The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 30/12-2, which is located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Mubadala Petroleum has reached final total depth at two development wells at Manora Oil Field in the G1/48 concession, located in the Gulf of Thailand, and re-started drilling operations on the MNA-22 well.
The Diamond Offshore-owned Ocean Monarch drilling rig has spudded Cooper Energy’s Annie-1 gas exploration well located offshore Australia.
Capricorn Norge has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6608/11-9 in the Norwegian Sea and the well is dry.
Byron Energy is preparing to drill the SM58 011 well and test the Cuthroat prospect located on its operated SM58 lease in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped for the second time in a row, according to weekly rig count reports published on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Seadrill Partners has received an early termination notice for the West Vencedor rig contract offshore Ivory Coast.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation reduced its quarterly loss as its revenues grew during the second quarter of 2019.
Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) has completed the exploratory drilling at offshore Hidaka area of Hokkaido, Japan, using the Ensco 8504 drilling rig.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management has agreed to grant GulfSlope a three-year extension of the term of its lease number OCS-G-35244 for Ship Shoal block 336, on its Tau Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico.
RigNet, a global provider of communications solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has signed two multi-year agreements with offshore drilling contractor Transocean.
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris, formerly known as EnscoRowan, booked a large profit in the second quarter of the year.
Prosafe has signed a contract with Total E&P UK Limited for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support at the Elgin complex in the UK sector of the North Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 2/1-17 S located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
