Drillships are differentiated from other offshore drilling units by their easy mobility. While semisubmersible rigs can also drill in deep waters, drillships are able to propel themselves from ...

Using data from the Baker Hughes Rig Count, I created a graphic showing the average number of rigs drilling for oil each year under the past four presidents. Republican presidents are marked in ...

Aberdeen-headquartered drilling contractor Stena Drilling is preparing to demobilise one of its two rigs that are operating for US supermajor ExxonMobil offshore Guyana. The ultra-deepwater ...