Rigs

Jack-up changes hands as Ocean Oilfield enriches its drilling fleet with Noble’s rig

Ocean Oilfield has wrapped up the acquisition of a rig, which is now docked in Malta and ready for immediate global deployment.

Nordic energy players hit paydirt with new gas and condensate discovery

Vår Energi and Equinor have struck gas and condensate in Norwegian waters, packing up to 5.5 million barrels.

Equinor employs 2009-built Odfjell Drilling rig for additional wells

Seadrill hit with $55 million bill after appeals court upholds rig breach ruling

SFL Corporation has won a legal battle, with Norway's appeals court ordering Seadrill to pay $55 million over a 2022 rig redelivery breach.

New oil & gas discovery set to join North Sea fast-track plays fuelling Europe’s energy security

Equinor, Petoro, and TotalEnergies have found up to 50 million barrels in the North Sea and are eyeing first production in under three years.

Shell and Equinor fuel $1.1 billion backlog uptick for Transocean

Transocean gets its hands on a North Sea contract for a semi-submersible with Shell and a final approval for three rigs from Equinor.

Fresh North Sea gas discovery yields up to 10 million barrels of oil equivalent

A routine sidetrack drilling operation in the North Sea has paid off for Equinor, yielding a fresh gas discovery.

Valaris rigs find more work in North Sea, Australia, and Suriname

Valaris has revealed a total of $220 million secured in new offshore assignments and contract extensions.

Borr Drilling’s rig trio lines up jobs in Africa and Europe

Three rigs from Borr Drilling's fleet have picked up new awards off the coasts of West Africa, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom (UK).

North Sea appraisal ops up the oil & gas discoveries’ projected size

Three Norwegian oil and gas players – Aker BP, Equinor, and DNO – have carried out appraisal drilling activities on two hydrocarbon discoveries in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, raising the estimated size of these finds.

Go-ahead for DNO’s North Sea drilling ops with Odfjell Drilling-managed rig

Norway’s oil and gas player DNO has secured the thumbs-up from the country’s authorities for drilling activities in the North Sea with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

Fresh gas discovery augments Aker BP’s North Sea arsenal

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has struck gas in the North Sea, opening up a new opportunity 25 kilometers north of the Duva field. The operator and its partners will now assess whether the discovery could be commercially viable.

Thumbs-up for Equinor’s North Sea drilling ops with COSL rig

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

Odfjell Drilling’s new rig busy until 2031 thanks to deal with Vår Energi

Odfjell Drilling has signed a letter of award (LOA) with Vår Energi for a 2019-built semi-submersible rig that it purchased at the end of 2025, extending the unit’s firm contract backlog until Q1 2031. The scope of work awarded for Deepsea Bergen includes a period of three years, starting in early 2