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(2/8/2012) January international rig count down from December
(2/8/2012) Wintershall gets go-ahead to drill with Songa Delta
(2/7/2012) Shell Nigeria contracts Oando swamp rig for 2 years
(2/7/2012) Stuck Ocean Columbia jackup delaying US Gulf well
(2/7/2012) Rig secured to drill 5 Zaca Field wells in California
(2/7/2012) Atwood Beacon contracted for work off Israel
(2/6/2012) Pacific Mistral begins 3-year stint off Brazil
(2/6/2012) Seadrill scores $311 in contracts for 3 jackups
(2/6/2012) Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz contracted to build drillship
(2/6/2012) Semi Leiv Eiriksson back to Norway at yearend
(2/5/2012) Xcite amends drilling rig contract with Rowan
(2/5/2012) US working rigs down by 11 this week
(2/2/2012) Murphy lines up Ocean Confidence for Congo drilling
(2/1/2012) Texas producers to disclose frac fluids as of tomorrow
(2/1/2012) Drillship Pacific Scirocco spuds Nigeria ultra-deep well
(1/31/2012) WilHunter to return to Orlando well after repairs
(1/31/2012) Gallic switching rigs at French re-entry well
(1/31/2012) Anadarko pegs newbuild Ensco 8506 for US Gulf
(1/30/2012) Comstock shifts drilling from gas to oil wells
(1/30/2012) Det Norske & Total E&P Norge drilling approved
(1/30/2012) New Ulterra bit sets record in the Granite Wash
(1/27/2012) No change to US working rigs count this week
(1/26/2012) Ocean Columbia to drill US Gulf Eugene Island field
(1/25/2012) Gulf Drilling contracts 2 landrigs from Lanco
(1/24/2012) PetroFrontier lines up rig for Australia Georgina Basin wells
(1/20/2012) Lundin given go for wildcat offshore Norway
(1/20/2012) US working rig rise to offset last week's loss
(1/20/2012) Scarabeo 9 in Cuba prepping to drill for Repsol
(1/19/2012) West Navigator gets 18-month Norske Shell extension
(1/18/2012) BHP Billiton terminates Transocean drillship deal
(1/18/2012) Det Norske gets southern Norwegian North Sea permit
(1/18/2012) Parker modifying new Arctic Alaska Drilling Units
(1/16/2012) Transocean pulls in two 5-year charters from Chevron
(1/16/2012) BOEM gives conditional approval to Shell Chukchi drilling
(1/15/2012) TTS to deliver 2 platform drilling packages to OSX
(1/13/2012) US working rig count falls by 20 this week
(1/13/2012) Samson set to drill 2nd Bakken well in Montana project
(1/11/2012) Maersk Resolve contracted for North Sea work
(1/11/2012) Odfjell to build BP's new West of Shetland semisubmersible
(1/11/2012) ADX signs rig to test of Tunisia discovery
(1/11/2012) Doo Sung semi set to drill Pyi Thar wildcat off Myanmar
(1/10/2012) Statoil to keep COSL Pioneer drilling after Skinfaks South
(1/10/2012) Tech problems halt Centrica's Ula appraisal well
(1/10/2012) December international rig count 62 higher than last year
(1/9/2012) Scarabeo 9 to drill off Cuba meets safety requirements
(1/9/2012) Rockhopper releases Ocean Guardian after 2-year campaign
(1/9/2012) Diamond orders another semi from Keppel AmFELS
(1/8/2012) Pacific Drilling takes delivery of newbuild drillship
(1/7/2012) No change in US working rig count this week
(1/7/2012) Northern drillship set for 4-well Vietnam program
(12/14/2011) Texas & Colorado requiring fraccing chemical disclosure
(12/12/2011) Sundance prepping to flowtest Saskatchewan wells
(12/12/2011) Ensco 8505 ultra-deep semi set for Q1 2012 delivery
(12/9/2011) Six fewer rigs working in US this week
(12/9/2011) Det Norske secures newbuild rig for Draupne development
(12/9/2011) Atwood Aurora contracted for offshore Cameroon
(12/7/2011) November international rig count 55 higher than last year
(12/7/2011) Noble drillship Bully I arrives in US Gulf
(12/6/2011) Oilex returns to unstop blocked Cambay horizontal well
(12/6/2011) Texas American taps down 1st operated Eagle Ford well
(12/6/2011) Precision Drilling adding 7 new Super Series rigs
(12/5/2011) Leiv Eiriksson mobilizing from Greenland to Falklands
(12/5/2011) NPD issues Barents Sea drilling permit to Statoil
(12/5/2011) Xcite charters Rowan Norway jackup for Bentley drilling
(12/5/2011) Gastem given permit to drill gaswell in New York
(12/2/2011) Seven fewer US working rotary rig this week
(12/2/2011) Last of 6 wells drilled in California's Round Mountain Project
(12/2/2011) Shell taking Noble semi from Brazil to Australia
(12/1/2011) Sidetrack to be drilled to Vallecitos well in California
(12/1/2011) Yantai CIMC Raffles to build COSL deepwater semisubmersible
(11/30/2011) Maersk to hold jackup Energy Endeavour 2 more years
(11/30/2011) Lee C. Moore to build 10 highly mobile landrigs
(11/30/2011) Lundin exercises 3-well option for semi Bredford Dolphin
(11/29/2011) Argos opts out of Ocean Guardian rig share
(11/29/2011) CGX contracts Ocean Saratoga to drill off Guyana
(11/28/2011) VSP on Georgia's Mukhiani well points to sidetrack
(11/25/2011) One less US working rotary rig this week
(11/25/2011) HHI delivers Deepsea Metro II drillship
(11/25/2011) Ascent achieves post-frac high gas flows at Petisovci
(11/25/2011) Greka receives 5 of 25 special CBM rigs
(11/25/2011) Crosco starts 2-well drilling for Sipetrol in Egypt
(11/20/2011) Scarabeo 9 rounds Cape of Good Hope enroute to Cuba
(11/18/2011) E.On Ruhrgas gets a go on Norwegian Sea well
(11/18/2011) US working rotary rigs fall another 15 this week
(11/18/2011) Lundin gets permit for another Avaldsnes well
(11/18/2011) Couch adds new Dragon 400SX workover rig
(11/18/2011) Statoil to drill Barents Sea well with Aker Barents semi
(11/18/2011) Anadarko contracts 2 Dolphin drillships for Mozambique
(11/17/2011) EMS set to deliver mobile modular workover unit
(11/17/2011) ExxonMobil extends charter of semi West Aquarius
(11/17/2011) New deepwater completion record set in US Gulf
