Transocean has landed a new long-term assignment with the UK-headquartered oil major BP for the first of two eighth-generation drillships to join its rig fleet, which is also considered to be the world’s first drillship with a three-million-pound hook-load and 20,000 psi well control system.
Equinor has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of the semi-submersible rigs owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Shell has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by Constellation Oil Services for a short-term assignment in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil.
Vantage Drilling has embarked on a process to divest two jack-up rigs, which will get ADES as their new owner. However, Vantage will continue to manage the rigs for three years.
The field trials off the coast of Norway aim to determine whether an innovative technology designed to solve core drilling’s tripping woes will live up to expectations.
UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a new set of drilling assignments for two jack-up rigs in its fleet.
Island Drilling Company has made a start on its plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign off the coast of Mauritania, Africa, which is being carried out with its 2012-built semi-submersible rig.
Noble Corporation and Diamond Offshore have reached a merger process finale and set the seal on their business combination sooner than anticipated.
Transocean has picked up a multimillion-dollar contract for one of its drillships off the coast of India.
Noble Corporation and Diamond Offshore have managed to get all regulatory requirements out of the way, thus, their business combination is anticipated to be completed in a couple of days.
While Velesto, which is set on actively pursuing new assignments in Southeast Asia for its jack-up fleet, is due to send one of its rigs to Sarawak soon for a previously secured drilling campaign, another of its jack-ups has got a hold of a job off the coast of Vietnam.
Well-Safe Solutions has hit a new saturation diving milestone in the UK waters with one of its rigs, which is said to be the only semi-submersible in the North Sea with saturation dive spread capability.
OMV has made a new gas discovery in a wildcat well off the coast of Norway with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean.
BW Energy has started drilling the next well on its agenda at an oil field in the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon, Africa, with a jack-up rig owned by Borr Drilling.
