Lundin Norway AS has opted to charter two Island Offshore PSVs to support is forthcoming drilling campaign with newbuild semi Island Innovator in the North and Barents Seas.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has designed a new generation of drillship. The new 80k class, heavy duty, wide beam drillship design, HD12000, can drill up to depths of 12,000 feet.
A new DP3 drillship beckons has QGOG Constellation looks to have cut an option deal with Samsung Heavy Industries. Read the rest of this entry
Noble Corp. is well positioned to benefit from improving offshore activity and the continued robust ultra-deepwater outlook despite third quarter earnings coming in below estimates, according to a report from Barclays Capital. Read the rest of this entry
China Oilfield Services Ltd. the drilling arm of China National Offshore Oil Corp. has announced that it has bought a secondhand deepwater semi-submersible rig in a move to expand its deepwater drilling capacity to support its parent company’s ambitious oil and gas growth targets. Read the rest of this entry
Nautronix has been awarded a contract to supply NASDrill RS925 deepwater acoustic positioning systems for Rowan’s new ultra deep-water drillships. Read the rest of this entry
China Oilfield Services Limited “COSL” has announced that HYSY708, a deepwater survey vessel, has successfully completed a sampling mission for a geological drilling engineering and a 300-meter seabed drilling. Read the rest of this entry
One of the world’s largest and most advanced ultra deepwater installation and construction vessels, “AMC Connector” recently arrived into Dublin Bay. Read the rest of this entry
Ensco plc has inked a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries, for the delivery of a new ultra deepwater drillship at a cost of about $645 million. Read the rest of this entry
Vantage Drilling Co. has agreed to acquire the ultra-deepwater drillship Dragonquest from Valencia Drilling Corp. for $164 million.



