Truly what it sounds like, a drillship is a marine vessel that's been modified to drill oil and gas wells. While drillships look similar to a tanker or cargo vessel, there are a couple of major ...

Noble Corporation plc's ultra-deepwater drillship Noble Tom Madden has received ... and the additional term will extend the rig contract to mid-August 2030. According to the company, the rig ...

No other ultra-deepwater drillship designed to date meets such ... the vessel features computerized rig floor operations, with conventional manual backup capabilities. This automation virtually ...

Brazil’s oil regulators have temporarily ordered halts to several drillship operations due to what could be minor issues that do not usually disrupt drilling, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday ...

Analysts and top offshore drilling executives say that offshore rig utilization and day rates ... assets in various regions with committed drillship utilization remaining above 90%, and further ...

Talos had originally planned to use Seadrill’s West Vela ultra-deepwater drillship to spud Katmai West No. 2, before sending the rig to its Daenerys prospect and using Transocean’s Deepwater ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG recently announced its $111 million contract extension with India-based Reliance Industries Limited, secured for its deepwater drillship, Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1. The contract ...

Reliance Industries exercised a four-well option in India for its ultra-deepwater rig Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 at a day rate of $410,000. The Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 drillship, currently deployed ...

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, was steady at 592 in the week to March 14. , , . Sign up here. Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down 37, or about 6% ...