Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7132/2-2, targeting the Gjøkåsen Deep prospect, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The well was dry.
Jadestone Energy has restarted drilling operations at its Stag oilfield located offshore Australia following the weakening of tropical cyclone Veronica.
Saipem is reportedly in talks to divest its drilling businesses, both onshore and offshore, according to a report by Bloomberg published on Friday.
Oslo-listed offshore driller Borr Drilling has bought the jack-up rig newbuilding, Hull No. B378 (formerly named Hakuryu-15), for $122 million from BOT Lease Co.
The weekly U.S. offshore rig count rose by three active units this past week, Baker Hughes, a GE company, said in a report on Friday.
Australia-based oil and gas company Otto Energy has farmed into Talos Energy’s Green Canyon 21 (GC 21) lease in the Gulf of Mexico.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has exercised the second of three one-week options for the Prosafe-owned Safe Scandinavia accommodation rig.
Tullow and its partners on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana have approved the drilling budget and the location of the second well of the 2019 drilling program.
Norwegian offshore safety body has turned a notice of order to Ocean Rig regarding the working environment and emergency preparedness on the Leiv Eiriksson rig into a formal order.
Japan Drilling Company has signed a drilling contract for its Hakuryu-11 jack-up rig to an unnamed client in Vietnam.
Offshore driller Shelf Drilling has secured a three-year contract for one of its jack-up drilling rigs.
Aker BP has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 2/11-12 S and wildcat well 2/11-12 A located near the Hod field in the North Sea offshore Norway. Both wells were classified as dry.
Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.
Offshore drillers Ensco and Rowan Companies have received clearance from the General Authority for Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their pending combination.
