North Atlantic Drilling secures contract for West Phoenix
Jul 13, 2015
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the semi-submersible rig West Phoenix by Total E&P UK Limited, commencing

Baker Hughes announces June 2015 rig counts
Jul 9, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for June 2015 was 1,146, down 12 from the 1,158 counted in May 2015,

Baker Hughes announces weekly North American rig counts
Jul 6, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +3 to 862 rigs

San Leon Energy signs onshore rig contract, Morocco
Jul 3, 2015
San Leon Energy has signed a rig contract for the drilling of the El Aaiun-4 well on the Tarfaya conventional licence, onshore Morocco.

Statoil decides to suspend Scarabeo 5 rig
Jul 2, 2015
Statoil has decided to suspend Scarabeo 5 due to overcapacity in its rig portfolio. The suspension will take effect once Scarabeo 5 has completed drilling of a well

Statoil cancels COSL Pioneer rig contract
Jun 25, 2015
Statoil has decided to cancel the contract with COSL Pioneer some 13 months before the expiry date of August 2016.COSL Pioneer has been suspended since 8 October 2014

Seadrill Limited agrees to sell West Polaris to Seadrill Partners LLC
Jun 18, 2015
Seadrill Limited has entered into an agreement with Seadrill Operating LP (Seadrill Operating), the 58% owned subsidiary of Seadrill Partners LLC

Rig and drilling contract for Johan Sverdrup
Jun 16, 2015
Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, has awarded two contracts at a total value of more than NOK 4.35 billion to Odfjell Drilling for drilling wells on the Johan Sverdrup field. Odfjell Drilling has been awarded contracts both for the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig and for drilling services on the fixed drilling unit to be installed on the Johan Sverdup field.

Panoro Energy secures rig contract for the Aje Field, Nigeria
Jun 9, 2015
Panoro Energy provides the following operations update. The operator of the OML113 license has, on behalf of the joint venture partners, entered into

Baker Hughes announces May 2015 rig counts
Jun 8, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for May 2015 was 1,158, down 44 from the 1,202 counted in April 2015,

Deepsea Metro I secures work in Vietnam
May 19, 2015
Odfjell Drilling has secured new employment for Deepsea Metro I through signing a contract with VietGazprom in Vietnam.

Baker Hughes announces April 2015 rig counts
May 8, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for April 2015 was 1,202, down 49 from the 1,251 counted in March 2015,

Pantheon Resources declares East Texas drilling programme
May 8, 2015
Pantheon Resources is pleased to announce the contracting of a suitable rig for the upcoming two well drilling programme and an update on the timeline

Atlas Drilling wins drilling contract from Buru Energy
Apr 30, 2015
Titan Energy Services Ltd.’s drilling services subsidiary Atlas Drilling has secured a contract for an initial three well program located in the Canning Basin,

Lamprell signs contract with National Drilling Company, Abu Dhabi
Apr 29, 2015
Lamprell says that National Drilling Company, Abu Dhabi, has exercised one of its existing options and awarded a contract to Lamprell for the construction

Petroceltic announces award of rig contract for the Ain Tsila project to SINOPEC
Apr 28, 2015
Petroceltic International is pleased to announce the award of a contract for the provision of a drilling rig between Groupement Isarene and SINOPEC

Drydocks World achieved major rig repair turnaround in 28 days
Apr 10, 2015
Drydocks World has completed a refurbishment project on the National Drilling Company’s (NDC) offshore drilling Rig Beynouna.

Baker Hughes announces March 2015 rig counts
Apr 9, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for March 2015 was 1,251, down 24 from the 1,275 counted

Northern Offshore delays new construction jackup shipyard deliveries
Apr 1, 2015
Northern Offshore, Ltd. has negotiated a nine (9) month delay in the deliveries of its high specification jackups, Energy Engager and

Karoon Gas Australia signs rig contract for Levitt-1 exploration well
Mar 25, 2015
Karoon has contracted a semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the first well for Apache and Karoon in the northern Carnarvon Basin exploration permit WA-482-P. The Levitt-1 exploration well is expected to spud during May 2015. Karoon was advised on 20 March 2015, by the Operator, Apache Northwest Pty Ltd, that the Diamond Offshore semi-submersible drilling rig, 'Ocean America', has now been contracted to drill Levitt-1.

Anadarko terminates drilling contract for Belford Dolphin drillship
Mar 17, 2015
Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has received a termination for convenience notice from Anadarko Petroleum

Key Petroleum executes rig contract for North Perth Basin testing programme
Mar 11, 2015
After convening an EP437 Joint Venture meeting to agree the forward operations program in EP437, Key Petroleum Limited via its

Baker Hughes announces February 2015 rig counts
Mar 9, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for February 2015 was 1,275, up 17 from the 1,258 counted

Lamprell delivers second jack-up rig for India's Greatship Group
Mar 6, 2015
Lamprell has completed construction on a further jackup drilling rig, “Greatdrill Chaaru” and its delivery to Greatship Global Energy