Aker BP has found no hydrocarbons in the Norwegian Sea, following drilling activities conducted by one of Saipem’s semi-submersible rigs off the coast of Norway.
Seatrium has emerged as the winner in an international tender from International Maritime Industries (IMI), said to be the largest shipyard in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, for the supply of equipment and license for jack-up rig destined to work in the Middle East.
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has secured more drilling time with the U.S.-based energy giant Chevron for one of its jack-up rigs working off the coast of West Africa.
Valaris has taken steps to optimize its rig fleet by deciding to put three semi-submersible units out of drilling work for good and divest a stacked jack-up rig. The rig owner has also won a new batch of drilling assignments spanning geographies.
A 2014-built drillship, owned by the U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant Noble Corporation, has wrapped up its work on the first exploration well in Rhino Resources’ multi-well campaign in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia and began activities at the next prospect on its drilling list
Noble Corporation has won drilling assignments with Tullow in Ghana, Petronas in Suriname, Shell in the Americas, an undisclosed firm in the U.S. Gulf, and Chevron in Australia for four floaters.
Shelf Drilling has decided to join forces with Arabian Drilling to expand their offshore drilling footprint.
Transocean has landed a new set of contract extensions for three floaters, encompassing one drillship and two semi-submersible rigs, working off the coast of India, Norway, and Australia.
Vantage Drilling has secured a marketing deal for a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, owned by Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of Norwegian investors.
As the ink dries on the contract between ARO Drilling and International Maritime Industries (IMI), it marks the opening of the construction chapter for a third in a series of 20 planned newbuild Saudi-operated and manufactured offshore jack-up rigs, which the offshore drilling player intends to depl
Ventura Offshore has struck a deal with Umas 1 as the seller of a semi-submersible rig the firm decided to acquire last year. This enables the Brazilian player to make a lump sum payment as a final settlement.
Equinor has secured a drilling permit with Norway’s authorities to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.
Four drillships, owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and natural gas resources on South America’s North Atlantic
BW Energy has started drilling the last well in its current program at an oil field in the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon, Africa. The drilling activities are being carried out with a jack-up rig owned by Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
