Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has confirmed the return of a 1990-built semi-submersible rig, which it acquired from Transocean, to the North Sea, where it will resume its assignment in UK waters.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ go-ahead for activities in the Norwegian North Sea, which will be carried out with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received the all-clear from the country’s authorities to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations at a field off the coast of Norway.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has finished drilling a wildcat well in the North Sea with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs. This hydrocarbon exploration did not lead to a new oil and gas discovery off the coast of Norway.
A seventh-generation drillship owned by Hanwha Drilling, part of South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, has commenced its assignment with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras in the country’s Campos basin.
Vietnam’s Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has acquired a rig from an affiliate of offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation.
ADES International Holding, a subsidiary of ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has tightened its grip on 33 jack-up rig additions to its fleet by revising its cash merger offer to bring the UAE-based Shelf Drilling into its fold. As a result, more than half
A subsidiary of the Singapore-headquartered Seatrium has opted to continue its arbitration fight, following a court ruling which dismissed its appeal to halt a multimillion-dollar payment in a legal rig contract dispute. The Asian giant had previously assumed certain potential claims related to a ri
Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has moved forward with its plans for an oil field in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil, thanks to the completion of financing for the refurbishment of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit and a short-term lease of a developmen
Expro has shed light on its recent cementing technology milestone in deepwater well construction, which was achieved with the deployment of a casing string, said to be the heaviest to date, at a significant project in the Gulf of America/U.S. Gulf of Mexico for an undisclosed company described as a
Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi is setting the stage to spud the next well on its list off the coast of Norway after drilling its second well in the North Sea with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
Advanced Energy Systems (ADES), part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Holding, has signed a multi-year contract extension with the state-owned QatarEnergy for a jackup rig from its fleet.
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has secured a letter of intent (LoA) with an undisclosed company for one of its rigs.