(11/16/2011) Maersk Guardian jackup going to work for Lundin
(11/16/2011) Rules being defined for US lands fracturing operations
(11/16/2011) Norway's PSA finds faults on Rowan Stavanger
(11/15/2011) Ophir kicking off its largest drilling program
(11/14/2011) Kulczyk sub successfully fracs 2nd Ukraine well
(11/14/2011) ONGC bundles drilling & wireline in rig contract
(11/14/2011) Newbuild Ensco 120 contracted by Nexen for North Sea
(11/13/2011) Coretrack gearing up for first oil & gas drilling project
(11/13/2011) PDVSA JV puts 4 rigs to work on 30 Orinoco wells
(11/11/2011) Ten less rotary rigs drilling in US this week
(11/11/2011) ConocoPhillips picks Essar Wildcat for Indonesia drilling
(11/9/2011) Multistage stim tech for unconventional hydrocarbon recovery
(11/9/2011) New roller cone bit for HT drilling applications
(11/8/2011) Jindal jackup to be built by Lamprell
(11/8/2011) Niko contracts Ocean Monarch for 4 years in Indonesia
(11/7/2011) October international rig count up 98 over last year
(11/7/2011) GSF Arctic III delivered for Irish appraisal drilling
(11/7/2011) Talon bit refined for enhanced directional control, run life
(11/7/2011) Total E&P Norge contracts Maersk ultra harsh enviro rig
(11/6/2011) Endeavour contracts rig for North Sea Rochelle producers
(11/4/2011) Five more rotary rigs drilling in US this week
(11/3/2011) Ithaca picks up Ensco 100 to drill Stella & Harrier Fields
(11/3/2011) Desire lines up Ocean Guardian till March 2012
(11/2/2011) First frac-stim in Ukraine produces 2.3 million cf/d
(11/1/2011) Rowan orders 3rd ultra-deepwater drillship from HHI
(10/31/2011) Falcon contracts 2 jackup drilling platforms
(10/31/2011) Statoil to drill King Lear prospect with Maersk Gallant
(10/30/2011) Saponis stim program on Poland well insufficient
(10/30/2011) Alaska asks for long-delayed ConocoPhillips NPRA drilling permit
(10/28/2011) Eight more rotary rigs drilling in US this week
(10/26/2011) Cairn deploys drillstring fill & control unit off Greenland
(10/26/2011) BP wins permit for ultra-deep US Gulf exploration well
(10/26/2011) Bredford Dolphin to drill for Lundin off Norway
(10/25/2011) BP snaps up early released Maersk Discoverer
(10/25/2011) Kulczyk kicking off frac project on Ukraine field
(10/23/2011) Escopeta fined for oil rig transport with foreign flagged vessel
(10/23/2011) CIMC Raffles delivers semisubmersible COSL Innovator
(10/21/2011) US BOEMRE approves first post-spill BP drilling plan
(10/21/2011) Precision sending 3 land rigs to Saudi Arabia
(10/21/2011) Ten fewer working rigs in US this week
(10/21/2011) RWE Dea & Dong get go-ahead to drill off Norway
(10/21/2011) UK North Sea drilling at 8-year low
(10/20/2011) Woodside to release Maersk Discoverer from Pluto project early
(10/19/2011) US to inspect Scarabeo 9 before it drills off Cuba
(10/19/2011) Ascent completes Petisovci frac-stem project
(10/18/2011) Advent re-entering Western Australia Bonaparte Basin wells
(10/18/2011) Lamprell to build 2 more jackups for NDC
(10/18/2011) Arkticheskaya jackup completes sea trials
(10/18/2011) Atwood orders ultra-deepwater drillship from DMSE
(10/17/2011) Rockhopper secures another well slot for Ocean Guardian
(10/17/2011) Atwood Condor contracted by Hess for US Gulf work
(10/17/2011) Ultra-deepwater Ensco 8505 in 2-year shared drilling contract
(10/16/2011) KCA Deutag to drill UK northern North Sea for TAQA Bratani
(10/14/2011) US working rigs see another 11 on the job
(10/14/2011) Dolphin Drilling semi Borgsten Dolphin chartered
(10/14/2011) Gallic gets go-ahead to re-enter French wells
(10/14/2011) Statoil to drill 2nd wildcat with COSL Pioneer
(10/11/2011) Ocean Rig commits semi Eirik Raude to 3 West Africa wells
(10/11/2011) TSC secures Super M2 jackup rig package
(10/7/2011) US working rigs surpass 2,000 this week
(10/7/2011) Drillship Bully set for Shell's US Gulf Mars B development
(10/7/2011) Seadrill West Capricorn set for 5 years in US Gulf
(10/7/2011) IFT oil companies funding drilling, intervention & subsea innovation
(10/7/2011) September international rig count down, worldwide count up
(10/6/2011) Hess lines up WilPhoenix for 2012 abandonment work
(10/6/2011) Ensco orders another KFELS Super A jackup
(10/5/2011) Precision Drilling adds 8 more rigs to newbuild program
(10/4/2011) Eni picks Ensco 109 for Timor Sea drilling
(10/4/2011) SBM delivers semisubmersible Delba III
(10/4/2011) Songa Dee goes to work for Statoil on Gullfaks
(10/4/2011) Expandable liner hanger system now available
(10/3/2011) Lucas revisits Kuntschik well in Gonzales County, Texas
(10/3/2011) Safin Gulf orders high-spec KFELS B Class jackup
(10/3/2011) Samson preparing to frac Wyoming Hawk Springs well
(9/30/2011) US working rigs down 1 from last week at 1,990
(9/30/2011) Bayfield contracts Rowan Gorilla III for Trinidad wells
(9/29/2011) Frac of Arrowsmith & Woodada wells await EPA ruling
(9/29/2011) High Plains reactivates Wyoming CBM field
(9/28/2011) E.On Ruhrgas gets go-ahead to drill in Norwegian Sea
(9/27/2011) Samson's Goshen County, Wyoming wells progressing
(9/27/2011) Noble shuffling deepwater rigs in Eastern Mediterranean
(9/27/2011) Damaged Hercules jackup exiting Angola for repair
(9/27/2011) Jackup Noble Byron Welliver set for Netherlands drilling
(9/26/2011) RWE-Dea gets consent to drill with semi West Alpha
(9/23/2011) Jackup Seafox 3 contracted by Coastal for Thai work
(9/23/2011) US working rigs up by 6 this week at 1,991
(9/21/2011) Semisubmersible Energy Driller set to drill offshore India
(9/20/2011) Statoil authorized to follow 16/2-9 well with 16/2-10
(9/20/2011) Aus-Tex receives encouraging Niobrara Shale evaluation
(9/20/2011) Dong gets go-ahead to drill Barents Sea well
(9/19/2011) Canrig licenses managed pressure drilling technologies
