Rigs

Pacific Drilling emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Pacific Drilling, an offshore ultra-deepwater drilling company, and certain of its affiliated chapter 11 debtors have emerged from bankruptcy after completing restructuring transactions pursuant to their chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

Wintershall Noordzee selects Maersk Drilling as preferred contractor

Wintershall Noordzee has extended its previous cooperation with Wintershall Noordzee in a new agreement which gives the latter the status of preferred contractor to carry out its offshore drilling work.

Equinor to use Rowan Stavanger jack-up rig for drilling at Gudrun field

Equinor has given a contract to Rowan Norway for drilling two wells at the Gudrun field in the North Sea using the latter’s Rowan Stavanger jack-up rig.

Rowan completes sale of two jack-up rigs to ARO Drilling

Rowan Companies said that it has completed the sale of two LeTourneau TARZAN Class jack-up rigs - the Scooter Yeargain and the Hank Boswell to ARO Drilling.

Ritchie Bros. offloads Loadcraft 2000HP SCR drilling rig to Scandrill

Kruse Energy Auctioneers, a Ritchie Bros. solution, which focuses on energy equipment-related auctions, recently sold a Loadcraft 2000HP SCR drilling rig for $5.5m.

Eni signs up Maersk Drilling’s Mærsk Deliverer rig for Timor Sea drilling

Danish drilling rig operator Maersk Drilling has bagged a contract from Eni and its partners to deliver its semi-submersible rig Mærsk Deliverer for exploration drilling offshore Timor-Leste.

Sirius secures Adriatic I jack-up rig from Shelf Drilling for Ororo Field

Sirius Petroleum by mutual agreement with COSL, has decided to revoke its agreement with COSL for the supply of a jack-up rig for a drilling program on the Ororo field, OML 95, located offshore Nigeria.

Transocean’s rig to drill six wells for Equinor in NCS

Transocean’s newbuild, harsh environment semisubmersible Transocean Norge has been given a six-well contract for an estimated 300 days from Equinor in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Noble buys newbuild jackup rig from PaxOcean

British offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has acquired a new Gusto MSC CJ46 design jackup rig from Singaporean ship-building company PaxOcean Group for $93.75m.