Al Jurf and Dana jack-up rigs (Credit: ADNOC Drilling)Abu Dhabi’s offshore drilling contractor ADNOC Drilling has boosted its offshore drilling rig feet with the arrival of two new high-specification jack-up rigs.The new jack-up rigs, Al Jurf and Dana…
KENC Engineering has secured multiple contract awards from an unnamed transport and installation (T&I) contractor to provide engineering work for a jack-up vessel set for operations at U.K. offshore wind farm.KENC’s scope of work includes the…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has entered into agreement to sell its Main Pass I jack-up rig for $11 million and retire it from drilling operations.Shelf Drilling said the Main Pass I rig will be permanently retired from drilling operations…
Fugro has started conducting comprehensive ground investigation for a CO2 highway, off the coast of Belgium, part of a 1,000-kilometer-long planned pipeline by Equinor to transport CO2 between mainland Europe and Norway.Under the contract, Fugro…
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured a contract for its Norve jack-up rig for drilling operations in West Africa.The work, with a repeat customer whose name was not disclosed, is in direct continuation of the Marathon Oil contract and is estimated to begin in third quarter of 2025…
Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia formerly known as Baron Oil, has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unnamed drilling contractor for the use of its…
Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of jack-up support vessels for the global energy industry, has secured a new contract for one its small-class vessels.The contract spans a total of 18 months, including optional extensions, in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured work for its Main Pass IV jack-up rig offshore Nigeria.The firm term of the contract is approximately two years, and is scheduled to begin in December 2024, according to Shelf Drilling…
Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an oil discovery in the Othello prospect in the southern North Sea, offshore Norway, refuting what the industry deemed as a dry belt area.The discovery was made in wildcat well 2/6-7 S in production license 108…
Marine construction contractor Red7Marine has supported subsea solutions specialist N-Sea Group in a critical export cable repair project for the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.With complete delivery of two jack-up barges…
Seatrium Letourneau USA and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly design and supply critical equipment for jack-up rigs for the Indian market.Leveraging CSL’s extensive experience in ship…
Iberdrola, through its start-up program Perseo, has invested in the start-up Revestimientos Técnicos Sostenibles (RTS) to promote its innovative solutions related to manufacturing insulation and anti-corrosion coatings, which have a direct use on offshore wind structures…
Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto has completed the wreck removal of the its Naga 7 jack-up rig, which submerged off the coast of Sarawak in Malaysia in 2021.The removal operations, except for the earlier removed helideck, were carried out by the contractor…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received a notice of suspension for its High Island II jack-up rig from Saudi Aramco, following the similar notice it received from the same operator for High Island IV in the last month.The start…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received a notice of suspension for its High Island IV jack-up rig from Saudi Aramco.The suspension is for up to one year, according to Shelf Drilling, which added it has the right to market the rig during the suspension…
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