Korean shipbuilders Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) separately said their contracts on drillship orders with Seadrill Ltd. became invalidated as a result of the U.S. offshore driller’s...
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HOUSTON — Demand in the Permian basin for an MWD system with both electromagnetic (EM) and mud-pulse (MP) data transmission capabilities is increasing...
The Chinese shipbuilding industry has its eyes on the drillship market which has been dominated by Korean shipbuilders. As the Korean shipbuilding industry is...
Just in case you thought that Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet was immune to causing problems in local waters, check out this news from VICE: One of...
A drill ship that Shell intends to use to drill oil wells in Arctic waters off Alaska cannot be moored at the Port of Seattle without a new permit, Seattle...
Otto Energy Ltd (Otto) reported Tuesday that it has executed a binding contract with Maersk Drilling to secure the Maersk Venturer (UDW drillship) for the...
London: Economou-led Ocean Rig has delayed delivery of two drillships it has under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea. The original...
Chevron is pressing forward with its deepwater exploration program, deploying a sixth drillship in a region deep in the Gulf of Mexico, the company announced...
The JX Nippon-operated Bestari-1 exploration well in the Deepwater Block R offshore Indonesia has found an approximately 70-metre column of oil-bearing sands...
Activists boarded rig as it passed through Pacific Ocean towards Seattle, headed for Alaska Six Greenpeace activists protesting Arctic offshore drilling on...
Few industries have been so negatively affected by the oil crash as offshore drillers. In the past I’ve attempted to find drillers whose contract...
