Island Drilling Company AS has been awarded a three-year contract for well plugging on Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) using the Island Innovator semi-submersible rig.

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. gained 1 to 593, their first gain in three weeks, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest report. Despite the increase, the total count ...

Three states – Benue, Nasarawa and Ondo – were locked in rage and protests, yesterday, over the killing of no fewer than 28 persons by herdsmen and bandits. A pregnant woman was among 20 ...

Superhot rock represents a much more potent geothermal energy source due to the presence of supercritical water.

Transocean Ltd.’s RIG semi-submersible drilling rig, Transocean Barents, is making its way to the Neptun Deep project for a 10-well drilling mission, marking a significant phase in Romania’s ...

Indonesia’s national energy company Pertamina has secured the jack-up rig CPOE 16 from Chinese offshore drilling contractor CNPC Petroleum Offshore Engineering (CPOE) on a four-year firm ...

When we called the 42-inch LG C4 the king of small OLED TVs, we didn't make that statement lightly. It is a truly spectacular set, providing dynamic picture and excellent gaming specs despite being a ...

On April 20, 2010, a blowout caused a huge explosion on the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the rig collapsed. Oil began ...

Baker Hughes (BKR) reports that the U.S. rig count is down 1 from last week to 592 with oil rigs unchanged at 486, gas rigs down 1 to 101 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 5. The U.S. Rig Count ...

The US drilling rig count dropped 1 unit to reach 592 rigs working for the week, according to Baker Hughes data. The US drilling rig count dropped 1 unit to reach 592 rigs working for the week ...

marking the final well in its four-slot drilling campaign in the West Nile Delta. Drilled using the Valaris DS-12 rig, El Fayoum-5 was spudded on February 14, 2025, and encountered four prospective ...