(9/18/2011) US working rigs at highest number since 2008
(9/18/2011) Chevron charters Transocean newbuild jackup
(9/16/2011) Poznan Trzek-3 well in Poland multi-fracced
(9/15/2011) First Vietnamese-built drilling rig launched
(9/15/2011) Bridge & Total swap Norway rig slots
(9/15/2011) Max brings Saipem rig to Kazakhstan for exploratory drilling
(9/14/2011) GSF Arctic I contracted for 3 Santos Basin wells off Brazil
(9/14/2011) Norwest frac of Western Australia well okayed but delayed
(9/13/2011) Rig 35 on its way to Alaska's Cook Inlet Osprey platform
(9/13/2011) Songa Venus' start of Petronas contract delayed
(9/12/2011) Edge prepping to frac Alberta Willesden Green wells
(9/12/2011) Northern's Energy Searcher bound for Indonesia
(9/12/2011) No fraccing on France's Montelimar pledged by Total
(9/11/2011) Chevron gets UK go-ahead to drill with Stena Carron
(9/9/2011) Total rigs working in US dropped by ten to 1,958
(9/9/2011) Seadrill's West Hercules granted 4-year contract by Statoil
(9/8/2011) International rig count up 81 from last year
(9/8/2011) Transocean Legend chartered to drill Australia's Browse Basin
(9/8/2011) Smith Bits makes Onyx II PDC cutter available
(9/7/2011) Petrobras 1st non-MWCC company to get US Gulf drilling permit
(9/7/2011) Premier gets permit to drill wildcat in Norwegian North Sea
(9/6/2011) Ulterra bit sets Haynesville shale same-rig record
(9/5/2011) Saponis completing shale gas wells in Poland's Baltic Basin
(9/5/2011) Paradigm launching drilling tools for high angle & horizontal wells
(9/4/2011) KCA Deutag contracted to drill Marathon shale wells
(9/2/2011) Seven less rigs at work in US for total of 1,968
(9/1/2011) Noble orders another HHI ultra-deepwater drillship
(9/1/2011) Buccaneer sub Kenai Offshore buying Transocean jackup
(9/1/2011) Statoil gets go-ahead to drill Gullfaks satellites
(9/1/2011) Atwood scores 2 rig contracts from Apache Australia
(8/31/2011) Venturi pump to boost flow from Reef's Ausable wells
(8/31/2011) Maersk contracts Northern Offshore jackup
(8/31/2011) GDF Suez to drill wildcat in Barents Sea
(8/30/2011) 3Legs completes frac stimulation on Polish horizontal well
(8/30/2011) Frac stim program on Tierra del Fuego field successful
(8/29/2011) AWE preparations underway for Perth Basin well stim program
(8/29/2011) Africa Oil picks Weatherford to drill Kenya test well
(8/29/2011) Odfjell to manage semisubmersible Island Innovator
(8/29/2011) Beach lines up rigs for Cooper Basin shale gas drilling
(8/28/2011) Kencana constructing 2 drilling rigs at cost of $290 million
(8/26/2011) One more rig at work in US for total of 1,975
(8/26/2011) Noble semisubmersible set for 70-day contract with Apache
(8/25/2011) Entek taps down frac of Green River Battle Mountain well
(8/23/2011) Texas' Chittam Ranch well responds well to completion
(8/22/2011) Blake buys platform rig from Trinidad's Well Services
(8/22/2011) Jadela completes frac of Texas Eagle Ford shale well
(8/22/2011) Beach & Drillsearch expanding PEL 91 drilling program
(8/21/2011) Prototype autonomous drilling machine tests successful
(8/19/2011) Working rig in US up 15 to a total of 1,974
(8/19/2011) Gazprom's Arctic semis set for operation
(8/19/2011) Long weather & water delayed, Manitoba wells back on pump
(8/19/2011) Statoil granted permit to drill with COSLPioneer
(8/18/2011) Statoil gets okay to drill North Sea well
(8/18/2011) Five-well drilling program in Tennessee set by VHGI
(8/18/2011) Subsea drill successfully tested off British Columbia
(8/17/2011) Pacific Drilling drillship chartered for three years offshore Brazil
(8/16/2011) Chevron Australia charters Atwood Eagle semi
(8/15/2011) OMV gets go-ahead to drill wildcat in Norwegian Sea
(8/15/2011) Halliburton deploys horizontal sliding sleeve completion system
(8/14/2011) Escopeta's jackup arrives at Cook Inlet drillsite
(8/14/2011) MS Energy sets Charco Sand drilling record
(8/12/2011) Working rig in US soar 39 to reach a total of 1,959
(8/12/2011) Montana Tribal-Max well perf & frac completed
(8/11/2011) Six Tuscany rigs heading for South America assignments
(8/11/2011) Det Norske wins OK to drill with Maersk Guardian jackup
(8/11/2011) Roller cone bits for large diameter high energy drilling released
(8/11/2011) US Energy Dept supports fraccing, issues guidelines
(8/10/2011) Pacific Bora ultra-deepwater drillship at work off Nigeria
(8/10/2011) West Elara jackup delivered to North Atlantic Drilling
(8/10/2011) Oilex completes Cambay-76H frac stim in India
(8/10/2011) Statoil to production drill on Gullfaks with Deepsea Atlantic
(8/9/2011) ATP lines up Sedco Express to drill off Israel
(8/9/2011) Al-Khafji contracts Seadrill jackups for Persian Gulf wells
(8/9/2011) Samson sets 4-well drilling program for Wyoming & Montana
(8/9/2011) Ensco takes delivery of 5th of 7 ultra-deep semis from Keppel FELS
(8/8/2011) Baker Hughes contracted for 23 wells in Iraq's West Qurna Field
(8/8/2011) Noble picks up 2 new rig charters & a renewal
(8/5/2011) Working rig in US rise by 12 to total of 1,920
(8/5/2011) Det Norske gets go-ahead to drill Ulvetanna prospect
(8/5/2011) Keppel FELS contracted for another jackup by Transocean
(8/4/2011) Shell gets permit to drill US Gulf Europa Field
(8/3/2011) Coastal adds 12 months to Atwood Vicksburg contract
(8/3/2011) ADX awaiting rig safety equipment to drill Tunisia well
(8/3/2011) Statoil to use West Epsilon jackup to drill Gudrun Field
(8/3/2011) Large diameter sidewall coring tool launched
(8/1/2011) Noble exercises option for 2 high spec heavy duty jackups
(7/31/2011) Keppel completes ultra-deepwater rig for Saipem
(7/29/2011) Working rig in US drop by 8 to total of 1,908
(7/28/2011) Statoil to employ Maersk Gallant for North Sea well
