African energy exploration player Rhino Resources has hired a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, for drilling assignments off the coast of Namibia, Africa.
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has got hold of a long-term contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs, enabling the unit to stay longer in Italian waters with Eni, the country’s energy giant.
Two energy giants, U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil and Qatar’s QatarEnergy, have made a new gas find off the coast of Cyprus, using a drillship owned by Valaris, an offshore drilling contractor.
Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player, has taken steps to strengthen its balance sheet for continued growth, with a financing package, and revealed its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) succession plan.
ConocoPhillips has confirmed its timeframe for the commencement of drilling activities in the Otway Basin, which will enable one of Transocean’s rigs to embark on a two-well gas exploration campaign off the coast of Australia.
ADES has disclosed a towing incident in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez, involving a jack-up barge unit owned by its subsidiary and operating within a key oil zone in Egyptian territorial waters.
Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player, has secured a batch of deals for four jack-up rigs in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and North America.
Velesto Drilling, a subsidiary of Velesto Energy, has won a new multi-well drilling assignment for one of its jack-up rigs off the coast of Malaysia, Southeast Asia.
Eni has completed the drilling of a well at a natural gas field in the Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt, using a drillship from the rig fleet of Saipem, a compatriot engineering, drilling, and construction services player.
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has landed a multi-year assignment for one of its jack-up rigs in the Middle East, where it will continue its drilling work with Aramco.
Equinor has finished drilling a wildcat well in the North Sea with one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs. The drilling activities did not result in a new oil and gas find off the coast of Norway.
Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
A drillship, owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling player, has started its drilling campaign at a field off the coast of the Philippines in Southeast Asia.
Aker BP has come up empty after drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Italy’s Saipem.
