Norwegian seismic firm TGS has commenced the multi-client Phase 4 3D survey in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The survey is taking place in the western portion of the Santos Basin and works as a northwest extension of the existing TGS Santos 3D, covering approximately 5,000 square kilometers. The
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has exercised one additional well for the Odfjell Drilling-owned Deepsea Atlantic rig.
Harbour Energy has drilled a dry exploration well on the Ilder prospect off Norway, ending a two-well campaign with disappointing results.
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved the drilling of the Kanga-1 offshore well by SapuraOMV.
Vantage Drilling has been awarded several new contracts, which will see its rigs operate in South East Asia, Middle East, and Africa.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over this week, according to a weekly rig count by Baker Hughes.
Canadian offshore petroleum regulator has fined Suncor Energy and Transocean over an unauthorized fluid discharge from a rig back in 2018.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea.
Vantage Drilling believes the shallow water activity is stabilizing and the recovery in the deepwater market could begin later in 2021.
Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has produced first gas from the Liuhua 29-2 gas field located in the South China Sea.
Talos Energy has hired a drillship from Seadrill to drill an infill well on the Tornado field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Velesto Energy expects the financial impact of an incident in which its NAGA 7 rig submerged off Sarawak will be mitigated by the insurance.
The coronavirus pandemic that has been ravaging India has spread offshore with some 80 workers at Oil & Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Heera field operations in the Mumbai High offshore area testing positive in recent days.
French oil major Total has started production from the Zinia Phase 2 short-cycle project located in Block 17 offshore Angola.
