The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge, a Norwegian unit of the German oil company Wintershall Dea, a drilling permit for well 6604/6-1 in the Norwegian Sea.
Offshore accommodation giant Prosafe has appealed the Norwegian Competition Authority’s decision to reject the proposed Prosafe-Floatel merger.
Wintershall Dea has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well located in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery is not considered to be profitable.
The UK focused oil and gas company i3 Energy said that the initial results from its Liberator Well 13/23c-11 in the North Sea showed the sand thickness above the oil-water contact was “lower than anticipated.” The 13/23c-11 well is being drilled by the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given its consent to ConocoPhillips for exploration drilling in block 25/7 in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given its consent to Equinor to use the Maersk Intrepid jack-up rig for accommodation on the Martin Linge field offshore Norway.
EdIna, a joint venture company between Italian energy company Edison and Croatia’s Ina, has reportedly hired a jack-up drilling rig from drilling and well services contractor Crosco, a subsidiary of Ina.
Offshore drilling company Seadrill has painted a cautiously optimistic picture for the offshore drilling market outlook, with the company seeing an opportunity for high-end floaters as well as for jack-up reactivations in 2020.
“My close involvement and strong support of Seadrill will remain unchanged.”
OMV Petrom has completed the removal of the Gloria platform from its production location in the Black Sea offshore Romania.
Japan Drilling Company’s jack-up drilling rig “HAKURYU-11” has a drilling operation offshore Vietnam.
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has completed the construction of the first well as part of Phase 3 of the development of the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea.
Jack-up drilling company Shelf Drilling saw its third quarterly loss widen, however, the CEO is optimistic about upcoming rig contract beginnings.
Greek oil and gas company Energean has decided to drill the Zeus exploration well offshore Israel.
