Transocean has secured a new long-term ultra-deepwater drillship assignment with an undisclosed operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has wrapped up a business combination structured as a triangular merger between its indirect subsidiary SHLF MergCo, Shelf Drilling North Sea (SDNS) as the surviving entity in the proposed business combination, and SHLF as the issuer of the merger consideration shares.
ConocoPhillips has picked anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) for its upcoming Otway exploration drilling program (OEDP) in 2025, which will be done with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor.
Shelf Drilling has secured more assignments for two rigs in its jack-up fleet, which will carry out drilling activities off the coast of Nigeria.
Vår Energi has received the all-clear from Norway’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations at three wells in the Barents Sea.
KCA Deutag has landed multiple new onshore and offshore drilling assignments and extensions, spanning different continents, which expands its total backlog by $900 million.
With upgrades and sea trials now out of the way, a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship is ready to embark on a voyage to Brazil, where it will begin its maiden offshore drilling assignment with the South American country’s energy giant Petrobras. Once Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player ba
SLB has joined forces with Velesto Drilling, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Velesto Energy, to take rig capabilities to a new level by employing digital tools to enhance drilling performance.
Northern Ocean has secured a new short-term job off the coast of Ghana for a semi-submersible rig, which recently finished its long-term assignment with the UK-headquartered Shell and has work lined up for the fourth quarter of 2024 offshore Namibia with an undisclosed operator.
Aker BP has used one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs to delineate a two-year-old gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea and will contemplate a subsea tie-back to existing infrastructure as a development option.
Solstad Offshore has embraced another decarbonization tool to expand its zero-emission shipping toolbox by turning to renewable biodiesel (HVO) to bunker an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel before it embarked on its assignment related to a semi-submersible rig off the coast of Norway.
Velesto Energy has wrapped up the mandatory five-yearly special periodical survey (SPS) for one of its jack-up rigs on time, thus, the rig will go to Sarawak to continue its drilling assignment with an affiliate of the Southeast Asian country’s energy giant Petronas.
Serica Energy is setting the stage to start production from a recently drilled well in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Hanwha Drilling, part of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, has secured its first multimillion-dollar contract for a seventh-generation drillship, which will work at the coast of Brazil for the South American country’s energy giant Petrobras.
