12月18日，我国自主设计建造的首艘大洋钻探船正式命名为“梦想”号，并在广东广州首次试航，这标志着我国深海探测能力建设迈出关键一步。 China's first domestically built drilling ship has been officially named "Mengxiang (Dream)". She started her ...

China is preparing to launch its first ultradeep water drillship for worldwide oceanic oil and gas exploration, according to state media reports. The vessel will be able to operate in any waters ...

The drill rig, Admarine 12, sank in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez while being towed to a new location on Tuesday evening, resulting in ...

The new drillship could harvest natural resources from 11,000 metres deep, but questions remain about where the ship will operate in the contested South China Sea, and environmental groups warn of ...

Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Tuesday that it received a report from oil and gas production company Offshore Shukheir oil Company (Osoco) about a capsized drillship in the Gulf of Suez. The ...

In April, two dozen geologists, microbiologists and other scientists will sail from Portugal aboard the Joides Resolution, a former oil drillship turned research vessel, to the Atlantis Massif, a ...

Turkey’s state oil company TPAO has purchased two more drilling ships fom Noraway’s Eldorado Drilling to be used in deep-sea ...

Transocean (RIG) secures a $486 million contract for Deepwater Aquila drillship, causing short-term cash flow pressures, but presenting opportunities. See more here.

Drillship Sale. Early this month, Transocean (NYSE:RIG) filed Form 8-K to report a major event to shareholders, as required by the SEC.The drillship sale was described as follows: On September 3 ...