
DNO Norge, a subsidiary of Norwegian oil and gas player DNO, has not found black gold during the drilling of a well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which was conducted with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant.

A six-year-old semi-submersible rig, managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean, is getting a new owner, as the current manager sets the stage to become the new owner of this mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU).

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has unearthed more oil in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil.

ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, has made a new gas discovery in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.

Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has landed a new assignment for one of its semi-submersible rigs, which will enable the unit to be booked until the second quarter of 2029.

African energy exploration player Rhino Resources has added an additional assignment to a contract for the semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, offshore Namibia.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the all-clear from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

ADNOC Drilling has widened its footprint in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, thanks to a deal to obtain a majority stake in MB Petroleum Services (MBPS), a drilling and oilfield services (OFS) provider with operations in Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.

ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has secured the green light to restart one of its offshore drilling assignments off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

UK-headquartered Tullow Oil, an independent energy company with operations in West Africa, has decided to bring online by the end of the year its second well at an oilfield off the coast of Ghana, which was drilled with a drillship owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant.

ABL, part of Oslo-listed energy, marine, and engineering consultancy ABL Group, has won a new assignment in the Gulf of Thailand, which will enable it to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) and third-party support services in connection with wellhead platform installations and jack-up rig moves.

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has put into play a new pilot program aboard its 11-year-old drillship in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime, a Norway-headquartered marine technology player.

Equinor has prolonged a rig drilling assignment off the coast of Norway, which is being undertaken by a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.

UK-headquartered energy giant BP is moving forward with the evaluation of its hydrocarbon discovery off the coast of Brazil, with appraisal plans anticipated to be put in motion in 2027.