Repsol has encountered oil at the Carapa-1 exploration well drilled on the Kanuku license offshore Guyana.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured a three-year contract for each of the AOD II and AOD III jack-up rigs.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. slipped to 23 units over the last week, according to weekly rig count reports released by Baker Hughes on Friday, December 27.
Shell in large Australia discovery, Exxon finds more oil fires up Liza FPSO in Guyana, Allseas drops Nord Stream 2
Italian oilfield and renewables services firm Saipem has won offshore and onshore drilling contracts and extensions worth $1.7 billion in total.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall Dea a drilling permit for an appraisal well located in the Norwegian Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased to 24 units over the last week, according to weekly rig count reports released by Baker Hughes last Friday, December 20.
As Guyana has just become an oil-producing country with ExxonMobil reaching first oil at the Liza field over the last weekend, oil major Total is hoping to replicate the achievement in nearby Suriname.
Norwegian oil company Vår Energi has chartered Seadrill’s West Phoenix offshore drilling rig for operations at its Balder field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
Petrobras has approved an agreement with Sete Brasil related to a charter four and termination of contracts for 24 drilling rigs.
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has exercised three new wells for Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig.
U.S. oil major Chevron has exercised an option for the Pacific Drilling-owned drillship Pacific Sharav, operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Singapore’s KS Energy has been awarded a contract extension for one of its jack-up drilling rigs for operations offshore Vietnam.
