The Statoil-contracted drilling rig Songa Trym encountered a minor oil discovery while drilling wildcat well 35/11-17 located approximately 1 kilometer south of the Fram field in the North Sea. The...

Songa Offshore announced today they have sold the semisubmersible drilling rigs Songa Mercur and Songa Venus to Singapore-based Opus Offshore Group.  The rigs, as well as Songa’s international operations staff...

Songa Offshore SE has appointed former Ocean Rig and Transocean executive Mark Bessell to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Songa Offshore CEO Bjornar Iversen comments, “I have been working closely...

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — Songa Offshore SE, a Cyprus-based offshore drilling contractor, slumped the most in six months in Oslo trading as delays in rig construction and a possible funding...

Investors in Songa Offshore (SONG:OSLO) reacted positively today to comments made by interim CEO and Chairman of the Board, Jens A Wilhelmsen.  Share prices were up over 5.5% to 6.32 NOK....

Trond Christensen, Chief Operating Officer at Norwegian drilling contractor, Songa Offshore SE, announced his resignation today, effective 31 March. “During the 8 years Trond Christensen has been with Songa, he has...

Songa Offshore SE advanced the most in three months in Oslo after the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company said work on its delayed Trym rig is completed and costs won’t be...

Offshore Drilling contractor Songa Offshore SE finalized today the formal handover of the Songa Eclipse semi-submersible drilling rig to Seadrill in line with the Memorandum of Agreement from November 2012....

Songa Offshore officially announced the sale of the ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Songa Eclipse to Seadrill for a net price of USD $590 million. On Oct 22nd, Songa announced...

Amid foggy circumstances, the CEO of offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore, Asbjørn Vavik, has resigned.  Effective immediately, Jens A Wilhelmsen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, has now assumed the additional role...

Seadrill announced today that they have entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with Songa Offshore for the potential purchase of the ultra deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse. The Songa Eclipse...

OSLO -(Dow Jones)- Norwegian offshore drilling operator Songa Offshore SE (SONG.OS) Friday said it has been awarded a rig contract from Statoil ASA (STO) worth $2.66 billion for two newbuild...

Wärtsilä and Kongsberg Maritime have been contracted to supply the power, positioning, and automation systems for two new drilling rigs ordered by Songa Offshore AS, the Norwegian arm of the...