The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged at 22 units for the second week running, according to weekly rig count reports released on Wednesday by Baker Hughes.
Offshore drilling company Seadrill has won a contract for its West Carina drillship with Thai PTTEP.
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured more work for a jack-up rig and a drillship offshore the UK and Africa, respectively.
Ghanaian oil and gas exploration company Springfield has said it has completed its maiden deepwater drilling campaign offshore Ghana which resulted in a recently announced significant oil discovery.
Samsung Heavy Industries paid millions of dollars to a Brazilian intermediary to secure a drillship sale contract
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given Equinor drilling permits for two wells in the North Sea.
Valaris has been awarded new contracts and extensions for its drilling rigs with an associated revenue backlog of $285 million. One of the jack-up rigs has secured a 21-well contract with ExxonMobil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge, a Norwegian unit of the German oil company Wintershall Dea, a drilling permit for well 6604/6-1 in the Norwegian Sea.
Offshore accommodation giant Prosafe has appealed the Norwegian Competition Authority’s decision to reject the proposed Prosafe-Floatel merger.
Wintershall Dea has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well located in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery is not considered to be profitable.
The UK focused oil and gas company i3 Energy said that the initial results from its Liberator Well 13/23c-11 in the North Sea showed the sand thickness above the oil-water contact was “lower than anticipated.” The 13/23c-11 well is being drilled by the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given its consent to ConocoPhillips for exploration drilling in block 25/7 in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given its consent to Equinor to use the Maersk Intrepid jack-up rig for accommodation on the Martin Linge field offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged last week
