UAE-based offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a long-term deal for one of its jack-up rigs for operations offshore India.
Island Drilling has secured a contract extension for its semi-submersible rig, which will prolong the rig’s assignment in the UK.
Baker Hughes’ rig count report has revealed that the international offshore rig count experienced an increase of 30 units in 2022 compared to the figures from the year before. The overall international rig count including both offshore and onshore rigs was up 66 rigs from the 2021 count of 834. Acco
A semi-submersible rig has arrived at a port in Scotland to prepare for its first decommissioning assignment on the UK Continental Shelf.
Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions for five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), North Sea, Norway and Suriname.
Talos Energy has discovered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas at two deepwater discoveries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Odfjell Drilling has agreed on a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig for one well located in the Norwegian Sea, with further options. The company agreed on the contract with PGNiG Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s oil and gas company PGNiG, on behalf of CIMC Offshore. The
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig for drilling at a field in the North Sea.
Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs, which will continue carrying out operations in Angola.
ONGC has welcomed the first oil flowing into a jack-up rig, which was recently converted into a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU).
TotalEnergies has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in an appraisal well in the Central North Sea of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Action has been taken to minimise the risks of accidents and improve safety of offshore oil & gas infrastructure, but incidents still occur.
Due to several ongoing projects, the UK’s Kishorn port (KPL) is currently playing host to giant semi-submersible and jack-up drilling rigs.
While the oil & gas infrastructure needs to be retired at the end of service life, does this have to be the end for these giant beasts?
