Floatel International, an offshore accommodation provider, has won a new assignment for a ten-year-old semi-submersible accommodation vessel off the coast of Norway. Floatel International has secured a contract with Norway’s Aker BP, which will enable the …

Ocean Winds (OW), the 50-50 joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE, is set to be awarded rights for a floating offshore wind site in the Celtic Sea, off the coast of England and Wales, by the Crown Estate – marking a significant milestone in the UK’s journey …

… year, resulting in lower oil prices, and offshore drilling rigs without firm work … Focus It is likely that offshore drilling rigs without firm work secured … to Westwood. Marketed utilization for drilling semisubmersibles is 84% this year, 88% …

… towards commercial-scale floating offshore wind.   The Crown Estate … , the world’s first semisubmersible floating wind farm, in … has commercial-scale floating offshore wind projects under development … the UK’s floating offshore wind sector, create high …

A developer for a third huge floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea has been confirmed by the Crown Estate. As part of licensing round five the Crown Estate back in September failed to get an option to lease arrangement for the third site that …

Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has secured a contract extension with Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP for a 2019-built semi-submersible rig, which is on a drilling assignment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Deepsea …

Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has secured a contract extension for one of its units with Oil India Limited, an exploration …

Published Nov 20, 2025 3:03 am ET Blackford Dolphin semi-submersible rig (Credit: Dolphin Drilling) Oil India has exercised its option to extend the drilling contract with Dolphin Drilling for the semi-submersible rig Blackford Dolphin. Further to the …

Speedcast has successfully integrated and deployed Starlink’s Global High Throughput Service (HTS) for offshore energy customer COSL Drilling Europe. This latest enhancement to COSL’s fleet of state-of-the-art, semi-submersible drilling rigs marks nearly a …

Transocean has announced new contract fixtures, totalling around $89m (SFr71.16m) in firm contract backlog, for an ultra-deep-water drill-ship and two semi-submersible rigs to support drilling works off the coasts of Brazil, Norway and Romania. In Brazil, …