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ConocoPhillips-Chartered Jack-Up Drilling Rigs Sinks Off Malaysia

A jack-up drilling rig has sunk after one or more of its legs penetrated the seabed off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia on Monday, Malaysia-based drilling contractor Velesto Energy has...

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Keppel Acquires Cameron’s Jack-Up Rig Business

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, the world’s largest rig builder, says it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Houston-headquartered Cameron International Corporation’s...

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Jack-Up Barge Grounds Off Denmark

A offshore wind farm jack-up barge has grounded in the North Sea off Denmark after its tow line parted in heavy weather. Offshore wind market service provider A2SEA has confirmed...

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Wärtsilä to Design New Offshore Maintenance Jack-Up

Helsinki-headquartered Wärtsilä says it has been awarded a contract to design a new series of jack-up vessels to serve maintenance vessels in the offshore oil and gas.  The company announced...

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Maersk Drilling Names World’s Biggest Jack-Up, Maersk Invincible

Maersk Drilling on Friday named one of the world’s largest jack-up rig, Maersk Invincible, at the DSME shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The rig is the last of Maersk Drilling’s...

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Maersk Drilling Takes Delivery of Final XLE Jack-Up, Maersk Invincible

Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jack-up rig, the Maersk Invincible, from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. The rig is the fourth and...

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Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion

Newly established Borr Drilling has announced plans to scoop up Transocean’s entire fleet of high specification jack-up rigs in a deal worth nearly $1.4 billion. Borr Drilling revealed Monday that...

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Borr Drilling to Acquire Paragon Offshore in Push to Consolidate Jack-Up Rig...

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Offshore rig firm Borr Drilling , controlled by Norwegian investor Tor Olav Troeim, is proposing to buy its rival Paragon Offshore for $232.5...

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Borr Drilling Sells Fourteen Older Jack-Up Rigs Tied to Paragon Offshore...

Norwegian drilling contractor Borr Drilling has sold 14 old jack-up rigs tied to its acquisition of Paragon Offshore. The rigs will be sold to non-drilling company and retired from the...

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Jack-Up Specialist Shelf Drilling Falls in Oslo Debut, But Optimistic on...

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, June 25 (Reuters) – A fall in equities and oil markets knocked shares in Shelf Drilling on their Oslo market debut on Monday, although the world’s...

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Nine Airlifted From Burning Jack-up in Dramatic Sabine Pass Rescue

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued nine people Thursday from a burning jack-up drilling rig near Sabine Pass, Texas. Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a notification at 12:51 p.m. from a...

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Keppel Charters ‘Legacy’ Jack-Up Rigs as Market Conditions Improve

Singaporean rigbuilder Keppel O&M has announced bareboat charter contracts for two “legacy” jack-up rigs that it had built for another customer but never delivered. The two KFELS B Class rigs...

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