The international offshore rig count recorded an increase of ten units in January 2023 compared to December last year, according to the latest rig count report from Baker Hughes. The international rig count is up 60 rigs from last year’s count of 841, with offshore rigs up 31 and onshore rigs up 29.
Northern Drilling has raised $10 million for litigation costs arising from the ongoing arbitration pertaining to cancelled orders for two drillships with the South Korean shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
Sweden’s Echandia has received an initial order for battery systems to curb emissions and boost energy efficiency on a jack-up drilling rig.
Trillion Energy has drilled another well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has upgraded one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs with a hybrid system to curb emissions.
Diamond Offshore has revealed that a drillship – managed on behalf of Aquadrill – has started its new assignment in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won a long-term deal for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships offshore Brazil.
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started production from the tenth well at its operated gas field in the UK southern North Sea.
Energy consultancy Xodus has outlined a roadmap for a 60 per cent reduction in total CO2 emissions for a Middle East operator’s fleet of drilling rigs, following a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baseline and energy efficiency review. Xodus reported it had identified more than 25 energy and emissions
Dolphin Drilling has completed a five-year recertification of a semi-submersible rig, which is now ready to start its assignment offshore Nigeria in a few weeks.
TotalEnergies andEni have completed the transfer of a partial interest to QatarEnergy for two offshore blocks located in Lebanese waters.
Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report shows that the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. took a tumble last week and fell by 3 more units.
Houston-based oil and gas company Murphy Oil is working on progressing its 2023 drilling campaign in the Gulf of Mexico.
ONGC has set the wheels into motion to crown a jack-up rig, which was recently converted into a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU).
