Eni has made an exploration discovery in the Marine XII Block located approximately 17 km offshore Congo. The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, was drilled in a water depth...

Avo Photonics, an opto-electronic design and production specialist, in collaboration with Weatherford, has designed and validated the performance of a downhole multi-channel...

As drilling operations continue to expand into increasingly remote areas, it is important for companies to prepare their drilling crews to deal with medical emergencies...

An industrywide collaboration is pushing to standardize expectations for drilling services with a risk management-based system. Although development of API Spec Q2 began...

Brunei Shell Petroleum has awarded Maersk Drilling a four-year contract for the jackup Maersk Completer for operation offshore Brunei in Southeast Asia. The contract commences...

UMW Drilling, a wholly owned subsidiary of UMW Oil & Gas, has awarded Keppel FELS, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), a contract for a KFELS B Class jackup...

Ensco has sold its two remaining cold-stacked jackups for $33 million. The net book value of the two rigs, ENSCO 69 and Wisconsin, both built in 1976, was approximately...

Randall D. Stilley will serve as president and CEO of Noble Corp’s spinoff company Paragon Offshore, a standard specification offshore drilling company, Noble recently...

BP has awarded KCA Deutag a five-year, $220-million contract for the construction and operation of three fast-moving land rigs in Oman. Including options, the contract is valued...

The US and Brazil rank as the most favorable regions for oil and gas investment in 2014, but there will be pressures to reduce costs and consolidate, a new report from DNV...