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ADNOC Drilling Acquires Two New Jack-Up Rigs, Further Accelerating Growth

ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC (ADNOC Drilling) (ADX symbol: ADNOCDRILL / ISIN: AEA007301012) announced on Tuesday (Jun06) that it has signed an agreement to acquire two premium high-specification Gusto MSC CJ46 design offshore jack-up drilling units …
Jun 7, 2023 / Vessels

ADNOC Drilling Purchases Two Further Premium Jack-Up Rigs as Part of Accelerated Growth Strategy

Two further premium offshore jack-up rigs acquired for $140 million to meet ADNOC’s plan to raise and sustain production capacity Purchase reinforces accelerated rig fleet expansion program, with further acquisitions in the pipeline Acquisition …
Sep 26, 2022 / Vessels

International Maritime Industries and Lamprell Complete Load-out and Float-off of New Jackup Rig

International Maritime Industries (IMI), the largest shipyard in the MENA region, and Lamprell today announced the successful completion of the load-out and float-off of the first jackup drilling unit being constructed for IMI.The rig will now …
May 18, 2022 / Curious

ABS to Class a Series of Silver Eagle Self Elevating Drilling Units

ABS is to provide classification for a series of highly innovative Self-Elevating Drilling Units (SEDU) for Silver Eagle Global.Silver Eagle says the self-propelled design is capable of working at greater water depths and in harsh environments. Also …
Mar 31, 2020 / Curious

Transocean Ltd. Announces World’s First Hybrid Floating Drilling Unit

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced yesterday that it has successfully deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen, engaged in drilling …
Oct 3, 2019 / Vessels

DNV GL awards CMHI AIPs for two new offshore designs

Classification society DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with Approval in Principle (AiP) certificates for two new offshore units: an arctic single column drilling unit and a wind turbine shuttle. The certificates confirm …
Apr 18, 2019 / Vessels