Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of three harsh environment mid-water and deep-water semi-submersible drilling rigs, has firmed up a multimillion-dollar assignment for its 36-year-old semi-submersible rig on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), while
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has secured a batch of rig assignments and extensions across the U.S. Gulf, Brazil, and Angola, with LLOG, a subsidiary of Harbour Energy, Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras, and France’s energy giant TotalEnergies..
U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford International has lined up new assignments with two offshore drilling players, U.S.-headquartered Noble Corporation and Brazil’s Constellation Oil Services.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received authorization from the country’s authorities to embark on exploration drilling activities with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
Italy’s energy giant Eni and its partner, UK-headquartered BP, have used advanced directional drilling technologies to spud an offshore well from onshore, which led to a new natural gas discovery off the coast of Egypt.
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean’s business combination with the Bermuda-incorporated Valaris is facing extended antitrust scrutiny, as the offshore drilling giants’ merger request is under review with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United Sta
Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured new rig assignments and contract extensions in Brazil, Brunei, Indonesia, and the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea.
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has been served with an order from Norway’s offshore safety regulator, which investigated an incident that resulted in an injury at a semi-submersible rig deployed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech has secured three new assignments for rigs deployed in the Black Sea, the Netherlands, and Norway.
U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has obtained new drilling assignments and extensions across multiple geographies for six floaters in its rig fleet, including jobs in Brazil, Australia, Guyana, the U.S. Gulf, Ghana, and Malaysia.
Australia’s oil and gas player Beach Energy has embarked on the next phase of its drilling program in Australian waters, which is being conducted by a rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling giant.
African energy exploration player Rhino Resources has booked a drillship from Italy’s Saipem to undertake appraisal activities at a light oil-bearing reservoir discovery made during a drilling campaign on Block 2914 in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained a drilling permit for operations in the Barents Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
