Oil and gas company Tullow has hired a drillship to drill for oil in its Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana, Eco Atlantic, a partner in the project, has informed.
Keppel FELS has delivered the jack-up rig, Cantarell IV, to Grupo R.
Transocean has entered into an agreement with Equinor to license and install Automated Drilling Control systems on four high-specification, harsh environment rigs currently on contract in Norway and a fifth semi-submersible that is expected to start operations in the Norwegian Sea this summer.
The Crown in right of Victoria has submitted a new environment plan (EP) for an appraisal well located offshore Victoria to Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA). The Crown in right of Victoria is proposing to drill an offshore appraisal well
Offshore drilling company Ensco and its rival Rowan Companies have received approval from the UK competition authorities for their imminent merger.
Wintershall has failed to find hydrocarbons after drilling a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. rose to 21 units last week, according to the weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes, a GE company
Wellesley Petroleum has completed the drilling of wildcat well 35/4-2 in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well is dry.
Equinor has made a minor oil discovery in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Noble Corporation has bought a second newbuild Gusto MSC CJ46 design jack-up rig from the PaxOcean Group (PaxOcean) for $83.75 million.
ExxonMobil has exercised the third of four options for the Rowan Companies-owned Rowan Relentless, an R-Class ultra-deepwater drillship.
Diamond Offshore-owned semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean Apex has been hired for the drilling of the Ironbark prospect in exploration permit WA-359-P, offshore Western Australia.
Rowan Companies has been awarded a drilling rig contract with Petronas offshore Mexico.
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling on the Volund field using the Deepsea Stavanger rig.
