BP has made a major gas discovery with the Orca-1 exploration well, which is located offshore Mauritania in the BirAllah area.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. slipped to 21 units last week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes Company.
CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited has drilled a dry well located West of Shetland. CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, confirmed to Offshore Energy Today on Thursday it had drilled and completed its Howick exploration well, 206/21-1, located West of Shetland. The
OMV Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of appraisal well 6506/11-11 S on the 6506/11-10 (Iris) gas/condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
French oil company Total has exercised a one-year option on the existing contract for the Vantage Drilling-owned jack-up rig Emerald Driller in Qatar.
Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling operations on a well located offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has delayed the delivery of one of the two ultra-deepwater drillships it has under construction at the Jurong shipyard in Singapore.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped to 22 units last week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes Company.
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured a three-well drillship contract offshore Myanmar with the Korean oil company POSCO International Corporation.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured three new drilling contracts, adding around $75 million to its backlog.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a contract extension for a drillship in South America and another one for a jack-up rig offshore the UK.
Houston-based Vaalco Energy has encountered oil sands in its Etame appraisal well located offshore Gabon.
Australia’s BHP has drilled two additional exploration wells as part of a deepwater drilling campaign offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
