Rigs News in Norway
| 9/25/2013 - Maersk Drilling has ordered a new ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 4, to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The rig is scheduled... |
| 9/3/2013 - Ensco plc has taken delivery of ENSCO 120, the first in its series of three ultra-premium harsh environment jackup rigs. The rig is contracted to work for Nexen in the North Sea beginning in the fourt... |
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6/24/2013 - Statoil and Aker Solutions have agreed to cancel the contract for category B rig hire. The contract for Cat B services was signed in April 2012, since which time supplier Aker Solutions, supported by ... |
| 6/17/2013 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has received a Letter of Award for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Skyros”, from a major oil c... |
| 2/4/2013 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced the following: ... |
| 12/21/2012 - North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., a majority owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited, announced that Statoil has exercised its option to extend the contract for the heavy-duty harsh environment jack-up rig W... |
| 11/16/2012 - A subsidiary of Seadrill has entered into an agreement with Songa Offshore to acquire the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse for a consideration of US$590 million. The rig was delivere... |
| 10/15/2012 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc, a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has signed a contract to construct a 7th Generation Ultra Deepwater Drillship at Samsung Heavy Industrie... |
| 7/31/2012 - Prosafe has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of... |
| 6/28/2012 - North Atlantic Drilling has received a letter of intent from ExxonMobil for assignment of the harsh environment semi-submersible drilling unit West Alpha. The extension has a firm period of two years ... |
| 6/4/2012 - Seadrill is in advanced discussions regarding a new five-year contract for the drillship West Polaris. This new contract will start in direct continuation of the existing assignment which is scheduled... |
| 5/4/2012 - To benefit from the strong demand for high specification drilling units Seadrill is pleased to announce that it has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Hyundai Samho Shipyard for the con... |
| 4/30/2012 - Seadrill continues to see strong demand for modern ultra-deepwater drilling rigs driven by high oil prices and large deep-water discoveries and increased development drilling. Specific interest, mainl... |
| 4/30/2012 - Seadrill has received a letter of award for a new three year contract for a semi-submersible for operations offshore West Africa with a reputable oil company, contract starting second quarter 2013. Th... |
| 4/9/2012 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc, a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has received a Letter of Award for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Olympia”, from a major oil c... |
| 3/2/2012 - Statoil is preparing an invitation to tender for a new type of drilling rig for mature fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The new rigs, known as category J, will be jack-ups designed by ... |
| 2/6/2012 - Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has signed a new drilling contract for its semisubmersible drilling rig “Leiv Eiriksson” with a consort... |
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7/8/2011 - Prosafe has been awarded a contract by BG International Limited for the provision of the Safe Caledonia accommodation rig for the North Everest project in the North Sea. This project will commence imm... |
| 5/18/2011 - North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., in which Seadrill has a 75 percent ownership, has received a letter of award for the semi-submersible drilling rig West Alpha for operations on the Norwegian Continental ... |
| 5/3/2011 - COSCO (DALIAN) SHIPYARD CO LTD have awarded Inocean a contract for development and basic design of a new compact ultra deepwater drillship, INO-80, suitable for global operation. The design is being i... |