(7/25/2011) Statoil to use Ocean Vanguard on Visund Sor
(7/25/2011) Songa Eclipse chartered for 18 months off West Africa
(7/24/2011) Mermaid's MTR-2 contracted to drill off Indonesia
(7/22/2011) Working rig in US rise by 11 to total of 1,916
(7/21/2011) Petrobras ties in 2 Diamond rigs at lower dayrates
(7/21/2011) American Standard adds 2nd Permian Basin rig
(7/21/2011) COSLPioneer approved to drill in Norwegian North Sea
(7/20/2011) PSA approves use of Transocean Leader & Skarv Idun
(7/20/2011) Eni gets go-ahead for Norwegian Sea drilling with Scarabeo 5
(7/19/2011) Rialto hires Transocean rig for Cote d'Ivoire drilling
(7/17/2011) UnionTown sets casing to test Montana well tomorrow
(7/15/2011) Eighteen more US working rotary rigs this week
(7/15/2011) Xtreme to build & operate 4 new XDR500 drilling rigs
(7/15/2011) Magnum Hunter acquires 2 new hydraulic drilling rigs
(7/12/2011) PSA passes out consents to drill, modify, & house on NCS
(7/11/2011) Pacific Scirocco letter of award converted to contract
(7/11/2011) Statoil charters Songa Trym for year's work on Troll Field
(7/10/2011) Petronas contracts Songa semi for year's work
(7/10/2011) Patterson-UTI working rigs went up in June
(7/8/2011) Noble contracts 2 jackups to Pemex for Gulf drilling
(7/8/2011) One more working rig takes US total to 1,887
(7/8/2011) Statoil & Norske Shell get drilling consents
(7/8/2011) Union Drilling adding 2 more land rigs to fleet
(7/7/2011) Rockhopper adds another well by Ocean Guardian
(7/6/2011) Helmerich & Payne building 12 more FlexRigs
(7/6/2011) Sea trials underway on new Arkticheskaya jackup
(7/6/2011) Toreador responds to France banning hydraulic fracturing
(7/6/2011) Abraxas buys a drilling rig for North Dakota operations
(7/6/2011) Drydocks World launches self-elevating platform L210
(7/5/2011) Statoil gets go-ahead to drill with Transocean Leader
(7/5/2011) Maersk opts to build 2 more ultra deepwater drillships
(7/5/2011) Songa Offshore to build 2 new semis for Statoil
(7/4/2011) Centrica gets okay for North Sea drilling with Maersk Guardian
(7/1/2011) US working rigs rise 4 this week to 1,886
(7/1/2011) Noble semi set for drilling offshore Israel
(6/30/2011) OMV gets go-ahead to drill Norwegian Sea exploration well
(6/30/2011) McMoRan testing US Gulf shallow & deepwater wells
(6/29/2011) Cobalt awaiting return to US Gulf of Ensco 8503 to drill
(6/28/2011) Atlantic Rotterdam set to for Shell service in North Sea
(6/27/2011) Keppel FELS to deliver Rowan Norway
(6/26/2011) GDI buys jackup drilling rig Ensco 95
(6/24/2011) US working rig jump 22 this week to 1,882
(6/24/2011) DryShips' Ocean Rig options 3rd ultra-deepwater drillship
(6/23/2011) Pacific Drilling extends option for 7th drillship
(6/23/2011) E.On Ruhrgas gets okay to drill with Borgland Dolphin
(6/22/2011) Odfjell newbuild drillship delivered to Seep Sea Metro
(6/21/2011) Pemex planning charter of 8 offshore rigs
(6/21/2011) Statoil wins permit to drill North Sea PL569 wildcat
(6/21/2011) Seadrill selling West Janus jackup to Harrington
(6/20/2011) EOG contracts Seafox 1 jackup for Irish Sea
(6/20/2011) Saipem receives $600 million in new drilling contracts
(6/19/2011) GSF Labrador being converted to accommodation rig
(6/17/2011) US rotary rigs working increase by five
(6/16/2011) Miller contracts Voorhees to custom build platform rig
(6/16/2011) BG to drill Norwegian North Sea with West Alpha semi
(6/16/2011) Treaty Drilling finds ample work for new rig
(6/16/2011) Total gets go-ahead to drill with Songa Delta in Norwegian Sea
(6/15/2011) EDA to drill CSG wells in Queensland for Santos
(6/14/2011) Ocean Monarch quitting US Gulf for Vietnam waters
(6/14/2011) Eagleford boosts heavy oil output with acid injection
(6/13/2011) New coiled tubing downhole platform launched
(6/13/2011) Atwood delays decision to build another jackup
(6/13/2011) Lundin gets go-ahead to drill Norwegian North Sea well
(6/10/2011) One more working rotary rigs in US this week
(6/10/2011) GSPC tags Nabors rig to drill Krishna Godavari wells
(6/9/2011) Seadrill puts in order with Keppel FELS for self-erecting tender rig
(6/7/2011) W&T Offshore contracts Black Rig 1006
(6/7/2011) Winstar lines up Helmerich & Payne rig for Tunisia wells
(6/6/2011) Northern participating in Bakken and Three Forks wells
(6/6/2011) Seadrill jackup contracted by Santos for offshore Bangladesh
(6/5/2011) Petrobras tendering for 21 new, built-in-Brazil rigs
(6/3/2011) US Gulf drilling permit application simplified
(6/3/2011) Semi Atwood Osprey set for drilling Gorgon development wells
(6/3/2011) Working rotary rigs rise in US by seven this week
(6/2/2011) Pacific Drilling takes delivery of drillship Pacific Mistral
(6/2/2011) Atwood Aurora jackup off to West Africa
(6/1/2011) 15th US Gulf deepwater drilling permit granted to BHP
(6/1/2011) Treaty buys rig for onshore Belize drilling program
(6/1/2011) Rowan to build 2 ultra-deepwater drillships
(5/31/2011) Seadrill's West Leda contracted by PTTEP
(5/30/2011) Statoil gets okay to use Bideford Dolphin
(5/30/2011) Sevan orders 2 cylindrical deepwater rigs from Cosco
(5/29/2011) Escopeta rushing jackup to Cook Inlet to be first on site
(5/27/2011) US working rotary rigs rise by 17
(5/27/2011) COSCO building 2 jackups for KS Drilling
(5/25/2011) E.On Ruhrgas gets okay to drill North Sea prospect
(5/25/2011) Exoma mobilizes rig for 12-well CSG & shale gas program
(5/23/2011) IPC's newbuild Bicentenario 1 drilling Pemex deepwater wildcat
(5/23/2011) No change in US working rotary rigs count
(5/23/2011) Keppel FELS wins jackup order from Dynamic Offshore
(5/20/2011) Borders & Southern options 2 more wells by Leiv Eiriksson
(5/19/2011) Dolphin lines up Bredford Dophin for 6 well program
(5/19/2011) Diamond exercises option for another ultra-deepwater drillship
