Prosafe has agreed with Aker BP to restructure the remaining seven one-month options for the Safe Scandinavia unit at the Ula platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, to three one-week options.
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog has given its consent to Aker BP for the use of the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig on the Ivar Aasen field offshore Norway.
Greek oil and gas company Energean has started drilling its Karish North exploration well offshore Israel using the Stena DrillMAX drillship Energean’s flagship Karish and Tanin development project is on-track to deliver first gas in the first quarter of 2021. Energean started its four-well drilling
Russian driller Eurasia Drilling Company has reportedly won a contract extension for one of its four jack-up rigs.
IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been selected by offshore driller Seadrill to transform and maintain its global digital infrastructure.
Australian oil and gas safety regulator NOPSEMA has accepted Woodside Energy’s environment plan for a proposed drilling program in the WA-28-P permit north-west of Dampier offshore Western Australia.
Neptune Energy has hired the newly built Beacon Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig for up to 16 wells offshore Norway.
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has made an oil and gas discovery northwest of the Bøyla field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Siccar Point Energy has started drilling an offshore exploration well at the Blackrock prospect in the UK, using one of the world’s largest semi-submersible drilling rigs, the Ocean GreatWhite.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged at 22 units last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has managed to score yet another job for its Topaz Driller jack-up rig in West Africa, which will keep the rig busy until the end of the year. The driller said on Thursday the 2009-built Topaz Driller had secured a deal with the oil company Vaalco. Vaalc
GranEnergia has been awarded a contract for the provision of accommodation services in support of Total’s Kaombo Sul hook-up and commissioning project offshore Angola.
Jack-up rig contractor Borr Drilling has secured offshore drilling contracts with oil company Pemex, which will see two new build jack-ups deployed in Mexico.
Odfjell Drilling-owned semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Bergen will stop by for a short stay at Norway’s offshore services provider Coast Center Base (CCB).
