Canadian oil company Suncor is being investigated over an oil spill from the Transocean Barents rig.
BW Offshore will drill an additional appraisal well to test one of several prospects mapped in the Ruche area within the Dussafu license offshore Gabon.
Offshore driller Borr Drilling has signed a master agreement with Singapore’s Keppel, to acquire five jack-up rigs for a total value of approximately $745m.
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has awarded GustoMSC the first order for the new Chela smart crane.
Singapore’s rig builder Sembcorp Marine is on the lookout for a Chief Operating Officer, after parting ways with Ong Poh Kwee, who has held the position since July 2015.
Russia’s Rosneft has kicked off drilling operations at a production well at the (Lan Do field) as part of Block 06.1 development, offshore Vietnam.
Corallian Energy has entered into a letter of intent with drilling contractor Ensco for the provision of a jack-up drilling rig to drill its Colter and Wick wells offshore the UK.
Where next for jack-up rates?
The number of U.S. offshore rigs climbed up to 21 last week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Vantage Drilling’s Topaz Driller jack-up rig has arrived in Cameroon waters to work on the Etinde permit.
Noble Corporation has been awarded new drilling contracts in the North Sea and Middle East region for two of its jack-up rigs.
Quadrant Energy has drilled the Phoenix South-3 well offshore Australia past the 3,000-meter measured depth mark.
Energy intelligence group Westwood feels that now is the best time to explore for oil and gas in the last decade.
Danish shipping giant AP Maersk Moller might not sell its drilling division Maersk Drilling in 2018, a previously planned.
