Of the major US producing states, Pennsylvania and Ohio saw increases. With 18 and 12 rigs running respectively, each state gained 2 rigs this week. West Virginia and California each dropped a single ...

Axxis Drilling has announced the addition of two barge rigs to their fleet. The Liberty is a 2000 HP posted barge rig capable of drilling to 25,000 feet. The Justice is a 3000 HP posted barge rig ...

Coastal Drilling is pleased to announce that Rig 22, a 3000 HP posted barge, has completed its second year of drilling for McMoRan. The rig's TRIR for 2009 is 0.00. Coastal Drilling is pleased to ...

The four new barges will Donna S. Spearman christens the ENSCO X. join two other EDC barge rigs, the ENSCO V and ENSCO VI, and two Lagoven-owned rigs operated by EDC under labor contracts ...

An oil company will set up a specially designed rig to drill the first-ever deep wells in the Yukon Flats basin.