
Valaris has prepared one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs for a drilling campaign with Santos in waters offshore Australia.

Equinor decided to add more wells to the backlog of an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, which now has eight more wells to drill offshore Norway.

Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities to drill two wells in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Transocean’s rigs.

Wintershall Dea has finished the drilling campaign at a field in the Norwegian North Sea with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.

India’s Aban Offshore has closed the sale of one of its jack-up drilling rigs to the UAE-headquartered ADNOC Drilling.

Island Drilling has completed its work with Dana Petroleum on the UKCS and moved to its next assignment in the UK North Sea.

After arriving at its new home, a decommissioned North Sea platform is about to start its transformation into a public art installation.

Borr Drilling has been awarded a deal by Mubadala Petroleum for a jack-up rig, which is expected to carry out ops in Thailand.

Rig activity in Asia Pacific has been stepped up this year, but most stacked jack-ups are being reactivated for gigs in the Middle East.

Saipem’s first sustainability plan, combining business and financial objectives with ESG criteria, has been approved.

BW Energy has revealed that the first oil from its project off Gabon may be delayed due to a potential change in the rig’s schedule.

Following the delivery of a jack-up rig from India’s Aban, Shelf Drilling has renamed this latest addition to its fleet of offshore rigs.

India’s offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has closed the sale of another jack-up drilling rig to the UAE-based ADES International.

Beach Energy has completed its drilling campaign in Australia’s Otway Basin, describing it as a critical investment in new gas supply for the east coast.