Masirah Oil Limited, the owner of the Block 50 concession off Oman’s eastern seaboard, has awarded a drilling rig contract to Foresight Offshore Drilling Limited.

Egypt paid a total of $1 billion over three years for renting Saipem 10000 drilling rig, which is working in the Zohr natural gas field.

SDX Energy Company signed a new rig contract with for Sino-Tharwa Drilling Company Sino-Tharwa for the latter's ST-6 rig to operate in Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well at South Disouq.