Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has reported an equipment-handling incident on a 17-year-old semi-submersible, which halted rig activity pending repairs.
MR Group’s ModuSpec, a rig and well control equipment specialist, has secured multiple shipyard rig intake projects, supporting drillship and jack-up readiness for deployment across Europe and Africa.
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has lined up a new assignment for its 2008-built mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) off the coast of Greece.
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 won a potential long-term job with an undisclosed oil and gas player for one of its semi-submersible rigs.
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 secured a potential long-term assignment for one of its semi-submersible rigs.
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has found more work for a harsh environment semi-submersible in Norway and two ultra-deepwater drillships off the coast of Brazil.
Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has landed new drilling assignments for multiple premium jack-up rigs, spanning four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
OMV Offshore Bulgaria, an affiliate of Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom, NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, and Bulgarian Energy Holding EA have drilled a second exploration well in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.
Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL) for a jack‑up drilling rig. BW Energy will receive an $80 million cash consideration, strengthening financial flexibility while maintaining continued access to the Ja
Norwegian authorities have given the all-clear for drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), with a rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant.
While taking a deep dive into the floater rig market and top floating rig managers based on the current total backlog for 2026, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, has spotlighted five offshore drilling players – Transocean, Noble, COSL, Seadrill, and Valaris – as
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has unveiled a new oil discovery in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, which was drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
Norwegian authorities have given the go-ahead for production drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NOC), with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered energy giant.
Three players – Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, Kongsberg Maritime (KM), a technology player, and Hanwha Drilling, a provider of offshore drilling services – have forged an alliance to develop the next generation of remote dynamic positioning (DP) technology to establish new standards for
