
Indian oil and gas company ONGC has hired a jack-up drilling rig from compatriot offshore drilling contractor Jindal Drilling & Industries.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea.

Vantage Drilling believes the shallow water activity is stabilizing and the recovery in the deepwater market could begin later in 2021.

Talos Energy has hired a drillship from Seadrill to drill an infill well on the Tornado field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Velesto Energy expects the financial impact of an incident in which its NAGA 7 rig submerged off Sarawak will be mitigated by the insurance.

A four-year-long frame contract has been signed by COSL Drilling Europe with OKEA for the use of COSL’s rigs in Norway.

Shelf Drilling has secured a ten-year contract extension for a jack-up rig in direct continuation of its current contract in the Arabian Gulf.

BW Energy has not encountered hydrocarbons in the target Gamba reservoir of its Hibiscus Extension appraisal well off Gabon.

Just like its rival Transocean, Noble Corp. is optimistic about the outlook with a pipeline of tender opportunities on the horizon.

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a contract for the Trident XII jack-up rig with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in India.

Offshore rig owner Seadrill Limited has revealed that a termination notice has been received for the West Mira rig from Wintershall Dea.

The now restructured and debt-relieved offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded sixteen new contracts and extensions with more than a dozen different oil and gas companies.

Following new contract awards to its drillships and a harsh environment rig, Transocean is optimistic about contracting throughout the year.

India’s offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has suspended operations on one of its jack-up drilling rigs due to the Covid-19 outbreak.