There just aren’t enough new rigs to meet long-term drilling requirements in the North Sea and Canada. More newbuilds are coming.
ADX Energy has scheduled the drilling of the Dougga gas discovery appraisal well offshore Tunisia for April 2019.
Seadrill and Odfjell Drilling have selected Kongsberg Maritime to deliver real-time monitoring systems for three semi-submersible rigs.
Lundin Norway has boosted its Rolvsnes discovery resources, following successful completion of the appraisal well 16/1-28S and production test on the discovery located in the PL338C in the Norwegian North Sea.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped to 18 units last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Danish driller Maersk Drilling has named Jesper Ridder Olsen its new Chief Financial Officer, following an announcement by Maersk last week that it will demerge the drilling unit via the Nasdaq Copenhagen listing in 2019.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
Petrobras has awarded a second charter to the POSH-owned semi-submersible accommodation vessel (SSAV) POSH Xanadu.
The PSA has found irregularities during an audit regarding the use of the Songa Enabler rig on the Goliat field.
Offshore driller Borr Drilling has won a contract for its C20051 jack-up drilling rig.
Malaysia’s SapuraEnergy, both an oil company and an offshore services provider, is looking to raise 4 billion Malaysian ringgit through a rights issue. It is also thinking of listing E&P business and find a partner for its drilling business.
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to deliver five engines and four large UUC thrusters for an Awilco Drilling newbuild rig.
Employment in the UK offshore oil and gas sector fell 14% in 2017, to around 280.000, Oil & Gas UK said in its workforce report on Thursday. The report, however, notes a slight increase in offshore jobs for 2018.
The NPD has granted DEA Norge AS a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
