International Maritime Industries (IMI) and Saudi Aramco Rowan Offshore Drilling Company (ARO Drilling) have selected a new LJ43 rig design for ARO Drilling’s newbuild program.
Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Monarch drilling rig has arrived off Port Campbell to begin a workover of the Casino-5 gas well off Australia for Cooper Energy.
Offshore drilling contractor COSL has begun mobilization of the COSL Force jack-up rig to drill two wells on the Ororo field off Nigeria.
Keppel FELS has secured a contract from Awilco to construct a mid-water semi-submersible drilling rig for harsh environment use, worth about $425 million.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted oil major Statoil a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped for a third week in a row, according to a Friday rig count report by Baker Hughes.
Rowan Companies has reportedly sold one if its jack-up drilling rigs to Advanced Energy Systes (ADES) in Egypt.
Helicopter services provider Bristow has secured a contract to support TAQA’s operations in the East Shetland Basin.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Tullow Oil has secured an Ocean Rig-owned drillship and drilling preparations are well underway for an exploration well offshore Namibia.
A Transocean-owned semi-submersible drilling rig has started the final leg of its journey from Port Louis (Mauritius) to Australia on the way to drill the Phoenix South-3 well for Quadrant Energy.
The international offshore rig count for February 2018 decreased both sequentially and year-over-year, according to a Wednesday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
An offshore rig worker has filed a million dollar lawsuit, claiming she found a hidden camera in her quarters while working on the Transocean-owned Deepwater Invictus drillship.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. sank to 14 units, according to Friday rig count reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