(5/18/2011) West Alpha contract on Norway's Balder Field extended
(5/17/2011) Parker rig mobilized for New Guinea Energy drillsite
(5/17/2011) Pioneer signs for 3 more newbuild rigs
(5/17/2011) Diamond & Anadarko settle rig dispute pen $1.8 billion drillship deal
(5/17/2011) Petroceltic hires 2nd Deutag rig for Algeria work
(5/16/2011) Trinidad re-signs 24 rigs on take-or-pay contracts
(5/16/2011) Depco drilling rig lined up for Sentry's Queensland drilling program
(5/15/2011) Keppel building 4 more jackup rigs for Standard Drilling
(5/15/2011) Land drilling rig market seen expanding to 2016
(5/13/2011) US working rotary rigs down by six
(5/13/2011) PaxOcean & Levingston to build world's largest liftboat
(5/13/2011) Petrobras contracts 2 Ocean rig drillships
(5/13/2011) Songa Delta approved for Norwegian North Sea well
(5/12/2011) Precision Drilling increases year's newbuild rigs to 28
(5/11/2011) GDI contracts 2 Bigfoot jackups from Keppel FELS
(5/11/2011) Vantage wins 18 months in Thai Gulf for Emerald Driller
(5/11/2011) Idemitsu gets consent to drill in Norwegian North Sea
(5/10/2011) Vantage orders ultra-deepwater drillship from DSME
(5/10/2011) Lundin to drill Barents Sea well with Transocean Leader
(5/10/2011) Antrim charters Sedco 704 to drill UK North Sea Fyne well
(5/9/2011) Two Blake platform rigs set to drill for Apache in US Gulf
(5/9/2011) Atwood Eagle wins a BHP Billiton one-well project
(5/9/2011) Newbuild Deepsea Metro II destined for deepwater Brazil
(5/9/2011) DONG to kick off Oselvar development drilling
(5/9/2011) FOGL switches Eirik Raude for Leiv Eiriksson
(5/6/2011) 18 more rotary rigs on the job in US this week
(5/5/2011) Weatherford to drill Arrowsmith well in North Perth Basin
(5/5/2011) ABS issues new Guide for the Classification of Drilling Systems
(5/5/2011) Karoon contracts Blackford Dolphin for 3 Brazil wells
(5/4/2011) KCA Deutag wins Statoil drilling contract for Kvitebjorn Field
(5/3/2011) Statoil lining up 2 or more Cat D semis for 2014 Norway work
(5/3/2011) Newbuild Pacific drillship contracted by Total for Nigeria
(5/2/2011) Halliburton makes tech advances in deepwater well testing
(5/2/2011) First gas completion using green tech for fraccing & water treatment
(5/2/2011) Sands Oil retains FX Drilling for Montana program
(5/1/2011) Paradigm launches new drilling reamer at OTC
(4/29/2011) Another 18 rotary rigs at work in US this week
(4/29/2011) Ocean Rig exercises option for another drillship from Samsung
(4/29/2011) SBM scores $250 million for loading system & rig design deals
(4/28/2011) Advanced drilling with casing bit developed by Varel & DHP
(4/26/2011) Atwood Vicksburg wins 6-month contract extension
(4/26/2011) Semi Blackford Dolphin off to Brazil to drill one well
(4/26/2011) Odfjell sending newbuild drillship Deepsea Metro I to Tansania
(4/26/2011) Max contracts Saipem landrig for onshore Kazakhstan drilling
(4/26/2011) Statoil gets go-ahead to drill North Sea prospect with Ocean Vanguard
(4/22/2011) US working rotary rigs up by 28 this week
(4/21/2011) Total charters newbuild Ensco 8504 for Brunei drilling
(4/21/2011) Idemitsu wins PSA okay of preparations to drill on Norwegian Shelf
(4/21/2011) Rig repair required before Beach drills Hanson-1
(4/20/2011) Treaty buys truck-mounted drilling rig to drill Texas wells
(4/19/2011) Aban picks up ONGC contracts for two jackups
(4/19/2011) Samsung scores another drillship construction order
(4/18/2011) Providence hires GSF Arctic III for Irish campaign
(4/18/2011) Mercury jackup to drill India's Khambat Gulf wells
(4/18/2011) Gazflot contracts Songa Mercur for Sakhalin
(4/15/2011) Ten less working rotary rigs in US fleet this week
(4/15/2011) Transocean stacking 3 rigs, offering 2 others for sale
(4/15/2011) Trinidad Drilling adding 2 more land rigs
(4/15/2011) Fred.Olsen orders ultra-deepwater drillship from Hyundai
(4/13/2011) HRT contracts 4 rigs for Amazon exploration drilling project
(4/13/2011) Seadrill selling newbuilt jackup West Juno for $248.5 million
(4/12/2011) EM MWD system deployed in well to 13,000 ft
(4/12/2011) MENAdrill receives 2nd MIS newbuild jackup
(4/11/2011) Crosco sub drilling MOL sub wells in Kurd Iraq
(4/11/2011) World water depth drilling record set at 10,149 ft
(4/11/2011) Seadrill exercises Samsung option for $600 million drillship
(4/11/2011) Queiroz Galvao receives 3 new heli-transportable rigs
(4/10/2011) Jubilant switches rigs for India's Tripura test well
(4/8/2011) Statoil wins 2nd permit for deepwater US Gulf drilling
(4/8/2011) Six more working rotary rigs in US fleet this week
(4/8/2011) Seadrill semi West Pegasus heading for Mexico
(4/8/2011) ATP granted 2nd US Gulf deepwater permit
(4/7/2011) Murphy receives US Gulf deepwater drilling permit
(4/7/2011) Hyperdynamics opts for drillship to work offshore Guinea
(4/7/2011) Wintershall gets okay to drill Norwegian North Sea well
(4/6/2011) Oilex retains Black Pearl rig for Gujarat, India drilling
(4/6/2011) The race is on for 1st rig to arrive in Alaska's Cook Inlet
(4/6/2011) FX Montana re-entry to evaluate Bakken potential
(4/6/2011) Maersk contracts 2 ultra-deepwater drillships from Samsung
(4/5/2011) AIDEA joins Buccaneer in Cook Inlet project
(4/5/2011) Greka orders 25 CBM drilling rigs from Drillmec
(4/4/2011) Ivanhoe to commence frac stim at Yixin-2 and Zitong-1
(4/4/2011) Statoil given permission to drill with Transocean Leader
(4/3/2011) Jasper orders 2nd $180 million jackup from Keppel
(4/1/2011) BOEMRE approves 8th US Gulf deepwater drilling permit
(4/1/2011) US working rotary rigs jump by 38 this week
(4/1/2011) Noble suspends drilling Leviathan well off Israel
(3/31/2011) Category B rig concepts win more time from Statoil
