Ensign Energy Services was recognized at the inaugural Canada Oil & Gas Awards on 24 June with the Award for Drilling Excellence. The Award for Drilling Excellence recognizes organizations providing advanced drilling solutions...

Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore successfully completed the mating of the upper hull and topsides to the lower hull of the Frigstad Deepwater Rig Alfa, which is the first of two ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs, which were ordered by Frigstad Deepwater in December 2012.

The Huisman Multipurpose Tower, a compact box-type drilling tower that replaces the conventional derrick, has already been proven successful on several deepwater drillships over the past few years. However, the company continues to develop additional capabilities...

Lloyd’s Register Energy recently held an open house at the company’s newest training center in Houston to showcase new sensing and modeling technology currently deployed in the Gulf of Mexico...

One of the highlights of Orion Drilling Company’s newest rig, the Orion Aries, is the ReelRig power distribution system. Integrated Drive Systems (IDS) designed and built the system to enable safer and more efficient operations...

Orion Drilling Company launched the newest rig in its Gemini Series, the Aries, on 21 May. In addition to 1,600-psi mud pumps, the 1,500-hp rig includes a walking system that can carry 1.6 million lb...

Bentec will build its first complete drilling rig for Nobel Oil for offshore operations in the Caspian Sea, off the coast of Azerbaijan. The offshore drilling package will include the company’s recently launched 750-ton top drive and new 3000-hp drawworks.

Octcet is partnering with Scandrill and develop a diesel additive that can improve the performance of drilling rig engines. Especially in drilling activities where diesel is used in bulk, the additive has been shown to make fuel work longer, cleaner...

The drilling industry has successfully pushed out to 10,000-ft water depths, but in order to go beyond that – to 15,000 ft – the industry will have to think differently...

American Electric Technologies’ M&I Electric business has signed a strategic partnership with FlexGen Power Systems for their hybrid generator for the oil and gas market. The FlexGen Solid State Generator (SSG) can pair with any diesel, dual fuel or natural gas...