Floating rig contractor Transocean has reported a net loss attributable to controlling interest of $208 million
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Stavanger rig.
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a small oil discovery in production license 167 at the Utsira High in the North Sea. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s report on Friday, Equinor has completed drilling appraisal wells 16/1-30 S and 16/1-30 A located in the North Sea. Th
Shell has failed to find oil at its Khan Kubrat-1 exploration well in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to start drilling its Harvey appraisal well in the UK North Sea at the beginning of August 2019.
Wintershall Dea has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in block 66/11 in the Norwegian Sea.
Italian oilfield contractor Saipem has been awarded new offshore drilling contracts in Romania and Abu Dhabi worth over $160 million.
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by Perenco for its Maersk Resolute jack-up drilling rig.
Equinor has received two consents from the PSA – one for the use of a COSL rig for exploration drilling and one for the use of Utgard field facilities.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has been awarded contract extensions for two jack-up rigs in the UK and Saudi Arabia.
Spanish oil firm Repsol has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig.
Equinor has received consent for exploration drilling in block 32/4 in the North Sea offshore Norway, using the West Hercules rig.
Oil and gas company Premier Oil has said that drilling of the Tolmount East appraisal well located in the UK Southern North Sea will start shortly.
The EU will stop high-level dialogues with Turkey and will reduce pre-accession assistance to Turkey for 2020.
