Following a 12,345 nautical miles long journey from Singapore, the XLE-2 drilling rig, dubbed largest of the kind in the world, has arrived in Stavanger, Norway.
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has informed that Prospector 1 rig has been placed on Total E&P UK’s Franklin location in the central North Sea. The rig has now started its two year drilling services contract. In addition, Prospector has announced that Total is installing their equipment on Prospe
COSL Prospector, the fourth semi-submersible drilling built by CIMC Raffles for COSL, has set off on sea trials in China. COSL Prospector is 104.5 meters long, 70.5 meters wide, 37.55 meters high, with operating depth 1,500 meters, drilling depth 7,600 meters and accommodation for 130, classified in
Stone Energy Corporation has entered into an agreement to contract the ENSCO 8503 dynamically positioned deep water drilling rig for Stone’s multi-year deep water drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico. The primary contract term is for 30 months and is expected to start during the second quarter of
Ensco, a UK-based offshore drilling contractor, has informed that, following a long journey from Singapore, its new ENSCO 122 jack-up rig has arrived in the Netherlands where the rig will start its initial contract with NAM later this year.
SBM Offshore has signed a Production Handling Agreement (PHA) with Noble Energy to produce the Big Bend and Dantzler fields to the Thunder Hawk DeepDraft™ Semi located in 6,060 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Production fees associated with produced volumes are estimated to lead up to pro
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., an international offshore drilling contractor, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime to supply an extensive offshore and navigation simulator package for a brand new training centre.
Ensco, a UK-based offshore drilling contractor, has secured a three-year contract for its ENSCO 52 jack-up rig.
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) has delivered ENSCO 122, the third ultra-premium harsh environment ENSCO 120 Series jack-up rig, to Ensco plc
French oil company Total has signed long term drillship contract for exploration in Angola. Ocean Rig UDW Inc. a provider of offshore deepwater drilling services has signed definitive documentation, following the previously announced contract award, for the 6 year contract for drilling operations of
Orga Offshore has installed its innovative CAP 437-compliant Circle – H LED touchdown, positioning and heliport dentification marking system on Ensco’s jackup drilling rigs ENSCO 70 and ENSCO 80. The latter marks the fifth installation for Orga in as many weeks and with orders to deliver and insta
Transocean Ltd. has issued a comprehensive Fleet Status Report which provides the current status and contract information for the company’s entire fleet of offshore drilling rigs. The total value of new contracts since the March 17, 2014 Fleet Update Summary is approximately $209 million. Other item
Ensco plc has ordered two high-specification jack-ups, ENSCO 140 and ENSCO 141 in order to fulfill customer demand for the Company’s differentiated rig technology and contract drilling services in the Middle East. Both rigs, which will incorporate Ensco’s patented Canti-Leverage AdvantageSM technolo