(3/30/2011) Zavanna achieves 1,320 b/d from North Dakota Bakken well
(3/30/2011) Lamprell to build two 3,000-hp land rigs for Weatherford
(3/30/2011) BOEMRE grants Shell deepwater exploration drilling permit
(3/29/2011) Noble seeking 2nd US Gulf drilling permit
(3/29/2011) Mainland completing Mississippi Buena Vista well
(3/29/2011) Statoil given PSA consent to employ Scarabeo 5
(3/29/2011) New ultra-deep semisubmersible delivered to Queiroz Galvao
(3/28/2011) Seadrill jackups contracted for Trinidad & Vietnam work
(3/28/2011) Noble exercises 2 of 4 options for new jackups
(3/27/2011) Statoil granted 6th US Gulf deepwater drilling permit
(3/25/2011) Eighteen rigs added to US working rotary rigs this week
(3/25/2011) Cosco contracted for 2 more Sevan cylindrical rigs
(3/24/2011) Chevron gets 5th post-moratorium US Gulf deepwater drilling permit
(3/24/2011) US Gulf deepwater exploration well set to spud
(3/22/2011) Maersk gets go-ahead to use Transocean Winner for test well
(3/22/2011) Seadrill orders new jackup from Jurong Shipyard
(3/22/2011) KCA Deutag rig lined up for Nigeria drilling project
(3/21/2011) Buccaneer contracts Marathon rig for Alaska Kenai Loop well
(3/21/2011) Crest returns to frac stim program at North Chapman Ranch
(3/20/2011) Working US rotary rigs rise by 5 this week
(3/18/2011) ATP gets deepwater US Gulf drilling permit
(3/17/2011) Statoil contracts Songa Delta semi for 3 years
(3/16/2011) Aminex contracts Caroil-6 rig for Tanzania drilling
(3/16/2011) Open hole wireline conveyance tool in 1st North Sea use
(3/16/2011) Sound Oil lines up rig for Marciano onshore well
(3/15/2011) Japan Drilling orders 1st new jackup drilling rig in 6 years
(3/15/2011) APG converting generators to wellhead gas & diesel
(3/14/2011) Nautical contracts Awilco rig for UK North Sea drilling
(3/14/2011) Rockhopper secures 3 Ocean Guardian well slots
(3/11/2011) Working US rotary rigs rise by 8 this week
(3/10/2011) Pemex contracts 6 Noble jackup rigs
(3/10/2011) Baker Hughes installs 40-stage openhole completion
(3/10/2011) Baker Hughes rolls out conformable sand management system
(3/10/2011) Bredford Dolphin to drill Lundin well in Norwegian North Sea
(3/9/2011) GeoGlobal hires Exceed to drill Israeli offshore wells
(3/8/2011) Beach kicks off 26-well Australia Cooper Basin drilling program
(3/7/2011) WITSML demonstrated at IADC 2011 in Amsterdam
(3/7/2011) Keppel AmFELS to build another jackup for Perforadora Central
(3/6/2011) 44-inch steel-toothed roller cone bit produced for Saudi Aramco
(3/4/2011) Working US rotary rigs rise by 8 this week
(3/3/2011) Borgsten Dolphin wins 4-well drilling contract
(3/3/2011) Noble exercises option for new ultra-deep drillship
(3/2/2011) BG granted drilling permit for wildcat in Norwegian Sea
(3/2/2011) Losseal reinforced composite mat pills released
(3/2/2011) Lundin gets okay to drill Avaldsnes area wildcat
(3/1/2011) High build rate rotary steerable system released
(3/1/2011) Petrominerales lines up Petrex to drill 3 Peru wells
(2/28/2011) Smith Bits releases shale-optimized PDC bit
(2/28/2011) Seadrill orders 2 tender rigs from Cosco Nantong Shipyard
(2/27/2011) Greatships selects Lamprell to build Super 116E rig
(2/25/2011) US rotary rigs working this week down 14
(2/25/2011) Aurelian completes frac program on Polish Field
(2/24/2011) Maersk lines up Energy Endeavour for Danish drilling
(2/24/2010) Saudi Aramco drills longest well in Saudi Arabia
(2/23/2010) Shell delivers letter of intent for semi Noble Jim Day
(2/22/2010) Parker-operated Yastreb drills world's longest well
(2/22/2010) RWE Dea withdraws Egypt force majeure
(2/21/2010) Statoil calls for new rig design for mature fields
(2/21/2010) Aker Drilling contracts 2 DSME ultra-deepwater drillships
(2/21/2010) Seadrill granted new 3-year Thai contract by Chevron
(2/21/2010) BG gets go-ahead to drill 2 wells with West Alpha
(2/18/2010) Eight less US rotary rigs working this week
(2/17/2010) Imperial prepping to re-enter abandoned Texas wellbore
(2/16/2010) Chevron Thai sub charters 2 Transocean newbuild jackups
(2/16/2010) Two Ensign rigs set for 16-well South Australia program
(2/16/2010) Edeco rig lined up for Georgia exploration well
(2/15/2010) Maersk contracts Keppel FELS to build 2 high capacity jackups
(2/15/2010) Queiroz Galvao names newest semi, Alpha Star
(2/14/2010) Wintershall gets okay to drill off Norway with Songa Delta
(2/11/2010) US operating rigs drop by 18 - 17 onshore, 1 offshore
(2/11/2010) Hercules Offshore buying 20 Seahawk Drilling jackups
(2/11/2010) Awilco ties up drilling contracts for WilHunter & WilPhoenix
(2/11/2010) Petrobras approves contracting 7 offshore drilling rigs
(2/11/2010) BG & ConocoPhillips get Norway's PSA drilling consents
(2/9/2010) Ensco orders 2 new harsh environment jackups
(2/9/2010) Transocean Leader wins 3-yr Norway contract
(2/9/2010) Hyperdynamics tendering Guinea drilling program
(2/8/2010) PGNiG & FX drilling added wells in Poland's Fences Project
(2/8/2010) ConocoPhillips gets okay to drill with Maersk Gallant off Norway
(2/7/2010) PSA gives consent for drilling by 2 Transocean semis
(2/6/2010) Eni charters Transocean Legend semi for JPDA drilling
(2/4/2010) US operating rigs up 7 on land & 1 offshore
(2/4/2010) Statoil granted permit for Barents Sea exploration well
(2/4/2010) Frac stim operations underway on Texas' North Chapman Ranch
(2/3/2010) AGR to manage Awilco well in UK North Sea
(2/3/2010) Diamond orders 2nd deepwater drillship from Hyundai
(2/2/2010) Ultra-deepwater semi Ensco 7500 heading to Brazil
(2/1/2010) Xcite extends intent to hire Rowan Norway jackup
(2/1/2010) GSPC awaiting Hercules 170 jackup for 3-well program
(2/1/2010) Borgholm Dolphin accommodation semisub contracted
(2/1/2010) Toreador gearing up for Paris Basin drilling campaign
