Noble Corporation plc will sell six jackup rigs for about $424 million, with five units going to Borr Drilling Limited and one to Ocean Oilfield Drilling, leaving Noble focused on deepwater and ultra-harsh jackups.
Valaris DPS-1 has arrived in Labuan, Malaysia, for warm stacking after finishing a Woodside contract in Australia. Sister rig Valaris MS-1 will follow later this month, with both now the company’s only semisubs.
COSCO Shipping has agreed a $7 billion framework with China State Shipbuilding to build 87 new vessels across its fleet, adding to an already large orderbook of containerships, bulkers and tankers.
TotalEnergies will merge its UK offshore assets with Neo Next Energy to form Neo Next+, expected to be the largest independent oil and gas producer in the UK with output above 250,000 boe/d in 2026.
Jan De Nul is expanding its Aalst training centre with new crane and cutter suction dredger simulators, allowing offshore wind and dredging crews to train together in realistic marine conditions.
Seaway7 has secured a contract with Ocean Winds for the BC-Wind offshore wind development in Poland, transporting and installing transition pieces and an offshore substation, with offshore work starting in 2027.
