Songa Offshore has contracted Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to build two semisubmersible drilling rigs for a total of $1.1 billion.

Seadrill has a Letter of Award to supply tender assist rig T18 to Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production.

Coastal Energy (TSX:CEN) (AIM:CEO) reports the successful results of the Bua Ban South A-03ST and A-05 wells.

Hardy Oil and Gas has agreed to relinquish exploration license KG-DWN-2001/1 (D9) in the Krishna Godavari basin off eastern India.

CNOOC Limited has discovered more gas in the Yinggehai basin of the western South China Sea.

China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) has successfully confirmed the Penglai (PL) 9-1 oil-bearing structure in Bohai Bay, discovered in 2010.

Premier Oil’s Biawak Besar-1x exploration well offshore Indonesia will be P&A’d after encountering only water-wet sands in the Miocene target.

Gazprom and Petrovietnam have signed agreements on staff training and on Gazprom International’s involvement in joint development projects offshore Vietnam.

Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has ordered a new ultra-deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.