AuDAX Resources has awarded Atwood Oceanics a contract to use the rig Atwood Southern Cross for operations offshore Tunisia.

An undisclosed client has awarded Transocean a three-year contract for the moored deepwater semisubmersible rig GSF Celtic Sea.

Noble Energy EG has awarded SBM Offshore a contract for the provision, lease, and operation of an FPSO for the Aseng field development, offshore Equatorial Guinea.

SeaBird Exploration has received a four-month time charter contract for use of the Osprey Explorer as a source vessel in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore Marine Services UK (OMS UK) has taken over the management and operation of four seismic support vessels for operations in the North Sea and West African waters.

Fairstar Heavy Transport now has two transportation vessels in offshore service, following delivery of the Fjell from a shipyard in Malta in May.

Exmar expects to take delivery tomorrow of its newbuild OPTI-EX semi-submersible platform.

Pride International has revised the drilling schedule for the deepwater semisubmersible Pride South Pacific.

Transocean has awarded Elgin RBG an $8 million contract to repair and upgrade the semisub Sedneth 701.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has held a keel-laying ceremony for the Usan FPSO at its specially designed H-dock in Korea.