/drillships?format=feed Drillships en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 05:56:27 -0400 /news/525314-the-future-of-long-idle-drillships-cold-stacked-or-dead-stacked Noble Corporation’s recent decision to sell the Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco for non-drilling purposes highlights a key issue in the drillship market: What… Fri, 02 May 2025 09:56:27 Z /news/525314-the-future-of-long-idle-drillships-cold-stacked-or-dead-stacked /news/524945-vantage-drilling-lines-up-80m-job-for-platinum-explorer-drillship Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has received a conditional letter of award (CLOA) for the Platinum Explorer ultra-deepwater drillship, valued at approximately $80 million… Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:55:07 Z /news/524945-vantage-drilling-lines-up-80m-job-for-platinum-explorer-drillship /news/524882-hanwha-drilling-s-tidal-action-drillship-en-route-to-petrobras-roncador-field Tidal Action ultra-deepwater drillship has embarked on a voyage from South Korea to Brazil to start its maiden job at Petrobras’ Roncador field.The drillship has… Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:36:43 Z /news/524882-hanwha-drilling-s-tidal-action-drillship-en-route-to-petrobras-roncador-field /news/524848-atlantic-zonda-drillship-starts-its-maiden-job-with-petrobras The seventh generation Atlantic Zonda drillship, managed by Ventura Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú Midco, has started operations for Petrobras under a three-year drilling contract.The… Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:06:14 Z /news/524848-atlantic-zonda-drillship-starts-its-maiden-job-with-petrobras /news/524410-shell-hires-stena-drillship-for-job-offshore-suriname Shell, through its subsidiaries, has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for the Mobile Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena DrillMAX, which will be put to work offshore Suriname… Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:34:54 Z /news/524410-shell-hires-stena-drillship-for-job-offshore-suriname /news/523333-shell-hires-noble-s-drillship-for-work-in-southeast-asia Brunei Shell Petroleum, a subsidiary of Shell, has awarded a contract to Noble Corporation for its Noble Viking drillship.Noble Viking drillship has been hired on… Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:09:28 Z /news/523333-shell-hires-noble-s-drillship-for-work-in-southeast-asia /news/523166-bp-finds-gas-in-final-well-of-west-nile-delta-drilling-campaign-off-egypt BP has completed drilling operations at the El Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú Concession, marking the final well in its four-slot drilling… Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:03:00 Z /news/523166-bp-finds-gas-in-final-well-of-west-nile-delta-drilling-campaign-off-egypt /news/522762-drilling-ops-restart-at-zohr-gas-field-offshore-egypt Egypt's petroleum minister Karim Badawi said on Tuesday that drilling work for the development of the Zohr gas field resumed in mid-February.Production had been… Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:22:38 Z /news/522762-drilling-ops-restart-at-zohr-gas-field-offshore-egypt /news/522221-vantage-to-explore-drilling-opportunities-with-dorado-drillship Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has entered into a marketing agreement with Eldorado Drilling for the seventh generation ultra-deepwater drillship Dorado… Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:35:59 Z /news/522221-vantage-to-explore-drilling-opportunities-with-dorado-drillship /news/521864-noble-corporation-to-retire-two-drillships Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling contractor Noble Corporation has outlined plans to divest the cold stacked drillships Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco, permanently retiring the units from drilling operations… Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:26:27 Z /news/521864-noble-corporation-to-retire-two-drillships /news/520726-vantage-totalenergies-launch-jv-set-to-acquire-tungsten-explorer-drillship Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling contractor Vantage Drilling and French energy major TotalEnergies have created a joint venture (JV) entity TEVA Ship Charter, which will acquire… Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:56:41 Z /news/520726-vantage-totalenergies-launch-jv-set-to-acquire-tungsten-explorer-drillship /news/520664-petrobras-hires-seadrill-s-drillship-pair-for-brazil-ops Petrobras has awarded contracts to Seadrill’s two ultra-deepwater drillships – West Jupiter and West Tellus – for work offshore Brazil.West Jupiter has been hired under a 1… Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:20:07 Z /news/520664-petrobras-hires-seadrill-s-drillship-pair-for-brazil-ops /news/520606-petrobras-hires-ventura-offshore-s-drillship-for-work-off-brazil Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling firm Ventura Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú has secured a contract with Petrobras for the deployment of the ultra-deepwater drillship DS Carolina to the Sepia and Atapu fields located in the Santos Basin… Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:58:02 Z /news/520606-petrobras-hires-ventura-offshore-s-drillship-for-work-off-brazil /news/520458-noble-secures-work-in-ghana-and-gulf-of-mexico-for-its-drillship-pair Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured work for its Noble Venturer drillship, set for operations offshore Ghana, and Noble Globetrotter I drillship… Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:23:33 Z /news/520458-noble-secures-work-in-ghana-and-gulf-of-mexico-for-its-drillship-pair /news/520400-transocean-s-drillship-to-stay-in-india-under-new-111m-deal India-based oil company Reliance Industries Limited has exercised an option under the previously agreed firm contract with Transocean for its Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 drillship… Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:23:37 Z /news/520400-transocean-s-drillship-to-stay-in-india-under-new-111m-deal