A U.S. subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has found more oil during drilling operations with one of Transocean’s drillships in the U.S. Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico).
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has landed a third contract extension for its 13-year-old semi-submersible drilling rig with Aker BP, a Norwegian oil and gas player, for operations off the coast of Norway.
Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has turned a letter of intent (LoI) into a new contract for its 2014-built semi-submersible rig, which will now be booked for work until the first quarter of 2029.
Harbour Energy Norge, a subsidiary of London-listed oil and gas company Harbour Energy, has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which was drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Three jack-up rigs, owned by Noble Corporation, ADES (former Shelf Drilling), and Borr Drilling, are carrying out oil and gas drilling activities in the Dutch sector of the North Sea (DNS) for Canada’s Tenaz Energy, the Netherlands-based ONE-Dyas, and Italy’s Eni.
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has found more work in the U.S. Gulf and Angola for three mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) in its rig fleet.
Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has struck a deal to divest a 15-year-old jack-up rig for a total cash consideration of $63 million (equivalent to RM 258.4 million).
Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, are getting ready to begin drilling activities in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.
Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
A 2019-built semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean, has now been acquired by Odfjell Drilling, which plans to rename this mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) in 2026.
Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has secured a project lease agreement with Minsheng Financial Leasing Co (MSFL) for an offshore unit, which is expected to be repurposed from a jack-up rig into a fully integrated drilling and production platform.
Valaris has landed a new rig deal with Shell, a UK-headquartered energy giant, which will enable one of its drillships to carry out drilling activities at an oil and gas development off the coast of Brazil.
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, for drilling activities off the coast of Namibia, Africa.
OMV Petrom, Romania-headquartered affiliate of Austria’s OMV, has provided insight into its drilling plans in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, where several wells remain on the list to be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean.
