Offshore drillers Ensco and Rowan have announced an all-stock merger agreement. The combined fleet will have 82 offshore rigs
The number of U.S. offshore rigs rose to 23 active units during this past week, according to the weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.
The worldwide offshore rig count for September 2018 rose year-on-year but slightly dipped compared to August 2018.
Jack-up rig specialist Shelf Drilling has scored drilling work with Eni in the Adriatic Sea offshore Italy.
Eni Norge has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the West Hercules rig.
Stena Drilling has decided to remove the Stena Clyde drilling rig from active service and retire the rig from its fleet.
Offshore drilling company Borr Drilling has begun the activation of four jack-up rigs despite not having secured contracts for them.
Ocean Rig Poseidon, a sixth generation deepwater drillship, has started drilling on the Chariot-operated Central Blocks license offshore Namibia.
Delmar Systems has been awarded a mooring contract for the Development Driller III at ExxonMobil’s locations offshore Equatorial Guinea.
The PSA has found irregularities during an audit of drilling operations involving the Songa Equinox rig on the Troll field.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs remained unchanged last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Australian oil company Woodside Energy is preparing to start a drilling campaign in the WA-28-P permit north-west of Dampier offshore Western Australia.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won a contract extension from Petrobras for one of the company’s drillships.
Corallian Energy has signed a contract with drilling contractor Ensco for a jack-up rig to drill the Colter appraisal well off the UK.
