Karoon Energy has executed binding agreements with Stena Drilling and Tullow Oil to contract the Stena Forth drillship.
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has completed the construction of the first well as part of Phase 3 of the development of the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea.
Jack-up drilling company Shelf Drilling saw its third quarterly loss widen, however, the CEO is optimistic about upcoming rig contract beginnings.
UAE-based ADNOC Drilling will order dozens of drilling rigs by 2025.
IMI, a JV company between Lamprell, Saudi Aramco, Bahri, and Hyundai Heavy Industries, has announced the name for the GustoMSC-design jack-up rig which is expected to be built in 2021. The offshore oil and gas drilling rig will be named “IMI-2030.”
Greek oil and gas company Energean has decided to drill the Zeus exploration well offshore Israel.
Shell has chartered Maersk Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig for drilling offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
GulfSlope Energy has announced an insurance claim related to its well on the Tau Prospect, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which had to be abandoned without reaching targeted depth.
Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling has said that the first steel has been cut for its second rig under construction at a Keppel yard while the construction on the first rig is going as planned with delivery scheduled for March 2021. Awilco owns and operates two 3rd generation mid-water sem
French oil major Total is set to drill three exploration wells in Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa.
Wintershall Dea has said that the West Mira rig has spudded its debut well on the Bergknapp exploration prospect in the Norwegian Sea.
Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Interceptor with MOL Norge.
Ithaca has acquired interests in the Captain, Alba, Erskine, Alder, Britannia, Brodger, Callanish, Enochdhu, Elgin/Franklin and Jade fields.
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling of two wells in the Norwegian Sea using the Scarabeo 8 rig.
