
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract with Petrobras offshore Brazil for a stacked drillship.

Australia’s FAR Limited has set the date for the drilling of Bambo-1 well, offshore The Gambia, scheduled to start on 13 November 2021.

John Frederiksen’s Northern Drilling has now cancelled resale contracts for both of its newbuild drillships with South Korea’s DSME.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Aker BP for a wildcat well in the North Sea off Norway.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has revealed its plans for THE RIG, a tourism project inspired by offshore oil platforms.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased again last week, according to Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report last Friday.

Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension from TotalEnergies to drill for a new world record.

PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing to move a Stena Drilling-owned rig to a final location as part of the decommissioning campaign of the Kinsale gas fields.

Maersk Drilling has entered a framework agreement with the Nini Joint Venture for the supply of rigs for the Greensand carbon storage project.

Aquadrill and a subsidiary of Vantage Holdings have reached an agreement to provide the Capelladrillship for a contract in Indonesia.

Stena Drilling has entered into a partnership with SmartChainServices to develop further smart solutions for the energy sector.

While moving to start drilling ops in the UK North Sea for IOG, an issue has been found on one of the legs of a Noble Corporation-owned rig.

Transocean has committed to reducing operating Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 40 per cent from 2019 levels by 2030.

Valaris DS-12 has become the first vessel in the world to receive the ABS Enhanced Electrical System Notation EHS-E.