The U.S. weekly offshore rig count remains unchanged at 19 active units for the third week in a row, Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count, released on Friday, shows.
Shell has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in the North Sea.
Norway’s Equinor has been given consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in block 6608/10 in the Norwegian Sea.
Hurricane Energy has started well completion operations for the Early Production System on the Lancaster field (Lancaster EPS), located in the West of Shetland area, in the UK.
Offshore drilling company Borr Drilling, which “has taken the jack-up rig hoarding to a new level,” after several recent acquisitions, is now in talks to find work for some of its drilling units.
Prosafe, Oslo-listed provider of offshore accommodation rigs, has entered into another standstill agreement for flotels built by Cosco in China.
Shell has decided to exercise a one-well option with UK driller Awilco Drilling under the decommissioning contract for the WilPhoenix rig.
Shell has begun returning offshore workers to its assets in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico following the Alberto storm.
Offshore vessel provider Mermaid Maritime has sold a barge and a tender assist drilling rig to Star Matrix.
Wellesley Petroleum has been granted a drilling permit to drill an exploration well, which aims to investigate a prospect named Serin located in the North Sea.
Aker BP has made a minor gas discovery in the Barents Sea but the discovery is not considered to be commercial.
There’s probably much more behind Ocean Rig’s recent spinoff of the Leiv Eiriksson and Eirik Raude than they’re telling us.
Offshore driller COSL has some work to do to make its COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig fully compliant with the Norwegian regulation.
After a string of oil discoveries in Guyana, and two dry holes, ExxonMobil has started drilling another well in the country’s giant Stabroek offshore block.
