Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has been served with an order from Norway’s offshore safety regulator, which investigated an incident that resulted in an injury at a semi-submersible rig deployed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech has secured three new assignments for rigs deployed in the Black Sea, the Netherlands, and Norway.
U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has obtained new drilling assignments and extensions across multiple geographies for six floaters in its rig fleet, including jobs in Brazil, Australia, Guyana, the U.S. Gulf, Ghana, and Malaysia.
Australia’s oil and gas player Beach Energy has embarked on the next phase of its drilling program in Australian waters, which is being conducted by a rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling giant.
African energy exploration player Rhino Resources has booked a drillship from Italy’s Saipem to undertake appraisal activities at a light oil-bearing reservoir discovery made during a drilling campaign on Block 2914 in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained a drilling permit for operations in the Barents Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill and U.S.-headquartered LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG), a subsidiary of London-listed oil & gas company Harbour Energy, have expanded their more than decade-long collaboration with contract awards for two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Wes
Norway’s state-owned energy firm Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well off Norway in the North Sea, in a production license awarded in August 1985. Following the drilling permit awarded in January, the wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production licence 120, 140 kilometers west of
Canadian oil & gas company Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand. The Enterprise jack-up rig has been chartered for a three-year term which runs until December 31, 2029. Valeura Energy has an option on the st
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.
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won a multimillion-dollar assignment for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
ADES International Holding, a subsidiary of ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has obtained multi-year assignments for three premium jack-up rigs and a contract extension for one drilling unit off the coast of Nigeria.
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.
