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WesternZagros Contracts Two 2,000HP Drilling Rigs
Iraq >> 1/14/2013 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has awarded a contract for two 2,000 horse-power ("HP") drilling rigs with a leading North American drilling contractor. The two rigs have been contracted to drill the Has...
CAMAC Energy Announces Rig Contract for Oyo #7 Well
Nigeria >> 1/7/2013 - CAMAC Energy Inc announced that Allied Energy PLC ("Allied"), an affiliate of the Company's largest shareholder and the operator of its Nigerian deep water blocks, OML 120 and OML 121, has signed a De...
KOV Acquires Rig For 2013 Drilling Campaign
Brunei Darussalam >> 1/3/2013 - Kulczyk Oil Ventures Inc., an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, AED South East Asia Limited (“AED...
North Atlantic Announces Extension of Contract for West Epsilon
Norway >> 12/21/2012 - North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., a majority owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited, announced that Statoil has exercised its option to extend the contract for the heavy-duty harsh environment jack-up rig W...
Pacific Extends Option to Construct Ultra-Deepwater Drillship
United States >> 12/18/2012 - Pacific Drilling S.A announced that it has reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to extend an option to construct an eighth ultra-deepwater drillship until January 18, 2013, on the same c...
Transocean Provides Fleet Update Summary
United States >> 12/17/2012 - Transocean Ltd issued a monthly fleet update summary which includes new contracts, significant changes to existing contracts, and changes in estimated planned out of service time of 15 or more days as...
Redline Ships 300th RAS™ System to Connect O&G Drilling Rigs
Redline Ships 300th RAS™ System to Connect O&G Drilling Rigs United Arab Emirates >> 12/13/2012 - Redline Communications Group Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless solutions for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications announced that it has now shipped over 300 of its RAS wireless nomadic...
Delivery of Second Jackup Rig for Abu Dhabi’s NDC
Delivery of Second Jackup Rig for Abu Dhabi’s NDC United Arab Emirates >> 12/12/2012 - Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announces the completion of construction of the jackup r...
Noble Announces Sale of Two Jackups for $79 Million
United States >> 12/10/2012 - Noble Corporation has entered into two separate Definitive Agreements for the sale of two standard jackup drilling units. The first agreement, for the 300-foot water depth capable jackup Noble Lewis ...
Sembcorp Secures Rig Orders for Oro Negro
Mexico >> 12/7/2012 - Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary, PPL Shipyard has secured two turnkey contracts with a combined value of US$434 million for the construction of two units of jack-up rigs from Integradora de Servicios Pet...
Shelf Drilling Completes Acquisition of 38 Rigs
Shelf Drilling Completes Acquisition of 38 Rigs United Arab Emirates >> 11/30/2012 - Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd (Shelf Drilling), a newly formed focused provider of shallow water drilling services in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, announces the closing of its $1.05 billion acquisi...
Sembcorp Secures its 7th Drillship Contract from Sete Brasil
Brazil >> 11/29/2012 - Sembcorp Marine Ltd, through Jurong Offshore Pte Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, has secured a drillship contract worth US$806.4 million from Sete Brasil Participacoes S.A. (Sete Brasil), for the desig...
Petrobras Cancels to Contract 5 Drilling Rigs from Ocean Rig
Brazil >> 11/29/2012 - Petrobras informs that it cancelled the process to contract five drilling rigs, capable of drilling up to 3,000 meters of water depth, with the Ocean Rig Group. This decision is based on the reduction...
Saipem Awarded Onshore Drilling Contracts of $500 Million
Saipem Awarded Onshore Drilling Contracts of $500 Million Saudi Arabia >> 11/23/2012 - Saipem has been awarded new onshore drilling contracts worth approximately $500 million, in Saudi Arabia, South America and Kazakhstan, for the utilization of thirteen rigs, three of which will be new...
Vantage Enters JV for Construction of New Drillship
United States >> 11/20/2012 - Vantage Drilling Company announced that it has entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of Skeie Group and other investors for purposes of constructing a new, high specification drillship at STX...
Transocean Ltd Provides Fleet Update Summary
United States >> 11/19/2012 - Transocean Ltd issued a monthly fleet update summary which includes new contracts, significant changes to existing contracts, and changes in estimated planned out of service time of 15 or more days si...
Prosafe Orders Second Harsh Environment Accommodation Rig
Singapore >> 11/19/2012 - Reference is made to announcement of 4 October 2012 regarding Letter of Intent with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. (“JSPL”) in Singapore for the construction of a second harsh environment semi-submersible a...
Seadrill Acquires Songa Eclipse Ultra-Deepwater Rig
Norway >> 11/16/2012 - A subsidiary of Seadrill has entered into an agreement with Songa Offshore to acquire the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse for a consideration of US$590 million. The rig was delivere...
QGOG Announces the Order of a New Drillship from Samsung
Luxembourg >> 11/15/2012 - QGOG Constellation S.A announced that on November 14 it exercised, through one of its affiliates, an option for an advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship to be constructed by Samsung Heavy ...
Pacific Announces Contract for the Pacific Khamsin
United States >> 11/15/2012 - Pacific Drilling S.A announced that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Khamsin has been awarded a contract by a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Chevron Corporation for operations in West A...

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