Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7132/2-1 in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The well was dry.
Offshore driller Diamond Offshore has scored two contracts with Shell for two of its semi-submersible drilling rigs.
It’s gotta stop at some point. And it will. There’s more excitement coming.
Following its takeover of Greek driller Ocean Rig, Transocean has been working to employ its now enlarged drilling rig fleet, resulting in several new contracts and extensions.
World’s largest oil company Saudi Aramco has chartered the Setty jack-up drilling rig from the Egyptian drilling contractor EDC.
Shelf Drilling has secured a six-month contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Resourceful jack-up rig.
Black Sea Oil & Gas has made the Final Investment Decision to proceed with the $400 million Midia gas development project located in the Black Sea offshore Romania.
Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery at the Brulpadda prospect on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa.
The global offshore upstream supply chain saw signs of recovery in 2018, and this looks set to continue in 2019, according to global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Seadrill has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola Ltda, an affiliate of Sonangol E.P.
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil can’t stop finding oil in Guyana. After a string of discoveries last year, the company on Wednesday said it had made two additional discoveries offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, bringing the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12.
UK-based Corallian Energy has begun drilling operations on the Colter appraisal well using one of Ensco’s jack-up drilling rigs.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Latin America and southern and western Africa are the regions to keep a close eye on, energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie said in its analysis on Monday, also sharing the top five offshore exploration wells expected to be drilled in 2019. One of them could potentially hold 5 billion barrels.
