Singapore's Keppel said on Wednesday that it had reached a deal with the offshore drilling company Borr Drilling over the delivery schedule for five jack-up rigs ordered previously by Borr Drilling.The rig builder had in 2020 and 2021 agreed…
ADNOC Drilling announced it has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two offshore jack-up drilling unit for a combined cost of $140 million.The two new rigs will join the ADNOC Drilling fleet and commence operations by the end of 2022…
Austria's OMV and German operator Wintershall Dea have jointly contracted Transocean's Transocean Norge semisubmersible drilling rig for drilling 17 wells in Norway. The two firms also said they had entered into an exclusive partnership with…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Tuesday it had awarded a $30 million decommissioning contract to Well-Safe Solutions, for a campaign covering more than 20 wells located across eight Dutch and UK North Sea fields.'It is the first multi-region…
Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP has received a Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) consent to use the jack-up drilling rig Maersk Invincible for drilling activities on the Ivar Aasen field, offshore Norway. The consent includes plugging…
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has added two additional firm wells to its contract with Odjfell Drilling for use of the Deepsea Nordkapp semisubmersible drilling rig. The extension has an estimated duration of approximately six months…
Global oil and gas exploration is set to falter this year as the number of licensed blocks and total acreage fall to near all-time lows as the sector struggles to shake off the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing oil market crash…
Oslo-listed oil and gas company BW Energy said Tuesday that its BW MaBoMo offshore production facility had sailed away towards Gabon.The production facility, converted from the Hibiscus Alpha jack-up drilling rig, is currently onboard a heavy…
Malaysian company Sapura Energy has agreed to sell three tender-assisted drilling rigs to NKD Maritime Limited for an aggregate cash consideration of $8,2 million.'The disposal of the rigs was carried out by way of tender exercise. Based on an informal market survey…
Tullow Oil said on Friday it would abandon drilling operations at Beebei-Potaro exploration well in offshore Guyana after results showed the well bore water.The group, which holds 37.5% of the Kanuku block where the well lies, said it would…
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling on Thursday announced it has received a binding letter of intent (LOI) for one of its jack-up drilling rigs from an undisclosed operator in West Africa.Under the deal, Borr's Prospector 5 will drill…
Dubai based jackup operator Shelf Drilling has been awarded a three-year contract for with India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation for work on the Mumbai High. The contract is for the C.E. Thornton jack-up rig, with planned start-up of operations is Q2 2023…
Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp on Thursday reported a first-half profit that rose 66%, helped by higher earnings across most of its main businesses and a rebound at its offshore & marine (O&M) unit.Keppel, which traces its roots to a small ship repair yard corporatized in 1968…
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill on Wednesday announced it has been awarded contract extensions for three of its jack-up rigs for work offshore in the Arabian Gulf.The firm term of each contract is three years with commencement in direct continuation of the current contracts…
Oslo-listed offshore accommodation rig provider Floatel International has won a contract extension for one of its units with Equinor in Brazil.Equinor has extended the contract for the Floatel Victory semi-submersible accommodation unit. The…