Aker Energy, as the operator of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block, has encountered oil in the Pecan South-1A well offshore Ghana.
Energean Oil and Gas has started its 2019 drilling program in Israel, which consists of three development wells and Karish North.
Equinor has made an oil discovery from the Visund A platform in the Telesto exploration well in the North Sea, offshore Norway. According to Equinor, the resources are estimated at 12-28 million barrels of recoverable oil.
Equinor has started drilling operations on Verbier appraisal well in the UK North Sea using the semi-submersible rig West Phoenix.
MHWirth, an Akastor-owned provider of drilling solutions and services, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of automatic drilling control systems on five Transocean’s drilling rigs.
ExxonMobil has completed the drilling of the second exploration well in the Block 10 offshore Cyprus has made a gas discovery, the government said on Thursday.
Jack-up rig fleet owner Borr Drilling reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2018.
Offshore driller Ensco managed to take the edge off some of its quarterly loss but remained in the red ahead of its merger with Rowan.
Northern Drilling has won a contract for its harsh environment rig West Bollsta with Lundin Petroleum in Norway.
Rowan Companies sank to a loss in the fourth quarter of 2018 from a profit in the year-before period. The driller says it is cautiously optimistic when it comes to improvements in overall offshore rig demand.
Tamarind Resources has been granted consent for development drilling at the Tui field located offshore New Zealand. The company is now waiting for the arrival of a COSL Drilling-owned rig.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill is seeing continuous signs of improvement in offshore drilling market with increased tendering activity and better contract economics.
Noble Corporation’s recently bought Noble Johnny Whitstine jack-up rig has left Singapore to begin its new contract.
Sirius Petroleum is still waiting for Shelf Drilling’s jack-up rig to complete its prior engagements before heading to Ororo field offshore Nigeria to drill the Ororo-2 well.
