Ex-Schlumberger CEO to become Borr Drilling chairman
i3 Energy has started drilling a pilot well at its Liberator field in the UK North Sea using the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill posted a net loss of $206 million in the second quarter of 2019, compared to a net loss of $432 million in the second quarter of 2018.
Equinor has made an oil discovery at the Sputnik prospect in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
UK oilfield services provider Petrofac has in a joint venture with SOCAR won an engineering and technical services contract to support Total and SOCAR’s exploration & production projects offshore Azerbaijan.
Lundin Norway has made a small oil discovery in the North Sea offshore Norway, 285 kilometers west of Stavanger.
Equinor has exercised the fourth of six one-month options to extend Prosafe’s Safe Boreas flotel at the Mariner project in the UK sector of the North Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Polish state-controlled oil and gas company PGNiG a drilling permit for well in the Norwegian Sea.
Well-Safe Solutions has awarded two multi-million-pound contracts to continue the refurbishment of the Well-Safe Guardian, the decommissioning company’s first asset, into a bespoke plug and abandonment unit.
Island Drilling Company has received a letter of intent from Capricorn Norge for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Shell has decided not to exercise its remaining options for Awilco Drilling’s only operational rig – WilPhoenix – which would leave the UK-based drilling contractor with no operational rigs once the current contract expires unless Awilco manages to find a new deal.
UK independent i3 Energy has said that the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig has completed its acceptance testing ahead of drilling operations in the UK North Sea.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during a duo of audits on the West Mira drilling rig.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.
