Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be done with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.
ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, is only days away from hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, which will be undertaken by a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling p
A 14-year-old jack-up rig, owned by Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, is going full speed ahead with drilling operations at an oil field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has divested one mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) from its fleet and found multimillion-dollar assignments for five rigs within the oil and gas and offshore wind realms.
As global and geopolitical sanctions continue to gain momentum, Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has dropped two long-term rig assignments off the coast of Mexico.
A 2012-built drillship, owned by Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling, has finished its drilling campaign in the U.S. Gulf and is on its way to Las Palmas before going to Egypt to undertake its next hydrocarbon exploration assignment.
Malaysia’s Velesto Energy is setting the stage to cut development costs for operators by launching an integrated offshore model with ICON Engineering to deliver rig-installed wellhead platforms (RIWHPs) for offshore oil and gas field developments in Malaysian waters.
Saipem has boosted its offshore drilling order intake with new multimillion-dollar contracts and extensions that are perceived to reinforce its presence in key strategic areas, such as West Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Far East. As a result, three rigs will be on drilling duty with Eni, an Ita
BP has backed the disclosed findings related to a recent gas condensate discovery, which Rhino Resources, an African energy exploration player, made off the coast of Namibia, with a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling.
Beach Energy is edging closer to the end of the first phase of its drilling program in Australian waters, which is being conducted by a rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling giant.
UK-headquartered oil and gas player Pharos Energy has confirmed the start of drilling activities in Block 16-1, located in the shallow water Cuu Long Basin, off the coast of Vietnam. A jack-up rig, owned by Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player, has begun this drilling assignment. This mobile o
Singapore’s tender-assisted drilling provider Energy Drilling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyprus-headquartered SED Energy Holdings, has confirmed the start of its 11-year-old rig’s drilling assignment with Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limite
A drilling assignment for a 15-year-old drillship from a rig fleet operated by Vantage Drilling International, a Bermuda-exempted offshore drilling contractor, has been axed amid imposed sanctions.
Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL has been appointed to oversee rig moves for India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).
