The seventh generation Atlantic Zonda drillship, managed by Ventura Offshore Midco, has started operations for Petrobras under a three-year drilling contract.The Atlantic Zonda is managed by Ventura Offshore through marketing and operating agreements with the rig owner, Eldorado Drilling, and the company will earn its management fees and reimbursable revenues from these agreements.Following the delivery of the Atlantic Zonda from Samsung shipyards…
Shell, through its subsidiaries, has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena DrillMAX, which will be put to work offshore Suriname.KE STP Company and BG International Limited Suriname Branch, subsidiaries of Shell…
Brunei Shell Petroleum, a subsidiary of Shell, has awarded a contract to Noble Corporation for its Noble Viking drillship.Noble Viking drillship has been hired on a one firm well plus one option well contract for work offshore Brunei.According to Noble…
BP has completed drilling operations at the El Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Offshore Concession, marking the final well in its four-slot drilling campaign in the West Nile Delta.Drilled using the Valaris DS-12 drillship…
Egypt's petroleum minister Karim Badawi said on Tuesday that drilling work for the development of the Zohr gas field resumed in mid-February.Production had been curbed because of arrears owed to foreign oil companies.A drilling ship arrived…
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has entered into a marketing agreement with Eldorado Drilling for the seventh generation ultra-deepwater drillship Dorado.Vantage Drilling will market the Dorado drillship for drilling opportunities in various locations in Africa…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has outlined plans to divest the cold stacked drillships Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco, permanently retiring the units from drilling operations.Noble Corporation said the decision was made…
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling and French energy major TotalEnergies have created a joint venture (JV) entity TEVA Ship Charter, which will acquire Vantage’s drillship Tungsten Explorer.Subsequent to the completion of the current Tungsten Explorer contract in Congo…
Petrobras has awarded contracts to Seadrill’s two ultra-deepwater drillships – West Jupiter and West Tellus – for work offshore Brazil.West Jupiter has been hired under a 1,095-day contract, following a competitive tender process. The contract…
Offshore drilling firm Ventura Offshore has secured a contract with Petrobras for the deployment of the ultra-deepwater drillship DS Carolina to the Sepia and Atapu fields located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The contract value is approximately…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured work for its Noble Venturer drillship, set for operations offshore Ghana, and Noble Globetrotter I drillship, which will be deployed in the Gulf of Mexico.The contract for Noble Venturer is with Tullow Ghana…
India-based oil company Reliance Industries Limited has exercised an option under the previously agreed firm contract with Transocean for its Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 drillship.Offshore drilling contractor Transocean informed that a four-well…
Offshore drilling contractor Constellation has secured a contract with Petrobras for its ultra-deepwater drillship Amaralina Star, which will operate offshore Brazil, covering remote areas of frontier exploration, such as the Equatorial Margin and Pelotas Basin…
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has welcomed West Auriga and West Polaris drillships back to its fleet, which are now entering final preparations ahead of their assignments for Petrobras offshore Brazil.West Polaris and West Auriga are sixth and seventh generation ultra-deepwater drillships…
Offshore drilling contractor Constellation has secured two new contracts with Petrobras, worth $1 billion, for the deployment of two ultra-deepwater drillships - Laguna Star, part of Constellation’s fleet, and Tidal Action, a newbuild rig, owned…