i3 Energy oil and gas company has signed a contract with Dolphin Drilling for the use of the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig in the UK North Sea.
Oil major ConocoPhillips has reportedly hired four anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to move Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia flotel.
The worldwide offshore rig count for March 2019 decreased by two units sequentially but increased by 69 units year-over-year, according to Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE).
The merger would create the second largest tender drilling contractor
Italian offshore contractor Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in Norway and Middle East totaling over $200 million.
The newly-listed offshore driller The Drilling Company of 1972 (TDC 1972), ex-Maersk Drilling, is now considered the strongest competitor among its mid-sized peers in the offshore drilling market.
Eni has failed to find hydrocarbons after drilling the Rowallan prospect located in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Equinor has hit a duster a UK North Sea well aimed at appraising the Verbier discovery, leading to a downgrade of resource estimate.
Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 36/1-3 in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well was dry.
Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7132/2-2, targeting the Gjøkåsen Deep prospect, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The well was dry.
Saipem is reportedly in talks to divest its drilling businesses, both onshore and offshore, according to a report by Bloomberg published on Friday.
Oslo-listed offshore driller Borr Drilling has bought the jack-up rig newbuilding, Hull No. B378 (formerly named Hakuryu-15), for $122 million from BOT Lease Co.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has exercised the second of three one-week options for the Prosafe-owned Safe Scandinavia accommodation rig.
Norwegian offshore safety body has turned a notice of order to Ocean Rig regarding the working environment and emergency preparedness on the Leiv Eiriksson rig into a formal order.
