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Noble Sam Croft drillship; Source: Noble Corporation

Rigs

Noble’s rigs and Kongsberg Maritime’s tech opening doors to drilling innovation

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has joined forces with Kongsberg Maritime, a Norway-headquartered marine technology player, to drive the creation of advanced marine technologies for the offshore drilling realm.

about 1 year ago

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Shelf Drilling fleet staying busy with new UK contract and Egypt extension

UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured one new contract and one extension for two vessels from its fleet.

about 1 year ago

Valaris DS-15 drillship; Source: Valaris

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Billion-dollar rig jobs raise Valaris’ backlog to $4.7B

Valaris has won a new batch of rig assignments and extensions, enabling three drillships and three jack-ups to secure work in different geographies.

about 1 year ago

Rigs

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Offshore Energy has launched a summer sale with up to 50% off on advertising packages, ending on July 31. Use this opportunity to book your advertising campaign and multiply ways to increase exposure to the industry! Get 15% off for one, 25% off for two, and 50% off for three products or more. Conta

about 1 year ago

ExD 1000M semi-submersible drilling platform renderings; Source: DSOC

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Rig repurposing on Friede & Goldman’s task list as semi-sub seeks new lease on life

Friede & Goldman (F&G), a Houston-based engineering firm specializing in the design and development of innovative offshore solutions, has won a new engineering assignment for the conversion of a semi-submersible offshore drilling unit (MODU) into an accommodation vessel.

about 1 year ago

Platinum Explorer drillship; Source: Vantage Drilling

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More time secured to iron out Vantage drillship’s new assignment

Vantage Drilling International, a Bermuda-exempted offshore drilling contractor, has struck a deal to postpone the expiration date of a conditional letter of award (CLOA) with an undisclosed client regarding a potential job for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships.

about 1 year ago

Noble Resolve jack-up rig as it set off from the Esbjerg shipyard, Denmark; Source: Zenith Energy

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New oil & gas discovery seen as European country’s ‘largest conventional hydrocarbon field’

Keeping the remaining potential for exploration and recovery in mind, a fresh oil and gas discovery, which was drilled with a Noble Corporation-owned rig in the Baltic Sea, has aided the operator of the Wolin license block off the coast of Poland to infer that this find is one of the largest convent

about 1 year ago

Rigs

Noble drillship lands $80M Black Sea exploration gig

Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, have inked a rig contract with Noble Corporation for a drilling assignment in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria.

about 1 year ago

Rigs

Damen putting finishing touches to jack-up ahead of its inaugural decom with Petrodec

A self-elevating heavy lift jack-up is nearly ready for its assignment with decommissioning services specialist Petrodec after conversion undertaken by Damen Shiprepair, part of the Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen Shipyards Group.

about 1 year ago

Transocean Spitsbergen; Photo: Jamie Baikie, SIGNAL2NOISE/Equinor

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Transocean’s backlog stands at $7.2 billion as rig quartet gets more drilling work

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured a new batch of contracts and extensions in Australia, Norway, Ivory Coast, and Brazil for four floaters, encompassing two drillships and two semi-submersible rigs.

about 1 year ago

Deepsea Bollsta; Source: Odfjell Drilling

Rigs

OMV’s Norwegian wildcat ends up being dry

OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Austria-headquartered oil and gas player OMV, has drilled a dry well off the coast of Norway, using a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

about 1 year ago

Rigs

Arbitration finale of rig termination saga bringing $105 million to Dolphin Drilling

Following its arbitration win in a case concerning the termination of a drilling contract off the coast of Nigeria, Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has received the go-ahead to kick off the collection proceedings to obtain its arbitration award from Lagos-based G

about 1 year ago

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New gas discovery puts another subsea tie-back on Norwegian field’s menu

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a fresh gas discovery, which is a tie-back candidate to a giant field in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway.

about 1 year ago

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COSL rig cleared to spud North Sea wildcat pair next month

Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two exploration wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

about 1 year ago