
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped to 19 units last week, according to weekly rig count reports on Friday by Baker Hughes Company.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given Equinor a drilling permit related to the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea.

Norwegian shipping company Siem Offshore has been awarded a charter contract by Swedish oil company Lundin for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).

Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has secured a new contract in Mexico for its drillship Pacific Sharav.

Helix Energy Solutions has amended its existing credit agreement related to its Q5000 semi-submersible well intervention rig.

Hydraulic repair, manufacturing, and rental company Logan Industries has signed a ten-year contract to provide a condition-based monitoring (CBM) program for wireline tensioners for drilling contractor Diamond Offshore.

Equinor has suspended helicopter flights to several offshore installations due to suspected coronavirus case, but the test results are still not in.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

RockRose Energy has completed the first of two infill development wells at West Brae, located in the UK North Sea, and the well is delivering in line with expectations.

Awilco has signed a contract with Petrofac for the provision of WilPhoenix rig in support of a three-well plug & abandonment program.

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a one-year contract extension for the Trident 16 jack-up rig.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased to 23 units over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes Company.

The worldwide offshore rig count in February 2020 has risen by two units sequentially, but dropped by the same number year-over-year, according to a rig count report by Baker Hughes Company.

Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for drilling operations in the North Sea using the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig.