drillships
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Maritime News
The Future of Long-Idle Drillships: Cold-Stacked or Dead-Stacked?
Noble Corporation’s recent decision to sell the Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco for non-drilling purposes highlights a key issue in…
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Marine World
Hanwha Ocean Launches Drillship ‘Tidal Action’ for Petrobras Charter
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has marked its entry into the deepwater drilling operations sector with the naming ceremony of…
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Marine World
Noble Corporation to Scrap Two Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
Noble Corporation plc (NYSE: NE) has announced plans to divest two cold-stacked ultra-deepwater drillships, the Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco,…
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Maritime News
Noble Sells Off Two Relatively Young Drillships for Possible Scrapping
Noble Drilling has decided to decommission two relatively young, cold-stacked drillships, remnants of the idle fleet that accumulated in…
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Marine World
Transocean Lands Lucrative Contract Extension for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the…
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Marine World
Valaris Acquires Two New High-Spec Drillships at Bargain Price
Valaris Limited, a leading offshore drilling contractor, has announced it has exercised its options for the delivery of two newbuild…
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Port News
Vantage Drilling to manage two drillships and two semi-subs for Seadrill Partners
Houston-headquartered offshore driller Vantage Drilling International has entered into an agreement with Seadrill Partners which will see Vantage will provide…
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Port News
CSSC looks to sell four abandoned drillships
Chinese state run shipbuilding giant China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is looking to dispose of four drillships abandoned at the…
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