Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen rig.
The PSA and the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority have jointly audited Maersk Drilling’s routines for handling whistleblowing at work.
Offshore drilling contractor Rowan Companies has been awarded a rig contract in Norway by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.
UK North Sea-focused oil company i3 Energy has signed a letter of intent with Dolphin Drilling for the use of a semi-submersible drilling rig for its 2019 drilling program.
MOL Norge is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well is dry.
Oil giant Shell is getting ready to start drilling an offshore well in Bulgaria using a Noble Corporation drillship.
The worldwide offshore rig count in December 2018 increased by 30 units from November of the same year and increased by 49 units year-over-year, according to a Tuesday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Odfjell Drilling has taken delivery of Deepsea Nordkapp drilling rig from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to use the West Elara drilling rig for production drilling on the Eldfisk field located offshore Norway.
Wellesley Petroleum has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using the Transocean Arctic drilling rig.
Corallian Energy started drilling the Wick exploration well located in License P2235 off the UK on Tuesday, December 25, 2018.
Spirit Energy has encountered disappointing results by drilling the Cassidy exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea within the Oda license.
Scotland’s Kishorn Port has landed a contract under which it will host a visit by world’s largest semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, the Ocean GreatWhite.
Prosafe has been awarded two contracts for operations in the UK sector of the North Sea.
