ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, has kicked off drilling activities at another well in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has assigned a task for its 16-year-old jack-up rig to Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech.
Abu Dhabi-headquartered Ocean Oilfield Integrated Solutions has confirmed the arrival of a jack-up rig owned by Arabian Drilling, said to be the largest onshore and offshore drilling company in Saudi Arabia by fleet size, to its Hamriyah Shipyard in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has prolonged the stay of a chartered seventh-generation drillship in its rig fleet.
As the dash for gas off the coast of Egypt continues to run unabated, the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has visited the drilling site of the first well in the drilling program, Italy’s energy giant Eni is currently undertaking in the Gulf of Suez with a rig owned by Shelf Dri
Vietnam’s Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has confirmed the arrival of a jack-up drilling rig to Southeast Asia, where it will embark on drilling activities next year.
Norwegian authorities have given their blessing for exploration drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NOC), with a semi-submersible rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction
Akrake Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lime Petroleum Holding, which is an 89.74% subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International Holding, has encountered technical difficulties during its drilling activities at a field off the coast of Benin.
A U.S. subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has found more oil during drilling operations with one of Transocean’s drillships in the U.S. Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico).
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has landed a third contract extension for its 13-year-old semi-submersible drilling rig with Aker BP, a Norwegian oil and gas player, for operations off the coast of Norway.
Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has turned a letter of intent (LoI) into a new contract for its 2014-built semi-submersible rig, which will now be booked for work until the first quarter of 2029.
Harbour Energy Norge, a subsidiary of London-listed oil and gas company Harbour Energy, has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which was drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Three jack-up rigs, owned by Noble Corporation, ADES (former Shelf Drilling), and Borr Drilling, are carrying out oil and gas drilling activities in the Dutch sector of the North Sea (DNS) for Canada’s Tenaz Energy, the Netherlands-based ONE-Dyas, and Italy’s Eni.
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has found more work in the U.S. Gulf and Angola for three mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) in its rig fleet.
