
Dolphin Drilling has undertaken an equity issue to take advantage of increased day rates in the offshore drilling market.

Canadian offshore regulator has laid charges against Transocean related to an incident on one of the contractor’s rigs back in September 2019.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for two wells located in the Norwegian Sea.

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed new contracts and contract extension awards, with an associated backlog of $149 million.

UK’s competition regulator has now completed its review of the business combination between Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling.

Diamond Offshore Drilling has announced new contracts for one of its own semi-submersible rigs and for a drillship managed for Aquadrill.

Seadrill has entered into a binding share purchase agreement with ADES to sell the legal entities that own and operate seven jack-ups in Saudi Arabia.

UAE’s ADNOC has awarded framework deals described as “largest-of-its-kind” totalling $1.83 bln for drilling-related services to five firms.

The start of Trillion’s 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a gas field in the Black Sea has been delayed until rig repairs are completed.

PGNiG has started drilling a gas prospect located in the Norwegian Sea, using a rig managed by Odfjell Drilling.

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed that one of its jack-up rigs is heading to Trinidad to work for oil major BP.

Aker BP has completed has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea but failed to find hydrocarbons.

Northern Ocean has secured a contract award from Shell for operations in Namibia, where the major made an oil discovery earlier this year.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has made a minor oil discovery near its operated Gjøa field in the North Sea off Norway.