The previously announced merger between offshore drillers Ensco plc and Rowan Companies closed Thursday with overwhelming support from each company’s

By John Benny and Shanti S Nair Oct 8 (Reuters) – Deep-sea oil driller Ensco Plc said on Monday it would buy smaller rival Rowan Cos Plc in an

By Manuel Baigorri, Dinesh Nair and Matthew Monks (Bloomberg) — Oilfield-services company Rowan Cos. is in talks to acquire the drilling

Houston-headquartered drilling contractor Rowan says it has reached an agreement with one of its customers for the early termination of the drilling

The 170 meter tall Rowan Viking jackup will soon be a bit taller as a result of a refit at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSV).  The yard will be adding

Rowan Companies’ fourth and final newbuild drillship, the Rowan Relentless, is now covered by a long term charter contract amid a very competitive

By Tom Bergin LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) – A planned change in the way Britain taxes North Sea drillers exposes the loophole in a system that allowed an

March 12 (Bloomberg) — Repsol SA, Spain’s biggest oil producer, will spend about $95 million drilling its first well offshore from Namibia as the

The blowout at a natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday is the second time in a year Rowan Companies Plc has lost control while drilling at the same

Workers last night cut in half the flow of natural gas from an out-of-control well being drilled by Rowan Companies Plc in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of

Houston-based drilling contractor Rowan (NYSE: RDC) had quite a bit to celebrate today. In their Q2 earnings report, they announced a $32 million (63 percent)

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced this afternoon that the drilling operation to permanently seal the well that blew out at

By Alison Sider HOUSTON–Shallow-water driller Rowan Drilling Company (RDC) is stepping in the deepwater, a move that it expects will boost profits and

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries announced today it had secured a USD $620 million order to build a drillship for Houston-based drilling contractor

Rowan Companies plc (NYSE: RDC) announced today that it has exercised its option to build a fourth GustoMSC P10,000 design ultra-deepwater drillship with

Hyundai Heavy Industries announced today that it will supply 18 gas emission reduction systems for three drillships ordered by Rowan in June 2011. The

(Dow Jones) Rowan Cos.’s (RDC) first-quarter earnings rose 54% as higher day rates contributed to the offshore drilling company’s

LONDON ( Dow Jones ) – Efforts to drill a relief well to plug the leak seen since Sunday on a platform of Total (FP.FR) in the UK North Sea began

(Dow Jones) French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) may hire Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) and Rowan Cos. (RDC) to drill relief wells to end an ongoing gas

(Dow Jones) Rowan Cos.’s (RDC) fourth-quarter earnings fell 21% as the offshore drilling company reported lower contributions from discontinued