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Seadrill secures new contract for idle drillship

Thursday, January 22 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Seadrill has secured a new contract in Malaysia for its 10,000-ft drillship West Capella and an extension of the current contract in Brazil for the 12,000-ft drillship West Carina.

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Filed Under: Contract, Contract extension, Drilling, drillship, International News, Seadrill Tagged With: Brazil, contract, Contract extension, drilling, drillship, malaysia, seadrill

Perro Negro 7 to resume operations in Saudi Arabia

Friday, January 9 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Saipem announces the restart of operations of the jack-up Perro Negro 7 in Saudi Arabia starting January 2026.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, International projects, Operations, Saipem, Saudi Arabia Tagged With: drilling, operations, saipem, Saudi Arabia

Transocean nets $168M in two rig contracts

Tuesday, January 6 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling Contracts

Transocean has secured a new contract and an extension for two of its rigs, adding approximately $168 million to its firm backlog.

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Filed Under: Brazil, Drilling, drillship, International projects, Norway, Transocean Tagged With: Brazil, drilling contracts, norway, transocean

ExxonMobil pushes ahead with further testing at Barreleye discovery

Monday, January 5 2026

Fossil Energy – Exploration Drilling

ExxonMobil Guyana is continuing exploration drilling at the Barreleye-3 well in the Stabroek Block, according to a notice issued by Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department.

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Filed Under: Barreleye, Drilling, drillship, exploratory drilling, ExxonMobil, Guyana, International projects, Stabroek Tagged With: Barreleye-3, drilling, exploration drilling, exxonmobile, Guyana, Stabroek Block

Petronas drills first of four wells Offshore Suriname

Sunday, January 4 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Petronas has completed drilling of the Caiman-1 exploration well in Block 52 offshore Suriname, marking the first well in its four-well 2025–2026 drilling campaign in the block.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, International News, Petronas, Staatsolie, Suriname Tagged With: Caiman-1, drilling, petronas, Staatsolie, Suriname

INEOS Energy announces new Norphlet oil discovery

Wednesday, December 24 2025

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

INEOS Energy has announced a new oil Norphlet discovery in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, exploratory drilling, Ineos, International News, Norphlet, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery Tagged With: drilling, exploration, Ineos Energy, Norphlet, Oil Discovery

Transocean lands six-well fixture for drillship offshore Australia

Saturday, December 13 2025

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Transocean has secured a six-well contract for its Deepwater Skyros drillship offshore Australia.

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Filed Under: Australia, Drilling, drilling vessel, International projects, Transocean Tagged With: australia, deepwater, drilling, drillship, transocean

Valaris announces multi-year contract for VALARIS DS-8

Friday, December 12 2025

Fossil Energy – Brazil

Valaris announced it has been awarded a multi-year contract with Shell offshore Brazil for drillship VALARIS DS-8.

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Filed Under: Brazil, Drilling, drilling vessel, International projects, Shell, Valaris Tagged With: Brazil, drilling, drillship, Shell, Valaris

Launch of new offshore drilling campaign in PEL39

Friday, December 12 2025

Fossil Energy – Namibia

Shell, in partnership with QatarEnergy and NAMCOR, is preparing to launch a new drilling campaign in Petroleum Exploration Licence 39 (PEL39), offshore Namibia.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, International projects, Namibia, Shell Tagged With: drilling campaign, Namibia, Shell

Seatrium wins repeat Kingdom 4 jack-up contract

Friday, December 12 2025

General – Newbuilding

Seatrium Offshore Technology has secured a repeat contract from International Maritime Industries for Kingdom 4, a LeTourneau Super 116E Class jack-up rig, deepening offshore drilling cooperation in the Kingdom.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, IMI, International News, Jack up, Seatrium Tagged With: drilling, IMI, jack up rig, Newbuilding, Seatrium

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