Northern Ocean

Northern Ocean Ltd. is an international drilling contractor that owns high-specification offshore drilling units designed for harsh environments.

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Northern Ocean Ltd. (NOL) is a spin-off company of Northern Drilling Ltd., established in March 2017.

News

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Deepsea Mira offshore rig
Northern Ocean's Deepsea Mira rig secures more work offshore Namibia.
July 29, 2025
Courtesy Impact Oil & Gas
Namibia location map
Northern Ocean’s semisub Deepsea Mira has spud the Marula-1X exploration well in the Orange Basin offshore southern Namibia.
Feb. 7, 2025
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Deepsea Bollsta
Northern Ocean will provide its Deepsea Bollsta semisubmersible rig to Equinor for a two-year firm campaign offshore Norway, starting in late 2025.
Nov. 18, 2024
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Deepsea Mira
Northern Ocean (NOL) has entered a letter of intent under which Kinetic Pressure Control will equip two semisubmersible drilling rigs with the Kinetic Blowout Stopper.
Oct. 17, 2024
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deepsea_bollsta
Northern Ocean will provide the Deepsea Bollsta semisub to Springfield Group for the planned Afina 1x well test offshore Ghana.
Oct. 11, 2024

Articles

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Deepsea Mira
TotalEnergies has extended the contract of the Deepsea Mira rig in Africa to cover an extra well.
Aug. 12, 2024
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The West Bollsta semisub rig was built in 2019.
Northern Ocean has secured a one-well contract offshore Namibia for the Deepsea Bollsta semisub for an unnamed major operator.
June 28, 2024
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Deepsea Mira
Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Mira semisub has started a drilling program offshore Namibia for TotalEnergies.
June 29, 2023
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Northern Ocean Rig
Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta semisubmersible drilling rig has started a 12-month firm contract offshore Namibia for Shell Upstream Namibia.
Dec. 12, 2022
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The semisubmersible West Bollsta.
Seadrill has reached an agreement with Northern Ocean Ltd. on balances outstanding from Seadrill’s preparation of the semisubmersible drilling rigs West Mira and West Bollsta....
Aug. 9, 2021