
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.

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.

ADNOC Drilling has expanded its workload with ADNOC Offshore, a compatriot oil and gas heavyweight, by securing another multi-year drilling campaign in the Middle East, which will be undertaken by two of its jack-up rigs.

ADES has won a multi-year contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs with North Oil Company (NOC), a joint venture (JV) between QatarEnergy (70%) and TotalEnergies (30%).

ADES Group has landed a long-term contract renewal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which allows another one of its previously suspended jack-ups to return to work with Aramco, a Saudi energy giant.

Transocean, Noble Corporation, Valaris, Seadrill, Shelf Drilling, and ADES have reported a combined total backlog of $31.17 billion in the first quarter of 2025.

Saudi Arabia’s energy heavyweight Aramco has handed out a multi-year agreement extension for five offshore drilling jack-up rigs to ARO Drilling, its 50/50 joint venture with Valaris.

UAE-based ADNOC Offshore has handed out a contract to its sister company ADNOC Drilling for three island rigs to support expanding operations at a development project offshore Abu Dhabi.

With gas production increase in mind, Italy’s energy giant Eni is set on drilling two additional wells at a natural gas field in the Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt.

UAE-based offshore fabrication contractor Lamprell has got a hold of an extension of its multi-year deal with Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s energy heavyweight.

ADES has tucked a multi-year contract renewal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) under its belt, which enables one of its previously suspended jack-ups to work for Aramco once again.

Ocean Oilfield Integrated Solutions has confirmed the completion of an offshore drilling assignment, which one of its jack-up rigs carried out off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).