Rigs News in Angola
| 4/25/2022 - Seadrill Limited (“Seadrill”) is pleased to announce a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill Holding Ltd (“Sonadrill”), Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. (“Sonango... |
| 10/26/2021 - Valaris Limited has been awarded a two-year contract with Esso Exploration Angola, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, offshore Angola for drillship VALARIS DS-9. The rig is currently preservation stacked in ... |
| 10/15/2021 - TotalEnergies E&P Angola has exercised an option for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager to drill the ultra-deepwater Ondjaba-1 exploration well in Angola’s Block 48. The contract extension ha... |
| 6/16/2021 - Shelf Drilling, Ltd. has secured a one-year contract for the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig with a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (“Chevron”) – Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (... |
| 5/14/2021 - Seadrill Limited is pleased to announce a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill Holding Ltd (“Sonadrill”), the 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. (“Sonangol”). Sonadrill has s... |
| 10/21/2020 - Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-well contract from Total E&P Angola for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager which will be employed to drill development wells in Angola’s Block 17. The... |
| 1/14/2020 - Based on the Conditional Letter of Award previously announced in connection with Maersk Drilling’s Q3 2019 Trading Statement, Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts for a three-well exploration dr... |
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12/27/2019 - Saipem has been awarded new contracts and extensions on existing contracts in Onshore Drilling and Offshore Drilling for an overall amount of approximately 1.7 billion USD. ... |
| 9/4/2019 - Sonadrill Holding Ltd, Seadrill Limited’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol E.P., has secured a nine well contract with six options, each for one well, in Angola for the Libongos drill... |
| 7/17/2019 - Seadrill Limited has secured a nine well contract with three options, each for two wells, for the West Gemini in West Africa. Total contract value for the firm portion of the contract is expected to b... |
| 2/6/2019 - Seadrill Limited has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola Ltda, an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. ("Sonangol"). The new joint venture, Sonadrill, will operate ... |
| 3/6/2017 - Angola’s Sonangol is in talks with oil majors about deploying two new oil rigs it commissioned from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 2013, the state firm said. Sonangol said... |
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3/29/2016 - Maersk Drilling has received a notice of early contract termination from Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC), Chevron Corporation’s affiliate in Angola, for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible ... |
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2/23/2016 - Transocean Ltd. has received a notice of early termination from Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited for the ultra-deepwater semisubmersible GSF Development Driller I. The rig's drilling contrac... |
| 5/18/2015 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (Ocean Rig), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, in connection with the previously announced Omnibus Agreement with ENI Angola S.p.A, all closing conditions i... |
| 1/8/2015 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (Ocean Rig), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that certain of its subsidiaries have entered into an Omnibus Agreement (hereafter referred to as t... |
| 10/16/2014 - Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a Chevron subsidiary in Angola, has extended the current contract for the ultra deepwater semi-submersible Maersk Deliverer expiring in June 2015 by two years. Maersk... |
| 8/21/2014 - Transocean Ltd issued a monthly Fleet Update Summary which includes new contracts, changes to existing contracts, and changes in estimated planned out-of-service time of 15 or more days since July 16,... |
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7/16/2014 - International drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag, has been awarded a $170m contract by Sonangol Pesquisa e Producao, S.A., for the provision of the Ben Rinnes jack-up rig in Angola. ... |
| 6/20/2014 - Due to the failure of Sonangol officials to accept a local representative that meets the Company’s international legal compliance standards, the Company has experienced delays in obtaining Angolan vis... |
