The Norwegian competition authorities have rejected the proposed merger between offshore accommodation companies Prosafe and Flotel.
CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited has drilled a dry well located West of Shetland. CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, confirmed to Offshore Energy Today on Thursday it had drilled and completed its Howick exploration well, 206/21-1, located West of Shetland. The
OMV Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of appraisal well 6506/11-11 S on the 6506/11-10 (Iris) gas/condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has delayed the delivery of one of the two ultra-deepwater drillships it has under construction at the Jurong shipyard in Singapore.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured three new drilling contracts, adding around $75 million to its backlog.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a contract extension for a drillship in South America and another one for a jack-up rig offshore the UK.
Oil and gas company Premier Oil has cheered the success of the Tolmount East well located in the UK Southern Gas Basin.
Cairn Energy has completed drilling of wildcat well 03/17a-3, known as Chimera, but failed to find hydrocarbons.
Singapore’s offshore rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered its fourth jack-up rig to Borr Drilling. The rig has been named Hermod.
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA will on Tuesday start the Draugen drilling campaign offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Nordkapp rig. OKEA will live stream the drilling log from the drilling operations on the semi-submersible rig.
PGNiG Upstream Norway has made a small oil and gas discovery southeast of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea.
Repsol Norge, a subsidiary of the Spanish oil firm Repsol, has failed to find hydrocarbons at its exploration well 9/2-12, located six kilometers northeast of the Yme field center in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted MOL Norge, a Norwegian unit of the Hungarian oil company MOL, a drilling permit for well 25/8-19 S in the North Sea offshore Norway.
