Rigs
Norwegian player scores new gig on Odfjell Drilling-managed rig
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.
Evaluation coming up next to shed light on early indications of gas presence offshore Australia
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 puts Axess on inspection and certification duty for rig quartet offshore Guyana
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.
BP reiterates its plans to bolster investment in Egyptian oil & gas scene
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has reaffirmed its investment boost in the natural gas exploration and production agenda in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt.
Borr Drilling’s rig duo finds more work in US and Mexico
Bermuda-based offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has won a new assignment in the United States (U.S.) with an undisclosed operator for one premium jack-up rig and a contract extension with Italy’s Eni for another off the coast of Mexico.
One well due online soon as drilling ops start at another with four more to follow suit off Africa
UK-headquartered Tullow Oil, an independent energy company with operations in West Africa, is set on bringing on stream a recently completed well shortly at an oilfield off the coast of Ghana, which was drilled with a drillship owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant. The fi
Transocean rig pair picks up multimillion-dollar gigs with BP and Equinor
Transocean, an offshore drilling giant, has secured more drilling work for two mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) off the coasts of Brazil and Norway.
Downturn in high-impact exploration: Is revival of oil & gas drilling appetite on the cards?
Given that the number of players engaged in high-impact (HI) oil and gas exploration operations has been cut in half since 2014, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, has warned about the uncertainty surrounding new hydrocarbon search attempts, while emphasizing the
Readers’ choice: Offshore Energy’s most-read news in 2025
As the offshore energy sector continued to navigate the energy transition and technological development, but also uncertainty, 2025 saw continued shifts in policy, investment, and project development across the global energy landscape. To mark the year’s end, the Offshore Energy editorial team looks
Transocean rig encounters gas as it spuds next well in drilling campaign offshore Australia
ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, has kicked off drilling activities at another well in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.
Noble entrusts Norwegian player with job on 2009-built rig
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has assigned a task for its 16-year-old jack-up rig to Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech.
Jack-up rig comes to Ocean Oilfield’s shipyard
Abu Dhabi-headquartered Ocean Oilfield Integrated Solutions has confirmed the arrival of a jack-up rig owned by Arabian Drilling, said to be the largest onshore and offshore drilling company in Saudi Arabia by fleet size, to its Hamriyah Shipyard in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Saipem keeping seventh-gen drillship longer in its rig fleet
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has prolonged the stay of a chartered seventh-generation drillship in its rig fleet.
Eni going full steam ahead with drilling campaign in Gulf of Suez
As the dash for gas off the coast of Egypt continues to run unabated, the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has visited the drilling site of the first well in the drilling program, Italy’s energy giant Eni is currently undertaking in the Gulf of Suez with a rig owned by Shelf Dri