
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has obtained multimillion-dollar assignments and extensions for seven mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) from its rig fleet.

Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a batch of new drillship and jack-up rig assignments and extensions in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North and South America.

UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has embarked on multi-well drilling activities off the coast of Egypt with a drillship owned by Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling.

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has landed multiple new work assignments in Africa, Southeast Asia, and North America. As a result, 25 of our 29 rigs are either contracted or committed, with six in Southeast Asia, five in the Middle East and North Afric

Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has conducted drilling activities at a wildcat well in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs. This well did not yield commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received clearance to deploy a ten-year-old jack-up rig at its offshore field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant, has landed a batch of new contracts and extensions off the coasts of Guyana, Norway, Nigeria, Trinidad, South America, and the U.S. Gulf, which have enabled the firm to augment its backlog.

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has picked up multimillion-dollar extensions for two of its harsh environment semi-submersible rigs deployed off the coast of Norway.

Vantage Drilling International, a Bermuda-exempted offshore drilling contractor, has landed a long-term assignment for its 16-year-old drillship off the coast of India with the country’s state-owned energy giant ONGC.

Amplitude Energy, an Australian gas production company focused on supplying the Southeast domestic gas market, has shed light on the results of drilling operations at an exploration well in the Otway Basin offshore Victoria, Australia.

UK-based and AIM-listed Sunda Energy, formerly Baron Oil, is setting the stage to undertake its planned drilling campaign on a gas field off the coast of Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia.

Transocean has made a multibillion-dollar merger move on Valaris to breathe life into a combined company with a diversified offshore fleet of 73 rigs, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships, nine semi-submersibles, and 31 modern jack-ups, to meet emerging growth opportunities.

Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has received DNV’s Abate (P+) notation for one of its drillships, underscoring the rig owner’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations.