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COSL Pioneer; Source: COSL Drilling Europe
Rigs

COSL Drilling Europe’s 2010-built rig staying with Vår Energi into 2028

Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi has prolonged a drilling assignment, which is being undertaken on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with one of the semi-submersible rigs owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

about 3 months ago
COSL Prospector rig; Source: COSL
Rigs

North Sea wildcat to be spud by COSL rig next month

Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi has secured a drilling permit for operations in the Norwegian North Sea, which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

about 3 months ago
Well-Safe Defender rig; Source: Well-Safe Solutions (video)
Rigs

Well-Safe bags new North Sea decom job: Archer, NMC Energy supporting P&A ops for 260+ wells

Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has landed a new decommissioning assignment at a field in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and hired Archer and NMC Energy to lend a hand with the plug and abandonment (P&A) scope of work.

about 3 months ago
Transocean Encourage rig; Source: Transocean
Rigs

Transocean’s rig trio scoops up $1 billion for drilling work in Norwegian waters

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has lined up assignments for three of its harsh environment semi-submersible rigs with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

about 3 months ago
Atlantic Zonda drillship; Source: Pelago Management
Rigs

Vantage and Eldorado merger births ‘enhanced’ offshore drilling player

Vantage Drilling, a Bermuda-exempt offshore drilling contractor, has wrapped up its proposed business combination with Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of well-known Norwegian investors, establishing what it describes as a scalable offshore drilling platform with “enh

about 3 months ago
Deepsea Bergen rig; Source: Odfjell Drilling
Rigs

Path clear for Odfjell Drilling’s rig to spud North Sea wildcat in August

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

about 3 months ago
Platinum Explorer drillship; Source: Vantage Drilling
Rigs

Path clears for Vantage Drilling-Eldorado merger with end in sight

Vantage Drilling, a Bermuda-exempt offshore drilling contractor, has confirmed that its proposed business combination with Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of well-known Norwegian investors, is poised to be wrapped up soon.

about 3 months ago
Scarabeo 8 rig; Source: Saipem
Rigs

Two oil & gas operators gearing up for North Sea drilling ops with COSL and Saipem’s rigs

Norwegian oil and gas operators, Equinor and Aker BP, have each obtained drilling permits for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with semi-submersible rigs owned by COSL Drilling Europe and Saipem.

about 4 months ago
An offshore rig
Rigs

Transocean rig pair lines up two drilling jobs in Norway and Australia

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured new multimillion-dollar assignments for two of its harsh environment semi-submersible rigs off the coasts of Norway and Australia.

about 4 months ago
Deepsea Nordkapp rig; Source: Odfjell Drilling
Rigs

DrillDocs’ AI-driven tech gaining wider fleet adoption across Aker BP’s contracted rigs

Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP has set its cap on expanding the deployment of a digital shaker surveillance system technology across its contracted rig fleet on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) through its collaboration with DrillDocs, a provider of computer vision technology for drilling

about 4 months ago
Transocean Encourage rig; Source: Transocean
Rigs

Equinor’s Norwegian Sea wildcat yields no hydrocarbons

Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has conducted drilling activities at a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs. The drilling activity did not result in commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.

about 4 months ago
COSL Promoter; Source: COSL Drilling Europe
Rigs

Equinor’s North Sea P&A ops with COSL’s 2012-built rig cleared for action

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for plugging and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

about 4 months ago
Noble GreatWhite harsh environment semi-submersible rig has been renamed Noble Claus Bachmann; Courtesy of Noble
Rigs

Noble’s giant semi-sub rig scores new drilling gig with BP in UK waters

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has lined up a new multi-well drilling assignment for one of its semi-submersible rigs with the UK-headquartered energy giant BP on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

about 4 months ago
Deepsea Nordkapp rig; Source: Odfjell Drilling
Rigs

Green light for North Sea ops with Odfjell Drilling’s rig

Norwegian authorities have approved drilling activities that Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), with a rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

about 4 months ago
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