brazilian waters.
ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, has completed its drilling program in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player. As a result, the rig has moved on to an
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has joined forces with Keystone, Norway’s supplier of planning and execution software for well operations, to advance a next-generation, automation-enabled well delivery model.
Equinor has unearthed a new gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.
Prime Energy Resources Development (Prime Energy), a subsidiary of Prime Infrastructure Capital, has made a natural gas discovery, described as the first major gas find in more than ten years off the coast of the Philippines.
Vår Energi, a Norwegian oil and gas operator, has finished drilling an appraisal well related to an oil discovery in the Barents Sea, confirming reservoir quality and adding recoverable volumes.
ARO Drilling, a 50/50 joint venture between Valaris and Aramco in Saudi Arabia, has made arrangements to equip nine rigs with artificial intelligence (AI) monitoring technology from ALTAVE, a technology player specializing in the development of AI solutions for monitoring and securing complex operat
Saipem’s jack-up rig Perro Negro 7 is set to resume operations in Saudi Arabia this month, after the contract it had secured in 2011 was temporarily suspended in 2024. Saipem won the contract for Perro Negro 7 in 2011 and secured an extension in June 2023 for ten years. The contract was temporarily
Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech has won a new assignment to perform fluid treatment and other services on a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, has intersected gas in Waarre reservoirs during drilling activities at a well in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling play
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has entrusted Norway’s asset integrity management company Axess Group with the provision of inspection and certification services for four mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), which are deployed off the coast of Guyana.
