The ‘walking’ rigs, designed along with China’s Honghua Group, will incorporate industry-leading technology and automation
offshore drilling
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ADNOC
ADNOC Drilling to acquire two offshore jack-up drilling units for $200 million
The latest rig purchase adds to earlier deals for a total of nine rigs signed in 2022 and four rigs acquired in 2021
ADNOC
ADNOC drills the world’s longest oil and gas well stretching 50,000 feet
The well at Upper Zakum Concession is 800 feet longer than the previous record held by Russia’s Rosneft at the controversial Sakhalin-1 project in the Sea of Okhotsk
Abu Dhabi
ADNOC awards $1.53 billion contract to ADNOC Drilling for expansion of offshore operations
The two-year contract covers the provision of 12 jack-up rigs and two island rigs and the associated integrated drilling services
Abu Dhabi
ADNOC Drilling expands its record fleet of offshore jack-up rigs to 32
The ADX-listed company now has the largest fleet of offshore jack-up rigs after signing Sale and Purchase Agreement for two more for $140 million
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
ADNOC awards contracts as it looks to boost production capacity
ADNOC has invested $763.7m (AED2.8 billion) in integrated rigless services across six of its artificial islands in the Upper Zakum and Satah Al Razboot (SARB) fields
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Adnoc Drilling completes first Umm Lulu offshore oilfield well
Milestone follows the successful completion of 14 onshore wells over the course of this year
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering
Indian firm bags major Saudi Aramco engineering contract
Energy giant Saudi Aramco has awarded a major engineering project to a consortium of L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering and EMAS
Halliburton
Halliburton inks $597m deal to explore for oil off Kuwait coast
Development of Kuwait’s offshore area is set to add an estimated 100,000 barrels to its daily production capacity
Background
Italy’s Saipem bags $100m offshore contracts in Middle East, Norway
EPC contracting giant says Middle East project work to begin under three-year contract in Q4 2019
digital transformation
India’s Tata to provide digital support to offshore driller Seadrill
Tata Consultancy Services will provide support services in the UK, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Thailand