Aker BP has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 2/11-12 S and wildcat well 2/11-12 A located near the Hod field in the North Sea offshore Norway. Both wells were classified as dry.
Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.
Offshore drillers Ensco and Rowan Companies have received clearance from the General Authority for Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their pending combination.
Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling will employ more than 200 personnel in Norway as two new semi-submersibles join the company’s fleet this year.
Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in the North Sea with the Transocean Spitsbergen rig.
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum has filed the plan for the development of the Solveig field offshore Norway. The field was previously called Luno II.
Polish oil company PGNiG will drill its first operated exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf using the Odfjell Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig.
Shell is preparing to start drilling an exploration well in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria within days.
The NPD has granted MOL Norge, a Norwegian unit of the Hungarian oil company MOL, a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for a well offshore Norway.
UK-based offshore driller Awilco Drilling and Singapore’s rig builder Keppel have officially signed a contract for the construction by Keppel of a new semi-submersible drilling rig.
Norwegian offshore driller Island Drilling has been awarded a contract by CNOOC for the Island Innovator rig for operations offshore the UK.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the PSA to use the Transocean Equinox rig on the Visund field.
Prosafe has agreed with Aker BP to restructure the remaining seven one-month options for the Safe Scandinavia unit at the Ula platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, to three one-week options.
