Spanish yard Navantia has completed and is ready to deliver a module built for the Equinor-operated Johan Sverdrup field located offshore Norway.
Geoscience data provider TGS has restarted the geochemical coring project offshore Nigeria. The initiative is part of an anomaly targeting program focusing on the previous analysis of multibeam and backscatter data. This survey takes place in conjunction with Nigerian joint venture partner TGS-Petro
Norwegian authorities have issued consent to Wintershall Dea for the start-up of the Dvalin field located in the Norwegian Sea.
London-listed oil and gas firm Europa Oil & Gas has been granted a one-year extension for the initial phase of the Inezgane exploration permit in the Agadir Basin, offshore Morocco.
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-well contract from Total for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager which will be employed to drill development wells in Angola’s Block 17.
Extinction Rebellion activists have dumped manure in front of BP’s offices in Aberdeen as part of its protest against the fossil fuels industry.
The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has agreed to start an energy exploration venture with the China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) in the South China Sea by 2021.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has begun an investigation of the incident on the West Bollsta rig when a length of riser fell from the handling equipment during lifting.
Talos Energy has produced first oil and associated gas from the Bulleit field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has won a deal from Chinese oil company CNOOC for the use of one of its drillships offshore Canada. The company also started using Intebloc’s data management system.
TechnipFMC has secured an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for pipelay and subsea installation at the Equinor’s Breidablikk field. The contract awarded by Equinor for the the Breidablikk pipelay also includes option for the subsea installation scope located in
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the Fatih drillship to announce an increase in discovered resources at the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) offshore well in the Black Sea.
The number of active rigs in the U.S. remained flat for the fourth week in a row, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.
Marine seismic player Polarcus has secured a contract for a 3D seismic data acquisition services in West Africa. According to the Oslo-listed company, the contract has an expected duration of two months. The project, for an undisclosed client and unknown value, should commence in the fourth quarter
