Aker BP has made a minor oil discovery south of the Gyda field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
UK independent i3 Energy has started drilling a new pilot well at its Liberator field in the outer Moray Firth, offshore UK.
Following media speculation regarding the status and success of the Warwick West well, Hurricane Energy provided an update on the recently spud well.
Northern Drilling’s West Mira has become the first rig in operation to be awarded the DNV GL Battery Power class notation.
The worldwide offshore rig count in October 2019 decreased by two units sequentially, but increased by 37 units year-over-year, according to reports by Baker Hughes Company.
Vantage Drilling recorded a decrease in quarterly revenues as its deepwater rig utilization dropped in the third quarter of 2019.
U.S. oil company Talos will have a formal resource report on its large Zama oil discovery offshore Mexico by the end of the year.
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension offshore Norway from Aker BP for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Integrator.
Island Drilling Company has signed a contract with Capricorn Norge, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy, for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Masirah Oil has awarded a drilling rig contract to Foresight Offshore Drilling to use one of its jack-up rigs for an appraisal well in Block 50 in Oman.
Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has secured more work for a drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico and a new deal for a drillship in Oman.
The company said Tuesday that well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned as a dry well.
Equinor has discovered oil and gas in exploration well Echino South, 35/11-23, by the Fram field in the North Sea.
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Deepsea Nordkapp rig.
