Norway’s oil and gas company Aker BP and its compatriot state-owned partner, Equinor, have come up dry in their latest North Sea exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Seadrill, a Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor, has obtained multimillion-dollar deals and extensions of existing assignments for a semi-submersible rig and two drillships in the Americas and Asia.
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has lined up a new assignment for a 12-year-old jack-up rig off the coast of Norway with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy company ConocoPhillips.
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has added to South America’s energy riches with a fresh gas discovery off the coast of Colombia.
United Arab Emirates-based energy heavyweight Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB have deployed a platform running on artificial intelligence (AI) across a fleet of more than 120 rigs to cut downtime and improve drilling performance at onshore and
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has fitted one of its drillships with new equipment, reflecting its confidence in a strengthening offshore drilling market and busier years ahead for the global rig fleet.
Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has confirmed the completion of its assignment with the UK-headquartered energy giant BP off the coast of Trinidad before the expected timeline.
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has disclosed the return to work of its 17-year-old semi-submersible, following repairs in the wake of an equipment-handling incident that ended rig activity earlier this year.
BC Ventures, a 50/50 joint venture between subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Borr Drilling and CME as its long-term well construction partner in Mexico, has completed the acquisition of five jack-up rigs from Fontis Finance, an indirect subsidiary of Bermuda-headquartered Paratus Energy Services. For a
U.S.-headquartered energy services provider Expro has brought Enhanced Well Technologies Group (Enhanced Drilling) into its fold, extending its drilling technology capabilities.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a new oil find on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), putting on the table a potential tie-back to the country’s largest oil development ever brought on stream in the Barents Sea.
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has picked up a multimillion-dollar assignment in African waters for one of its drillships, enabling the rig to once again work for Eni Côte d’Ivoire, a subsidiary of the Italian energy giant Eni.
Zagreb-headquartered INA Group, a member of the MOL Group, has found gas at the first well in its multi-well drilling campaign on its North Adriatic gas field off the coast of Croatia.
Velesto Drilling, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, owner of premium jack-up rigs, has secured a deal to provide a jack-up rig for a drilling campaign off the coast of Malaysia, Southeast Asia.
