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Odfjell Drilling Adds New Rig to Fleet Ahead of Serica's UK Drilling Campaign

Nov 02, 2026

Odfjell Drilling has secured an agreement to manage Beacon Pacific semi-submersible rig for a six-well drilling campaign with Serica Energy offshore UK, scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2027.Serica Energy has signed the drilling contract with rig owner Beacon Pacific Offshore…

Borr Drilling Confirms Fourth Death in Gabon Rig Sinking, One Missing

Nov 02, 2026

Borr Drilling has confirmed the recovery of a fourth body following the sinking of its Prospector 5 jack-up rig offshore Gabon, with search operations continuing for one person still missing.The company said on November 2 that the body of a…

Noble Secures $560M in Rig Deals, Backlog Hits $6.7B

Oct 30, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured approximately $560 million in new rig contracts across Africa, South America and Norway since its July fleet status report, bringing its contracted backlog to $6.7 billion.The awards span six drilling rigs and include exploration…

Three Bodies Found in Sunken Borr Drilling Rig Off Gabon, Two Still Missing

Oct 29, 2026

Three bodies have been located inside the wreck of Borr Drilling's Prospector 5 jack-up rig, which sank offshore Gabon on October 24, with search and rescue operations continuing for two people still missing.The bodies were discovered during…

TotalEnergies Takes 25% Stake in 26 Chevron-Operated US Offshore Blocks

Oct 28, 2026

TotalEnergies has acquired a 25% working interest in 26 Chevron-operated exploration leases offshore the United States, expanding its offshore exploration portfolio and strengthening its partnership with Chevron.As part of the transaction, Chevron…

Baker Hughes Earnings Slump as Iran War Disrupts Oilfield Operations

Oct 28, 2026

Baker Hughes reported a fall in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as prolonged conflict in the Middle East hit demand for services and equipment in the key oil-producing region.Repeated flare-ups in the Middle East conflict, now in its eighth month…

Dolphin Drilling Sells Blackford Dolphin Semi-Sub, Forges New Rig Partnership

Oct 27, 2026

Dolphin Drilling has agreed to sell its Blackford Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig to SPM Energy Shipping for up to $25 million and entered into a preliminary agreement for the management of future drilling contracts involving the rig and at least one additional semi-submersible unit…

Energy Drilling Lands $87M Drilling Job Offshore Malaysia

Oct 27, 2026

Energy Drilling, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, has received a letter of award from Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company (CPOC) for a 30-month offshore drilling campaign in Malaysia, with an estimated firm contract value of $87 million…

Seatrium Inks $390M Deal to Complete Four Offshore Rigs for Keppel’s Rigco

Oct 26, 2026

Singapore's Seatrium has secured an agreement with Keppel's subsidiary RigCo to complete construction work on four offshore drilling rigs under an existing master services arrangement, with the total estimated contract value exceeding $390 million (S$500 million)…

Idemitsu Taps PV Drilling for Vietnam's Offshore Drilling Campaign

Oct 26, 2026

Vietnam's PV Drilling has secured a contract from Idemitsu Gas Production (Vietnam) to supply a jack-up drilling rig for an offshore exploration and appraisal campaign in the Nam Con Son Basin in 2027.Under the agreement, signed on October 16…

Borr Drilling Rig Sinks Off Gabon, 110 Rescued as Search for Five Missing Continues

Oct 26, 2026

Borr Drilling's Prospector 5 jack-up rig has sunk offshore Gabon after experiencing a punch-through event during preload operations that caused it to lose stability, leaving five people missing and 110 safely accounted for among the 115 personnel on board…

SLB Beats Profit Forecasts as North America Booms, Middle East Recovers

Oct 23, 2026

SLB beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Friday, supported by strong North American oilfield activity, while signaling recovery in parts of the Middle East following conflict-related disruptions.Repeated flare-ups in the US-Iran conflict…

Masirah Oil Starts Yumna Offshore Drilling Ops After Months of Delays

Oct 21, 2026

Masirah Oil has started operations on the first well of its infill drilling campaign at the Yumna oil field offshore Oman, following several delays to the development program earlier in 2026.The company announced the start of operations on October 21…

North Sea Subsea Decom Campaign Wraps Up with Two Wells Abandoned

Oct 21, 2026

Perenco UK has completed the decommissioning of the Leman South and Durango subsea assets in the UK Southern North Sea, using Petrodec's HAEVA jack-up vessel to plug and abandon the wells and remove associated subsea infrastructure.The two projects…

Sunda Energy Gets Chuditch License Extension After Termination Warning

Oct 20, 2026

Sunda Energy has secured a 12-month extension to the current phase of its Chuditch gas licence offshore Timor-Leste, following an earlier warning from the country's upstream regulator that the production sharing contract (PSC) could be terminated over unmet drilling obligations…

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