(1/31/2010) Atwood orders new ultra-deepwater drillship from Daewoo
(1/28/2010) Rigs operating onshore US up 18 this week
(1/28/2010) Exxon sub drills world's longest extended-reach well
(1/27/2010) Tuscany building two more walking rigs
(1/27/2010) Sterling sidetracking Sangaw North well in Kurd Iraq
(1/27/2010) Range part-carried in Somalia well by Africa Oil
(1/26/2010) Saipem picks up drilling contracts worth $320 million
(1/25/2010) Pride dedicates new drillship Deep Ocean Mendocino
(1/25/2010) Statoil permitted for wildcat drilling with Ocean Vanguard
(1/24/2010) Atwood names newbuild jackup rigs at PPL Shipyard
(1/21/2010) Rotary rigs operating in US grew by 13 last week
(1/19/2010) Det Norske gets okay to drill Skaugumsasen
(1/19/2010) Synergy frac-stims 7 more wells in DJ Basin
(1/19/2010) Perenco contracts Northern's jackup Energy Enhancer
(1/19/2010) Octanex to participate in Galahad-1 well in Exmouth Plateau
(1/19/2010) Atwood options another jackup rig from PPL Shipyard
(1/19/2010) Noble contracts 2 new ultra-deepwater drillships
(1/18/2010) Statoil & Lundin receive PSA consent for exploratory drilling
(1/18/2010) Noble supplying drillship for Shell, swapping drillships in Brazil
(1/17/2010) Tunisia violence shuts in Cooper drilling operations
(1/14/2010) No change in US rig count last week
(1/14/2010) Crosco rig set for Slovenia Petisovci-Lovaszi drilling
(1/11/2010) Sapphire Driller chartered for 3 wells in West Africa
(1/11/2010) Varel delivers world's largest roller cone drillbit
(1/11/2010) Black Raven drilling 40 NE Colorado wells
(1/10/2010) Scarabeo 9 delivery pushed back to June/July
(1/10/2010) World rig count up over 2009
(1/9/2010) Rigs operating in US rose to 1,700 last week
(1/9/2010) Marathon terminates contract for semi Noble Jim Day
(1/9/2010) Cairn charters Ocean Rig semi & drillship for Greenland
(1/9/2010) KCA Deutag wins six-rig BP contract in Caspian
(1/9/2010) Seadrill adds 2 semisubmersible ultra-deepwater rigs
(12/17/2010) Drillship Discoverer India to drill for Reliance Industries
(12/17/2010) AnTech completes shale gas underbalanced drilling tests
(12/17/2010) DNO to drill exploration well in Norwegian Sea
(12/16/2010) Mainland reaches milestone depth in Mississippi well
(12/14/2010) Vantage completes 2nd round of Pinedale, Wyoming fracing
(12/14/2010) Vantage picks up 2 well drilling contract in SE Asia
(12/14/2010) Pride orders 5th ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung
(12/13/2010) Niko sets liner in Qara Dagh-1 in Kurd Iraq to drill deeper
(12/10/2010) Platinum Explorer drillship enroute to India
(12/10/2010) US rig count up by 10 rigs this week
(12/10/2010) NPD okays Statoil drilling Dagny wildcat with Transocean Leader
(12/9/2010) Galaxy II still in port awaiting break in weather for next assignment (update)
(12/9/2010) Statoil charters COSL Pioneer semisubmersible
(12/8/2010) Statoil gets go-ahead to drill wildcat with Transocean Leader
(12/8/2010) Caza lines up Nabors rig for Louisiana well
(12/7/2010) Ocean Patriot enroute to Advent's New Seaclem-1 wellsite
(12/7/2010) ETAP gives ADX go-ahead to select rig for Tunisia well
(12/6/2010) Baker Hughes & Core Lab to analyze Haynesville Shale core
(12/3/2010) US rig count grows by 26 rigs this week
(12/2/2010) Seadrill takes deliver of newbuild jackup West Juno
(12/2/2010) Keppel FELS to build 2 jackups for Asia Offshore Drilling
(12/2/2010) Marathon to terminate Noble semi contract if rig not drill-ready
(12/1/2010) Ensco 8503 sublet to Tullow for French Guiana drilling
(12/1/2010) Intervention set to boost output of Oyo well off Nigeria
(11/30/2010) Seadrill acquires jackup drilling rig Petrojack IV
(11/30/2010) Faroe contracts Maersk Guardian to drill Clapton Prospect
(11/26/2010) US rig count grows by 10 rigs this week
(11/26/2010) Petrobras receives bids for 28 rigs to be built in Brazil
(11/25/2010) Keppel FELS building new jackup for Standard Drilling
(11/25/2010) Norwest lines up Hunt to drill Redhill South-1
(11/25/2010) MOG workover of S. Teodoro onshore Italy successful
(11/24/2010) Drydocks World delivers jackup to Swift Drilling
(11/24/2010) Winstar suspends Tunisia's Chouech Essaida-13 as dry hole
(11/23/2010) Seadrill semi-tender assist rig West Pelaut wins extension
(11/22/2010) Vietgazprom cuts short drilling program off Vietnam
(11/22/2010) Caza puts Bongo well in South Texas on production
(11/19/2010) US rig count down 8 rigs this week
(11/19/2010) Polarcus orders 2 more high-end 3D seismic vessels
(11/18/2010) Cobalt contracts Ocean Confidence for deepwater Angola
(11/18/2010) SPD completes four wells for Valiant, Wintershall, and Nautical
(11/18/2010) Buccaneer to own & operate Cook Inlet jackup
(11/17/2010) Xcite lines up Rowan Norway jackup for North Sea work
(11/17/2010) AGR contracted to continue drilling management on Bredford Dolphin
(11/16/2010) Vantage takes delivery of ultra-deep drillship Platinum Explorer
(11/16/2010) Chikyu drillship set for 3-well program for Cairn India
(11/15/2010) SkyWest taps down another Cardium horizontal in Alberta
(11/15/2010) Transocean buying newbuild high-spec jackup from PPL
(11/15/2010) Seadrill orders 2 new jackups from Dalian
(11/15/2010) Statoil secures semi Deepsea Bergen for 3 years in Norwegian Sea
(11/15/2010) Hess picks KCA Deutag for France's Paris Basin drilling
(11/14/2010) Nido doing workover of Tindalo sidetrack off Philippines
(11/12/2010) US rig count increased 2 more rigs last week
(11/12/2010) BHP wins right to drill first US Gulf deepwater well post moratorium
(11/12/2010) GdF Suez gets go-ahead to drill with Transocean Searcher
(11/11/2010) Eirik Raude semi set for drilling offshore Falklands
(11/10/2010) Superior completes its 1st multi-zone single-trip installation
