Corallian Energy started drilling the Wick exploration well located in License P2235 off the UK on Tuesday, December 25, 2018.
Spirit Energy has encountered disappointing results by drilling the Cassidy exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea within the Oda license.
Scotland’s Kishorn Port has landed a contract under which it will host a visit by world’s largest semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, the Ocean GreatWhite.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has reportedly resolved its differences with Angola’s Sonangol and made plans to deliver two drillships next year, ending a longstanding dispute over a delay in the delivery.
A team of experts mobilized by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has brought the cyclone-hit semi-submersible rig Olinda Star back to normal.
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has been awarded contracts for two of its jack-up drilling rigs.
Prosafe has been awarded two contracts for operations in the UK sector of the North Sea.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased to 24 units last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP drilling permits for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
By: David Carter Shinn, Bassoe Offshore You could say offshore rig owners dug themselves a deeper hole, but that could be misleading. We’ll sum this up quickly. About six months ago, things were looking pretty good for the offshore rig market (at least on the surface). Momentum (and positive sentime
Saipem has been awarded new onshore and offshore drilling contracts worth approximately $255 million in total.
Australia-based Neptune Survey has been awarded a five-year rig positioning contract by Chevron.
BigLift Shipping, a heavy lift shipping company, has recently transported a jack-up drilling rig from the Netherlands to West Africa.
Lundin Norway is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 6307/1-1 S located in the Norwegian Sea. The well is dry.
