BW Energy has brought online another well on its list at an oil field in the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon, Africa.
While the preliminary findings indicate the presence of gas, Shell is continuing activities at its high-impact gas prospect in the UK sector of the North Sea, thus, more information will be available following a comprehensive review.
Island Drilling has wrapped up its plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign off the coast of Mauritania, Africa, which is being carried out with its 2012-built semi-submersible rig.
ADC Energy has been hired on a multi-year assignment related to the selection and acceptance of up to three offshore drilling rigs, which will work at a recently greenlighted oil project in Suriname’s Block 58 operated by TotalEnergies.
Transocean has secured a new long-term ultra-deepwater drillship assignment with an undisclosed operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has wrapped up a business combination structured as a triangular merger between its indirect subsidiary SHLF MergCo, Shelf Drilling North Sea (SDNS) as the surviving entity in the proposed business combination, and SHLF as the issuer of the merger consideration shares.
ConocoPhillips has picked anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) for its upcoming Otway exploration drilling program (OEDP) in 2025, which will be done with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor.
Shelf Drilling has secured more assignments for two rigs in its jack-up fleet, which will carry out drilling activities off the coast of Nigeria.
Vår Energi has received the all-clear from Norway’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations at three wells in the Barents Sea.
KCA Deutag has landed multiple new onshore and offshore drilling assignments and extensions, spanning different continents, which expands its total backlog by $900 million.
With upgrades and sea trials now out of the way, a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship is ready to embark on a voyage to Brazil, where it will begin its maiden offshore drilling assignment with the South American country’s energy giant Petrobras. Once Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player ba
SLB has joined forces with Velesto Drilling, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Velesto Energy, to take rig capabilities to a new level by employing digital tools to enhance drilling performance.
Northern Ocean has secured a new short-term job off the coast of Ghana for a semi-submersible rig, which recently finished its long-term assignment with the UK-headquartered Shell and has work lined up for the fourth quarter of 2024 offshore Namibia with an undisclosed operator.
Aker BP has used one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs to delineate a two-year-old gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea and will contemplate a subsea tie-back to existing infrastructure as a development option.
