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Valaris Takes Delivery of Newbuild Drillships VALARIS DS-13 and DS-14
Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) (Valaris) announced today that it has exercised its options and taken delivery of newbuild drillships VALARIS DS-13 and DS-14 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $337 million. President and Chief Executive …
Dec 22, 2023 / Vessels
Transocean Ltd. Announces $1.04 Billion in Contract Awards for Two Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) today announced awards for its ultra-deepwater drillships, Deepwater Corcovado and Deepwater Orion, for work offshore Brazil with a national oil company. Together the two contracts represent approximately $1.04 billion in …
Dec 9, 2022 / Vessels
Transocean Ltd. Announces Agreement with Shipyard to Delay Delivery, Defer Payments of Newbuild, Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced today that it has agreed with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (JSPL), on the delayed delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillships Deepwater Atlas and Deepwater Titan. As part of the agreement, …
Jun 7, 2021 / Vessels
Vantage Drilling International Has Reached an Agreement to Manage, Operate and Market Certain of Seadrill Partners LLC’s Deepwater Floaters
Vantage Drilling International (Vantage), announced on Mar 19, that it has entered into a Framework Agreement and related Management and Marketing Agreements with Seadrill Partners LLC (Seadrill Partners) under which Vantage’s subsidiaries will …
Mar 23, 2021 / Vessels
Noble Corporation plc Announces Drilling Services Agreement With ExxonMobil In The Guyana-Suriname Basin
Noble Corporation plc and ExxonMobil Tuesday (Feb11) announced the execution of a unique commercial enabling agreement for drilling services in the Guyana-Suriname Basin. The agreement defines contract terms for the continuation of drilling services …
Feb 12, 2020 / Vessels
Transocean Relinquishes Interests in Samsung Drillships Under Construction
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced on Monday that two of its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries will relinquish their respective interests in two drillships under construction – the Ocean Rig Santorini and the Ocean Rig Crete – to Samsung Heavy …
Sep 25, 2019 / Vessels
Seadrill establishes new joint venture with Sonangol, Angola
Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) announced yesterday that it has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola Ltda, an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. (Sonangol). The new joint venture, Sonadrill, will operate four …
Feb 7, 2019 / Curious