Private U.K. oil and gas exploration and appraisal company Corallian Energy reported that drilling of the Wick exploration well (11/24b-4) commenced on Tuesday offshore the U.K.Corallian is exploration operator for Licence P2235 with 40 percent interest…
Offshore driller Ensco Plc said on Monday it plans to buy smaller rival Rowan Cos Plc in an all-stock deal valued at $2.38 billion, as it looks to expand its fleet and benefit from a partnership with Saudi Aramco.This is Ensco's second deal…
Quadrant Energy is lining up drilling the Phoenix South-3 well in the Roebuck Basin offshore Western Australia, using Transocean's Development Driller-1 semisubmersible rig. The rig is about to start its voyage to Western Australia…
Byron Energy has completed the installation of a 500ft, 4in oil and 7000ftm 6in gas pipelines on the South Marsh Island 71 (SM 71) oil and gas development in the central US Gulf of Mexico, says partner Otto Energy. Each pipeline…
Ensco plc announced today (5 October) that Ensco shareholders voted to approve the allotment and issuance of Ensco Class A ordinary shares to shareholders of Atwood Oceanics in connection with the all-stock acquisition of Atwood at the company’s general meeting of shareholders today…
Advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended that Ensco plc shareholders vote “FOR” the US$839 million proposed all-stock transaction with Atwood Oceanics at the company’s upcoming general meeting of shareholders on 5 October 2017. “…we…
Byron Energy has signed a drilling contract with Ensco Offshore for the Ensco 68 jackup rig to drill at the company’s South Marsh Island Block 71 drilling and completion program in the Gulf of Mexico. Ensco 68 jackup…
Noble Energy has hired Ensco’s ENSCO DS-7 ultra deepwater drillship for its giant Leviathan field, offshore Israel. Image from Ensco. The agreement for the ENSCO DS-7 includes the drilling two wells…
Ensco and Atwood Oceanics have filed definitive proxy materials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the proposed merger announced in late-May. Atwood Oceanics headquarters…
Ensco has been awarded three drillship contracts offshore West Africa, representing an aggregate three years of contracted term and more than six additional years of options. ENSCO DS-4 is expected to start a two-year contract with Chevron offshore Nigeria in August 2017…
Ensco is set to acquire Atwood Oceanics in an all-stock transaction worth some US$839 million, creating a company with the largest jackup fleet in the world. Image from Ensco. Ensco…
Houston’s Ensco agreed to an amendment with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the ENSCO DS-10 drillship construction contract that will see the delivery extended again until 31 March 2019. Ensco said it may elect to take delivery of…
Lamprell delivered the Ensco 141 jackup drilling rig to Ensco Intercontinental GmbH. The contract for the Ensco 141 rig was signed in April 2014 and is the second rig with the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design Lamprell has delivered to the Ensco subsidiary…
UAE-based Lamprell has delivered the delayed Ensco 140 newbuild jackup to Ensco, after signing an agreement with Ensco to settle all claims arising from the late delivery. Image from Lamprell. The…
Norway's Statoil has made a gas condensate and oil discovery southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, in production license 035/272, was made through the wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B…
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