FEBRUARY 24, 2014 — Maersk Drilling today took delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea, and the ship Maersk
JANUARY 13, 2014—Nautronix, Aberdeen, Scotland, has delivered the first two of four NASDrill RS925 and NASeBOP (Emergency BOP Acoustic Control) systems for two of Rowan’s new ultra-deepwater drillships, the Rowan Relentless and
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) has taken delivery of the drillship Atwood Advantage from the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The
DECEMBER 11, 2013 — Though it has yet to firm up a customer for the vessel, Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard is to start construction of the first CAN DO drillship. When completed
OCTOBER 18, 2013 — Chinese shipbuilding giant COSCO issued a flurry of announcements this week reporting additions to its orderbook, but also had some the not-so-great news concerning a $500 million DP3
OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Construction of the newbuild drillship is expected
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 — Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has taken delivery of Ensco DS-7, the fifth of eight ships in the company’s ultra-deepwater DP3 drillship series. The vessel will embark from the
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG) has signed a contract to construct a seventh generation ultra deepwater drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries. It will be a sister ship
AUGUST 6, 2013 — Offshore drilling contractor Rowan Companies plc (NYSE: RDC) reports that for the three months ended June 30, 2013 it generated net income from continuing operations of $82.8 million,
JULY 22, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has signed a contract with Chevron China Energy Company for the under-construction ultra-deepwater drillship West Tellus in support of Chevron’s affiliated global exploration program.
