
Noble Corporation has secured a long-term contract for one of its jack-up rigs with BP for operations in the UK sector of the North Sea.

Northern Ocean has secured a contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs for multi-country operations with TotalEnergies.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the use of a semi-submersible drilling rig in Norway.

Trillion Energy has spudded the fourth well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Odfjell Drilling and its risk management on one of its semi-submersible rigs.

China Merchants Jingling Weihai has received orders for two additional self-propelled, self-elevating offshore platforms from Huake Wuzhou.

U.S. Coast Guard has performed an emergency evacuation of a male worker from an oil rig located 189 miles south of Port Fourchon.

Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived in Namibia where it started its contract with Shell.

TotalEnergies and Eni have embarked on a rig selection process for exploration activities in a block located in the Lebanese waters.

Partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana have completed the previously announced agreement for the block.

Transocean has won new long-term contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships, adding around $1.04 billion to its backlog.

Shelf Drilling has secured long-term deals for two jack-up rigs with Italy’s energy giant Eni for operations in the Adriatic Sea off Italy.

Perenco has made an oil discovery in an exploration well located in the shallow water Pointe Noire Grand Fond (PNGF) Sud license off Congo.

Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has made a new oil and gas discovery in Block SK 306, offshore Malaysia.