Russia’s Lukoil has completed the installation of the jackets of the fixed ice-resistant platform at the V.I. Grayfer field in the Caspian Sea.
SBM Offshore and Petrobas are in talks for the charter of an FPSO vessel for operations on the Buzios field located in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil.
Aibel has been awarded a field engineering, concept optimisation and definition study for Equinor’s unmanned process platform at the Krafla field.
Apache has gathered further reservoir and technical data from its Kwaskwasi-1 discovery well located in Block 58 offshore Suriname and started drilling at another location within the block.
Turkey is bringing in another drillship for operations in the Black Sea only weeks after announcing a giant gas discovery in the area.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Neptune Energy for well 6406/12-G-1 H located in the Norwegian Sea.
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week and remains flat at 15 units, according to a report by Baker Hughes Company..
Seismic player Polarcus and Russian shipping company Sovcomflot have once again agreed new terms for the vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Specifically, Sovcomflot has exercised options to extend the firm period of the charter for 3 years. The new charter begins immediately after the project the vessel is
Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Mitsui Oil for the provision of a jack-up rig for drilling operations in Japan.
CNOOC Limited has started production from the Nanbao 35-2 oilfield S1 area located offshore China.
Norwegian seismic player PGS said it has begun a new project in the Barents Sea that uses the most advanced configuration ever towed by a seismic streamer vessel. Last weekend, PGS seismic vessel Ramform Tethys reconfigured from a wide-tow triple source set-up to an even wider penta source solution
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has experienced a further delay in the development of its operated Martin Linge offshore field.
If Turkey develops the giant Tuna-1 (Danube-1) gas discovery, it could potentially save the country up to $21 billion in import costs, Rystad Energy estimates.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. has won more work for some of its drilling rigs but has also seen its day rates slashed.
