Truly what it sounds like, a drillship is a marine vessel that's been modified to drill oil and gas wells. While drillships look similar to a tanker or cargo vessel, there are a couple of major ...

China's first domestically built drilling ship the Mengxiang, meaning dream, was commissioned in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on November 17, marking a major breakthrough in the country's deep-sea ...

Conoco and R&B Falcon Corp. announced Deepwater Pathfinder - a first-of-its-kind, ultra-deepwater drillship - began a five-year work program in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship, the first new build ...

Chinese state media have hailed the country's new homemade drilling ship, touted as the deepest drilling ship of its kind, as a win for Beijing's national security designs maritime power. The ...

Babcock Hires KDC Veolia to Assist with UK’s Nuclear Submarine Dismantling Babcock has awarded the recycling contract to KDC Veolia Decommissioning Services UK (KDCV) as part of U.K.’s ...

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) +4.3% pre-market Wednesday after announcing a 365-day contract for the Deepwater Atlas ultra-deepwater ...

Malaysia’s national upstream company Petronas Carigali is drilling exploration wells offshore Sabah, East Malaysia, and is ...

This time around, the drillship is called the Deepwater Atlas. Before you raise your eyebrows at the reunion, BP had little choice; Transocean was the only company with an available drillship capable ...

Seadrill mentions that its contract with Petrobras has a total value of $1.1 billion, including mobilization fees and other additional services.