Offshore Drilling News


Kongsberg Maritime, Seadrill, Hanwha Drilling to Develop Remote Dynamic Positioning Technology

Mar 04, 2026

Seadrill Limited, an offshore drilling contractor, Kongsberg Maritime AS, a global technology leader, and Hanwha Drilling, a provider of offshore drilling services, announced a strategic alliance to develop the next generation of remote Dynamic Positioning (DP) technology in offshore drilling…

ANP Halts Petrobras Drilling at Foz do Amazonas Basin After Fluid Leak

Jan 08, 2026

Brazilian oil regulator ANP has halted Petrobras from restarting offshore drilling at the Foz do Amazonas basin until it provides information on what caused a synthetic fluid to leak in the waters of the environmentally sensitive region, documents seen by Reuters show…

Aker BP Extends Scarabeo 8 Drilling Contract off Norway

Dec 18, 2025

Saipem announced that Aker BP has exercised a new option to extend the contract for the semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 8, prolonging its deployment for an additional year.This is the third extension of the contract originally awarded in March 2022…

Talos Energy Announces Successful Exploration Results at Daenerys

Aug 20, 2025

Talos Energy Inc. announced successful drilling results at the Daenerys exploration prospect located in the U.S. Gulf of America Walker Ridge blocks 106, 107, 150, and 151.The discovery well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 33,228 feet…

Rhino Resources To Drill New Well Offshore Namibia

Jun 17, 2025

African energy explorer Rhino Resources and its partner Azule Energy will drill the new Volans-1X exploration well offshore Namibia in late July or early August, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.The Volans prospect is being investigated…

Uruguay's Ancap to Launch Bidding for Natural Hydrogen Exploration by Year-End

May 07, 2025

Uruguay's state-run energy firm Ancap plans to launch a bidding round for natural hydrogen exploration and development by the end of the year, with offers expected in 2026, executives said on Wednesday.Ancap is also exploring a bidding round for carbon capture investment…

ExxonMobil Drill Offshore Cyprus Fails to Find Gas in Commercial Amounts

Apr 14, 2025

An exploration drill by ExxonMobil offshore Cyprus has failed to find commercial quantities of natural gas, the island's energy ministry said on Monday.Drilling operations had been completed at the Elektra-1 well in Block 5 of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Cyprus…

Baker Hughes: US Rig Count Remains Steady

Nov 08, 2024

U.S. energy firms this week kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating unchanged for a record third week in a row, according to energy services firm Baker Hughes' data going back to 1987.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output…

Malaysia's Sapura Energy Lands $303 Million in Contracts for Offshore Projects

Jun 08, 2023

Malaysia's Sapura Energy said Thursday it had, between December 2022 and May 2023, secured ten contracts worth around 1.4 billion Malaysian ringgit (currently around $303 million) across the Asia Pacific and Atlantic regions.The contracts were secured across its Engineering and Construction (E&C)…

Reducing Carbon Footprint: Odfjell Drilling's Offshore Rig Successfully Tests Biofuel Operation

May 25, 2023

Norwegian offshore drilling firm Odfjell Drilling said via social media Thursday that it has, with oil firm Equinor, recently completed a pilot project operating an offshore drilling rig on renewable biofuel. According to the company, during the pilot…

ABS and MIT Team Up on Predicting Riser Motion

May 03, 2023

A new study led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and supported by ABS, offshore industry leaders and MathWorks has expanded the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and machine learning methodologies to better predict riser motion…

Halliburton Completes Offshore Wireline Service Work for Croatian INA

Mar 16, 2023

U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said Thursday it had recently provided offshore wireline services for Croatian INA Group in the Adriatic Sea. According to Halliburton, the wireline team completed logging operations on four wells, including 17 successful combined runs without any health…

Rystad: Offshore Oil & Gas is Back

Mar 07, 2023

The offshore oil and gas sector is back and is set for the highest growth in a decade in the next two years, with $214 billion of new project investments lined up, the Norwegian energy industry intelligence firm Rystad said in a report Tuesday…

Worker Loses Arm in Incident on Offshore Drilling Rig

Feb 23, 2023

An investigation into a potentially fatal offshore rig incident in Norway in which a worker lost his arm after getting crushed by a heavy drag chain, has now been completed.The incident occurred on the Linus jack-up rig on November 10, 2022…

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