Rigs
Noble rig spuds next well in West Africa with production start-up due by year-end
UK-headquartered Tullow Oil, an independent energy company with operations in West Africa, has decided to bring online by the end of the year its second well 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.
Chevron taps ABL for rig moves and platform installations in Asian waters
ABL, part of Oslo-listed energy, marine, and engineering consultancy ABL Group, has won a new assignment in the Gulf of Thailand, which will enable it to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) and third-party support services in connection with wellhead platform installations and jack-up rig moves.
Noble and Kongsberg set ‘transformative pilot’ in motion aboard 2014-built rig
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has put into play a new pilot program aboard its 11-year-old drillship in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime, a Norway-headquartered marine technology player.
2019-built rig staying longer with Equinor in Norwegian waters
Equinor has prolonged a rig drilling assignment off the coast of Norway, which is being undertaken by a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.
BP cheers ‘extremely encouraging’ results at Brazilian oil & gas discovery, appraisal on the cards in 2027
UK-headquartered energy giant BP is moving forward with the evaluation of its hydrocarbon discovery off the coast of Brazil, with appraisal plans anticipated to be put in motion in 2027.
Norwegian giant in the clear for drilling ops with COSL rig
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be done with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.
Transocean rig just days shy of gas drilling search in Australian waters
ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, is only days away from hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, which will be undertaken by a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling p
Seadrill’s 2011-built rig is hard at work in North Sea with ConocoPhillips
A 14-year-old jack-up rig, owned by Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, is going full speed ahead with drilling operations at an oil field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
Shell, BP, Ithaca, GE Vernova book Valaris’ five rigs for oil & gas and offshore wind jobs
Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has divested one mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) from its fleet and found multimillion-dollar assignments for five rigs within the oil and gas and offshore wind realms.
Borr pulls the plug on two Mexican rig jobs as sanctions shake offshore drilling sphere
As global and geopolitical sanctions continue to gain momentum, Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has dropped two long-term rig assignments off the coast of Mexico.
Rig on the move: Stena drillship sailing from US Gulf to Las Palmas ahead of Egyptian gig
A 2012-built drillship, owned by Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling, has finished its drilling campaign in the U.S. Gulf and is on its way to Las Palmas before going to Egypt to undertake its next hydrocarbon exploration assignment.
Reimaging jack-ups’ role in Malaysia: Rig-installed platforms to streamline shallow-water oil & gas developments
Malaysia’s Velesto Energy is setting the stage to cut development costs for operators by launching an integrated offshore model with ICON Engineering to deliver rig-installed wellhead platforms (RIWHPs) for offshore oil and gas field developments in Malaysian waters.
Saipem’s rig trio rakes in millions for jobs with Eni in Africa, Mediterranean, and Far East
Saipem has boosted its offshore drilling order intake with new multimillion-dollar contracts and extensions that are perceived to reinforce its presence in key strategic areas, such as West Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Far East. As a result, three rigs will be on drilling duty with Eni, an Ita
BP corroborates preliminary results of Rhino’s gas condensate discovery in Namibian waters
BP has backed the disclosed findings related to a recent gas condensate discovery, which Rhino Resources, an African energy exploration player, made off the coast of Namibia, with a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling.