Ocean Rig Poseidon drillship is sailing towards Chariot’s PEL 71 block offshore Namibia where it will soon begin drilling of the Prospect S well.
Sirius Petroleum is working towards achieving spudding of the Ororo-2 well in the fourth quarter of 2018.
BW Energy has found more oil offshore Gabon following the drilling of the Ruche North East sidetrack well.
Offshore rig broker Bassoe Offshore has informed that the Jasper Explorer drillship has been sold for scrap.
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Aker Energy for Maersk Viking, an ultra-deepwater drillship, to drill the Pecan-4A appraisal well offshore Ghana.
Lundin Norway has completed the Alta appraisal well 7220/11-5 and extended production test in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea. The results were better than expected. The appraisal well is located approximately 4 km south of the original Alta discovery well and is the fifth well drilled on the Alta
Rowan Companies has been awarded a two-well contract for its Rowan Norway jack-up rig in the Mediterranean Sea by Turkish Petroleum.
Someone other than Borr has finally acquired a newbuild jackup. And other established rig owners are likely to follow.
French oil major Total has made “a significant gas discovery” on the Glendronach prospect offshore UK.
Tullow Oil has encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons at its Cormorant-1 exploration well in the PEL-37 licence, offshore Namibia and the well is being plugged and abandoned.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs remained flat at 20 active units this past week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Offshore driller Transocean has scored a six-well contract with Equinor for the newbuild, harsh environment semisubmersible Transocean Norge.
Noble Corporation has bought a new Gusto MSC CJ46 design jack-up rig from Singapore’s rig builder PaxOcean Group
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has drilled four wells in the North Sea off Norway. As a result, two wells are dry and the other two have moderate to good reservoir quality. Aker BP, the operator of production license 028 B, has concluded the drilling of appraisal wells 25/10-16 S, A and C on the [&he
