Oil rig news
Sharjah National Oil Corporation announces first gas discovery in three decades
The Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) and its partner Eni, have announced a successful new discovery of natural gas and condensate onshore in Sharjah.
Semco Maritime to prepare West Bolsta rig prior to Norway deployment
The project will be executed at Semco Maritime’s yard at Hanøytangen outside Bergen starting mid-February 2020.
Lamprell and IMI to build jack-up drilling units
The two rigs will be built collaboratively between IMI and Lamprell, with Lamprell’s share of project value amounting to circa US$350 million.
Keppel delivers rig to Borr Drilling
The jack-up rig is built to Keppel’s proprietary KFELS B Class design and is the fifth of eleven jack-up rigs that Borr Drilling has ordered from Keppel.
Aker Solutions awarded contract for electrification of Troll B and C platforms
The electrification of the platforms, located in the Norwegian North Sea, will aim to reduce CO2 and NOx emissions.
Stress Engineering Services, Inc. acquires Laserstream, LP
The acquisition will provide high-resolution pipe ID scanning hardware and imaging software.
Odfjell Drilling awarded platform drilling contract by ConocoPhillips
The contract work includes drilling operations, work-over campaigns, P&A activities and all preventative and corrective maintenance of ConocoPhillips’ drilling facilities on three offshore platforms in the Greater Ekofisk Area.
Equatorial Guinea grants ExxonMobil extension on offshore blocks
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea has granted ExxonMobil a six-month extension for offshore blocks EG06 and EG-11.
Shelf Drilling receives extension for Trident XIV jack-up rig
The Trident XIV Jack-up rig is undertaking workover operations offshore Nigeria.
IMI names GustoMSC-designed jack-up drilling rig
The rig has been named the "IMI-2030".