A Maersk Drilling-owned drillship has been hired by Kosmos Energy to drill an exploration well offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Australian Santos is making progress with drilling operations at its second appraisal well on the Dorado oil and gas field – the Dorado-3 well – located offshore Australia.
Seadrill Limited has entered into a joint venture with Gulf Drilling International (GDI) following a recent contract award to GDI by Qatar Petroleum. Last May, Qatar Petroleum awarded contracts for a total of eight offshore jack-up drilling rigs required for the North Field Expansion (NFE) Project o
Well-Safe Solutions has awarded two multi-million-pound contracts to continue the refurbishment of the Well-Safe Guardian, the decommissioning company’s first asset, into a bespoke plug and abandonment unit.
Island Drilling Company has received a letter of intent from Capricorn Norge for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling returned to quarterly profit on the back of drilling contract termination revenue received from Petrobras.
Shell has decided not to exercise its remaining options for Awilco Drilling’s only operational rig – WilPhoenix – which would leave the UK-based drilling contractor with no operational rigs once the current contract expires unless Awilco manages to find a new deal.
Pacific Drilling has won an offshore drilling contract for one of its drillships with Total for operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
UK independent i3 Energy has said that the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig has completed its acceptance testing ahead of drilling operations in the UK North Sea.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during a duo of audits on the West Mira drilling rig.
Pacific Drilling has been awarded a one-well extension for its drillship working for French oil major Total in Mauritania.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.
Wintershall Dea has begun drilling four production wells on the Dvalin gas field in the Norwegian Sea, getting ready for the start of production in 2020.
BW Energy has started drilling an exploration well at the Hibiscus Updip prospect on its Dussafu Marin permit located offshore Gabon.
