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Arabian Drilling wins KJO rig contract

Tuesday, October 13 2026

Five Rigs

Arabian Drilling has signed a SAR2 billion contract with Al Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) to provide four high-specification offshore jack-up drilling rigs.

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Filed Under: Arabian Drilling, Drilling, drilling rig, International projects, Jack up Tagged With: Arabian Drilling, contract, Jack Ups, KJO

HEA Energy acquires two jack up crane vessels

Saturday, August 15 2026

Overhaul Services

HEA Energy has acquired jack up vessels Thor and Wind Lift 1 from Semco Maritime.

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Filed Under: Acquisition, HEA Energy, International News, Jack up, overhaul services, Semco Maritime Tagged With: acquisition, HEA Energy, jack up vessels, overhaul services, partnership, Semco Maritime

Saipem transferring shallow-water drilling fleet to ADES

Monday, July 6 2026

Transaction

Saipem has agreed to sell its Saudi Arabian subsidiary’s shallow-water drilling operations to ADES Holding subsidiary ADES Saudi for $285 million.

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Filed Under: ADES, drilling services, International projects, Jack up, Saipem, sale, sale of fleet Tagged With: Ades, drilling operations, jack up rig, saipem, Sale, Saudi Arabia

Velesto’s jack up rig secured for Gulf of Thailand drilling campaign

Sunday, June 7 2026

Fossil Energy

Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto Energy has secured a contract from Northern Gulf Petroleum (NGP) for the provision of jack-up drilling rig services offshore Thailand.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, International projects, Jack up, Thailand, Velesto Tagged With: drilling, NGP, Thailand, Velesto Energy

Valeura charters Shelf Drilling’s 19-year-old rig

Saturday, April 25 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand.

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Filed Under: drilling campaign, drilling rig, International projects, Jack up, Thailand, Valeura Energy Tagged With: drilling, drilling rig, jack up, Thailand, Valeura Energy

PV Drilling names its super rig in Ho Chi Minh City

Tuesday, March 31 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

On March 27, at the PTSC Downstream Port in Rach Dua Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) held a naming ceremony for the multi-purpose jack-up rig PV DRILLING IX.

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Filed Under: Drilling, General, International News, Jack up, naming ceremony, PetroVietnam Tagged With: drilling, jack up rig, namings ceremony, Petrovietnam Drilling, PV Drilling

Installation vessel with longest legs

Saturday, March 28 2026

General – Newbuilding

ZPMC has officially begun with the construction of China’s deepest-operating jackup vessel, featuring the longest legs in its class.

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Filed Under: China, Installation, installation vessel, International News, Jack up, Newbuilding, ZPMC Tagged With: china, Installation vessel, jackup, longest legs, Newbuilding, ZPMC

Borr Drilling JV to acquire Fontis Energy jackups

Wednesday, March 25 2026

General – Acquisition

Borr Drilling has entered into definitive agreements to acquire five jackups from Paratus Energy Services indirect subsidiary Fontis Finance for a purchase price of $287 million.

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Filed Under: Acquisition, Borr Drilling, International News, Jack up Tagged With: acquisition, Borr Drilling, Fontis Energy, jack up, Paratus Energy

Velesto inks five-year drilling deal with Petronas

Wednesday, March 4 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto has secured a five-year drilling contract from Petronas for its NAGA 2 jack-up rig.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, drilling services, International projects, Jack up, Petronas, Velesto Tagged With: contract, drilling, jack up rig, malaysia, petronas, Velesto

Borr Drilling secures new jack up work and extensions

Tuesday, February 24 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Borr Drilling reported a series of recent contract extensions and new assignments for several of its jack up drilling rigs.

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Filed Under: assignments, Borr Drilling, Drilling, International projects, Jack up Tagged With: assignments, Borr Drilling, drilling, jack up

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