Oil and gas firms Equinor and ConocoPhillips have been cleared to drill wells by Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) in the North and Norwegian Sea, respectively.
Turkey has found significant gas resources in the Black Sea, a discovery which could help the country cut its dependence on energy imports if the gas can be commercially extracted.
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won another one-well contract from Aker BP for the Maersk Integrator low-emission rig.
Offshore drilling contractor COSL has signed a drilling rig contract with oil company Chrysaor, formalising a letter of intent signed for the rig in July.
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has started production from a new well on the Tubarão Martelo field offshore Brazil.
French oil major Total has resumed oil drilling offshore Angola with the Skyros rig while two more are expected to start operations in the week to follow.
Qatari North Oil Company (NOC) has extended drilling contracts for a Japanese jack-up rig duo at the giant Al Shaheen offshore oil field in Qatar.
Beach Energy has signed a new offshore drilling agreement with Diamond Offshore for the use of the Ocean Onyx semi-submersible drilling rig.
London-listed oil and gas company Tullow Oil has extended the contract with Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling for the use of one of its drillships in Ghana, following previously announced the contract termination for the same rig.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. climbed up by one unit over the last week, according to a report by Baker Hughes Company.
Singapore’s KrisEnergy has hired a jack-up drilling rig operated by PV Drilling for drilling operations offshore Cambodia.
A Maersk Drilling-owned drillship is expected to restart operations in Africa for French oil major Total following a suspension of the contract, which started at the end of April.
French oil major Total expects to spud the Luiperd-1 well located offshore South Africa by the end of this month.
Equinor has received safety consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on the Gullfaks field located offshore Norway.
