Transocean

Equinor, ADNOC, Eni, Santos, Saipem, and Halliburton lead this week’s offshore energy headlines, with a new Barents Sea discovery, a $6.2 billion UAE gas project FID, and major contract awards across Côte d’Ivoire, Iraq, Libya, and Romania. Key updates also include progress at Santos’ Barossa and Pikka developments and new North Sea drilling commitments from Equinor a…

The deal positions the merged company to benefit from an expected offshore drilling upcycle.

The Essington-1 well is the first discovery in the Otway since 2021.

This paper provides examples for planning and execution of primary and remedial managed pressure cementing in deepwater drilling operations.

Launch of development drilling marks a new milestone as Romania aspires to become EU’s largest gas producer.

Oil price visibility, projects competing for funds, and regional market softness are all factors resulting in muted demand for deepwater rigs this year.

The operator will utilize drillship Deepwater Invictus for both development and exploration drilling under a 3-year pact.

Drillships Deepwater Asgard and Deepwater Atlas have fresh US Gulf Mexico campaigns upcoming that will earn the driller more than $500,000 per day.

Rig will continue to work offshore India.

The heated global floating rig market has day rates for high-end units climbing over a half million dollars and toward a newbuild cycle that will (likely) never come.