(11/10/2010) Statoil halts drilling operations on North Sea's Gullfaks Field
(11/10/2010) Edge drills 4 wells in Edmonton Sands multi-well program
(11/8/2010) Noreco gets go-ahead to drill with West Alpha semisubmersible
(11/8/2010) Varel acquiring Renegade Drilling Tools' RPS line & assets
(11/8/2010) Green Dragon ordering 25 new land rigs to expand fleet
(11/8/2010) Allied drilling 1st horizontal well in Texas' Leon County
(11/6/2010) US rig count increased by 11 last week
(11/5/2010) Sevan Driller disabled by stuck BOP valve
(11/5/2010) Tuscany to provide heliportable drilling rigs in Brazil
(11/5/2010) Atwood Falcon wins extension to drill until 2012
(11/5/2010) Empire suspends Paradise Unit well in Nevada for analysis
(11/3/2010) TAQA contracts Stena Spey for North Sea drilling
(11/1/2010) Desire runs into wellbore problems off Falklands
(10/31/2010) US rig count up by three last week
(10/31/2010) Nexen does deal with Ensco for deepwater rig
(10/29/2010) Transocean Leader approved for Statoil test well
(10/27/2010) Lundin gets okay to drill with Maersk Guardian
(10/26/2010) Polar Pioneer set to drill 1st Barents Sea exploration well in 3 years
(10/25/2010) Keppel Fels delivers Rowan Viking jackup
(10/25/2010) Rodinia sub secures rig for Australia Officer Basin 6-well program
(10/24/2010) Frontier Discoverer drillship set for New Zealand appraisal
(10/24/2010) Second week of near flat drilling activity
(10/22/2010) Statoil approved to drill wildcat with Ocean Vanguard
(10/22/2010) Keppel FELS to build 2 jackups for Mermaid Maritime
(10/22/2010) Lundin gets consent to drill with Transocean Winner
(10/21/2010) First Siekierki multi-fracced horizontal well Trzek-2
(10/21/2010) Edge completing Edmonton Sand shallow gas producers
(10/19/2010) Seadrill contracts Jurong for 2 new jackups in 2012-13
(10/19/2010) Statoil contracts Songa Dee semi for Gullfaks Field drilling
(10/19/2010) Gulf Keystone adding another rig for Kurd drilling
(10/19/2010) NAM contracts KCA Deutag heavy land rig for 7 years
(10/18/2010) Marathon gets okay to drill with Transocean Winner
(10/16/2010) US rig count down by 1 rig this week
(10/15/2010) Newbuild Transocean drillship sailing for Black Sea
(10/15/2010) Lundin gets okay to drill with jackup Maersk Guardian
(10/14/2010) SBM delivers Lone Star semi to Queiroz Galvao
(10/14/2010) UK offshore drilling down 20% but exploration is up
(10/14/2010) Seadrill selling West Larissa jackup for $55 million
(10/14/2010) Transocean Galaxy II held up by North Sea weather
(10/14/2010) KCA Deutag providing drilling services in Iraq
(10/13/2010) Crosco to drill test well for INA onshore Egypt
(10/13/2010) Marathon receives extension for drilling with Songa Dee
(10/13/2010) Arkanova sub completing Tribal-Max well in Montana
(10/12/2010) Sedco Express onsite to drill Noble's Leviathan prospect
(10/11/2010) Frontera's fracced Mirzaani-5 delivers oil flow
(10/11/2010) US rig count rises 12 to 1,671 rotary rigs working
(10/8/2010) Huisman sends Noble's Bully II drilltower sailing for Singapore
(10/7/2010) BNK picks Nafta to drill 2 wells in Poland's Slawno & Slupsk Blocks
(10/5/2010) Petronas extends contract for Naga 1 semisubmersible
(10/5/2010) Atwood orders 2 new jackups to be built at PPL Shipyard
(10/4/2010) BPZ drills a dry hole off northwestern Peru
(10/3/2010) US rig count rises 9 to 1,659 rotary rigs working
(10/1/2010) Aurelian's Trzek-2 in Poland strikes 100-meter gas column
(9/30/2010) Morumbi bumps up McKinley well flow by frac stim
(9/29/2010) Transportable EOR land drilling platform developed
(9/28/2010) Tiancheng contracted to drill 100 new wells in Inner Mongolia
(9/27/2010) PTC develops completion "intelligent dummy"
(9/27/2010) Max adds a rig to Kazakh onshore drilling operations
(9/27/2010) Speedstar drilling rig set for New York gaswells
(9/27/2010) Rig contracted for UK North Sea Catcher area
(9/27/2010) Wintershall gets okay for North Sea drilling with Songa Delta
(9/27/2010) Eni to drill in Barents Sea with Polar Pioneer
(9/24/2010) US working rig drop by 11 this week to 1,650
(9/24/2010) Lundin charters Bredford Dolphin semisubmersible for 2011
(9/22/2010) New Seadrill drillship West Gemini at work for Total
(9/21/2010) New York grants Gastem frac & stim rights
(9/17/2010) Statoil gets okay to employ Stena Don in Norwegian North Sea
(9/15/2010) Maersk Deliverer staying in the Gulf of Guinea awhile
(9/15/2010) COSL Pioneer completing sea trials pre-delivery
(9/15/2010) NPD says US Gulf Macondo blowout unlikely off Norway
(9/15/2010) Diamond Offshore rejects Anadarko canceling rig contract
(9/15/2010) Transocean sending drillship from US Gulf to Egypt
(9/15/2010) GDF Suez contracts semi Aker Barents for 1st Barents Sea test well
(9/14/2010) Atwood names newbuild ultra-deepwater semi Condor
(9/14/2010) Atwood Eagle staying longer with Chevron Australia
(9/14/2010) Cooper contracts rig for Tunisian exploration well
(9/13/2010) COSL threatens repossession of 3 rigs working off Iran
(9/10/2010) US drilling operations grow by one more rig
(9/10/2010) PDVSA bringing PetroSaudi drillshp to Venezuela
(9/9/2010) Songa Saturn moving from Malta to Trinidad
(9/7/2010) TAG drilling E&P wells in New Zealand's Taranaki Basin
(9/7/2010) Noreco gets okay to drill with West Alpha semisubmersible
(9/6/2010) Drillship Platinum Explorer set for November delivery
(9/3/2010) US drilling operations drop by three rigs
(9/3/2010) Empire resuming 12-hole drilling program in Tasmania
(9/2/2010) Rowan takes delivery of 2nd EXL jackup from Keppel AmFELS
(9/1/2010) BP contracts Pride drillship at special standby rate
(9/1/2010) Rowan sending 2 US Gulf jackup rigs to Saudi Arabia
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