
ADES Holding Company, an oil and gas drilling services provider that is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has landed new multimillion-dollar assignments for two jack-up rigs in Africa and Europe.

Odfjell Drilling, a 53-year-old offshore drilling player, has won a contract extension with Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP for a 2019-built semi-submersible rig, which is working on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Bermuda-headquartered Paratus Energy Services has picked up clearance for the divestment of drilling operations and jack-up fleet belonging to Fontis Finance, an indirect subsidiary, which is divesting its assets to Proyectos Globales de Energía y Servicios CME (CME) and BC Ventures, a 50/50 joint v

U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton and Italy’s energy giant Eni have celebrated a deepwater automation achievement with the deployment of a closed-loop drilling system off the coast of Indonesia.

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

Arabian Drilling, said to be Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore and offshore drilling company by fleet size, has been given the green light to return three rigs to their assignments, following temporary suspensions for some offshore rigs in the Arabian Gulf triggered by the conflict in the Middle East.

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has landed a new multi-well deal for one of its drillships off the coast of Brunei, Southeast Asia.

Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, owner of premium jack-up rigs, has called off a deal to offload a 2010-built jack-up rig.

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.

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.

Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh-environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has revealed that one of its units is staying longer at an assignment off the coast of India with Oil India Limited, an exploration and

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.

Eni Muara Bakau, a subsidiary of Searah that represents a joint venture between Eni and Petronas, has prolonged a drilling assignment being conducted off the coast of Indonesia by a semi-submersible rig owned by Brazil’s deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore.

A 2018-built semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean and managed by Odfjell Drilling, has finished its drilling assignment with the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell off the coast of Namibia, Africa.