
Saipem has decided to buy an ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung Heavy Industries to strengthen its offshore drilling fleet.

Valaris has revealed that one of its jack-up rigs has embarked on its new assignment in Australia with Italy’s energy giant, Eni.

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of maintenance management on one of Seadrill’s jack-up rigs.

Serica Energy has found hydrocarbons in an exploration well in the North Sea off the UK, but the commercial quantity is yet to be determined.

TotalEnergies has greenlighted the two-well infill drilling programme in the Danish North Sea to ramp up gas production from 2023.

Neptune Energy has confirmed a new discovery in the Norwegian Sea, which appears to have commercial potential based on the initial analysis.

Karoon Energy has completed the drilling of two wells at a field, located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

SEE MONSTER, a decommissioned North Sea platform’s new lease on life has now come to an end and it is expected to be recycled in the UK.

KazMunayGas and Lukoil have set the wheels into motion to mobilise a rig to carry out drilling ops in the Caspian Sea in mid-December.

Amazon Prime is bringing a new supernatural thriller series, the first Amazon Original to be filmed entirely in Scotland, titled The Rig.

Valaris has revealed that one of its jack-up rigs, which recently worked for Equinor, will be undergoing a ten-year special periodic survey.

Malaysia’s offshore services provider Icon Offshore has wrapped up the sale of a jack-up drilling rig to ADES in Saudi Arabia.

GAO believes that further actions are needed to address the growing cybersecurity risks that over 1,600 offshore facilities are facing.

NOPSEMA has put a stop to Santos’ drilling ops on a gas field off Australia by issuing a prohibition notice for the Noble-owned jack-up rig.