Northern Ocean (NOL) has won a short-term gig with an undisclosed operator and a long-term assignment with Norway’s energy giant Equinor on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for a semi-submersible rig, which is currently in Africa.
Seatrium has delivered another newbuild jack-up rig earlier than expected to Borr Drilling. This handover of the final unit in a multi-rig series is said to have been completed almost a year before it was due.
Shell is taking steps to set the stage for a potential final investment decision (FID) to be taken in relation to its recent gas discovery in the North Sea, which is located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Equinor has made a new oil and gas discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of the semi-submersible rigs owned by Odfjell Drilling.
Shell and Chevron are returning personnel to their offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico and all rigs to drill sites in a bid to resume operations since the anticipated disturbance, which was expected to turn into a hurricane, is no longer considered to present a safety risk.
Borr Drilling has ticked all the items on the list it made to prepare its recently delivered jack-up rig for its inaugural drilling activities off the coast of Africa.
Dolphin Drilling has kicked off its drilling assignment off the coast of India after one of its semi-submersible rigs returned to the Asian country for a new 14-month hydrocarbon exploration campaign.
Transocean, Noble Corporation, Valaris, Borr Drilling, and Odfjell Drilling have secured a combined total backlog of $23.22 billion in the third quarter of 2024, which is higher than $23.03 billion in the second quarter of 2024 and $22.7 billion in the third quarter of 2023.
Hibiscus Petroleum has confirmed that facilities related to a decommissioned oil field infrastructure, which reached the end of its service life, have got a new lease on life thanks to a rig-to-reef project off the coast of Malaysia.
TotalEnergies has kicked off drilling activities at an exploration well close to previously made light oil discovery in the prolific Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia with a semi-submersible rig owned by Northern Ocean and managed by Odfjell Drilling.
Stena Drilling has brought one of its drillships back to Egyptian waters to embark on a drilling assignment with Chevron in the mostly unexplored West Mediterranean (West Med) blocks off the coast of Egypt.
UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has landed long-term extensions with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil major Chevron, for assignments two of its jack-up rigs are working on off the coast of Thailand. These two-year contract
Trident Energy has brought online its first infill well on Block G off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, drilled with a drillship owned by the U.S.-headquartered Noble Corporation.
ExxonMobil is going in hot pursuit of more hydrocarbons in the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana thanks to ongoing drilling operations, which are being carried out with drillships owned by Noble Corporation.
