The first one-year option will begin after the expiry of the two-year firm period in May 2021.
Oil and gas company Perenco has decided to cancel a jack-up drilling contract it has with Maersk Drilling, citing delays with rig delivery. Maersk Drilling said Wednesday it had received notification that Perenco was canceling the previously announced three-well contract for the jack-up rig Maersk R
The rig has been stacked in Singapore since 2017.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea to oil and gas company Aker BP.
DNO is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well near the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea after finding a minor oil and gas discovery.
Hurricane Energy has been granted an extension for a UK license which contains the Lancaster and Lincoln areas. The extension comes with a commitment to drill a well on each of the areas.
UK-based Spirit Energy will become the operator of a new Southern North Sea discovery after an encouraging exploration campaign.
Offshore drilling contractor Island Drilling has been awarded a contract with OMV in Norway.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found 11 non-conformities related to the working environment and emergency preparedness following an audit on the Transocean Endurance rig.
Archer has entered into a Letter of Intent with a North Sea operator for the provision of drilling services using the modular drilling rig Archer Topaz.
Maersk Drilling has signed agreements with Halliburton and Petrofac to collaborate on the exploration program to be delivered under Maersk Drilling’s master alliance agreement with Seapulse.
Rockrose Energy has informed that the Noble Houston Colbert jack-up drilling rig is preparing to drill the first of two planned infill development wells on West Brae in the Uk North Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in block 30/6 in the North Sea, using the West Hercules rig.
