The Petroleum Safety Authority has given consent to oil major Statoil to use the Askepott drilling rig to perform well activities at Oseberg Vestflanken 2.
VNG Norge has issued a Letter of Intent to North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) for drilling of the development wells on the Fenja project in the Norwegian Sea.
KCA Deutag has received the acknowledgment of compliance (AoC) from the Norwegian safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority, for the Askepott Cat J rig.
Siccar Point Energy has extended a contract for the semi-submersible West Hercules which it will use to drill its Lyon well in the UK North Sea. The company said on Monday that the rig would be used to drill the Lyon well immediately following the Cambo appraisal well in 2018. The rig is owned by [&
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has issued an order to Rowan Norway to rectify faults noted during an audit of the Rowan Stavanger drilling rig.
London-listed oil firm Premier Oil has reportedly hired one of Apexindo’s jack-up drilling rigs on a three-month term deal.
Frigstad Offshore is looking has started a tender process with shipyards in Asia to price a new generation harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig.
OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Austrian oil firm OMV, has started drilling the Iris/Hades (Aerosmith) exploration well offshore Norway.
UK-based offshore driller Awilco Drilling is looking for additional work for its semi-submersible rig WilPhoenix to fill in the gap between two contracts.
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg shared a photo via social media on Monday showing the Maersk Resolute drilling rig back in the port after completing its latest contract. The jack-up drilling rig Maersk Resolute is located next to another Maersk Drilling-owned rig, the Maersk Giant, which can also be seen
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway. The well 6604/5-1 will be drilled from the West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling program for well 6604/5-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat wel
Odfjell Drilling saw a decrease in profit during the third quarter of 2017 despite higher revenues pushed up by increased rig activity.
Borr Drilling is seeing signs of healthy tendering activity in the jack-up rig market and is optimistic about a further increase in utilization levels going into 2018.
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well off Norway with the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig.
