Noble Corporation’s semi-submersible Noble Clyde Boudreaux is finishing up a reactivation and upgrade project at a shipyard in Singapore.
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has given its consent to Wellesley Petroleum to drill an exploration well in the North Sea using the Transocean Arctic rig.
Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract extension for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
UK-based Stena Drilling is the first drilling contractor to receive the notation Drill(MPD) for its harsh environment drillship Stena Carron.
Rowan Companies has renamed its latest additions to the rig fleet to honor the legacy of two former employees.
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling and vessel provider Maersk Supply Service have established a joint venture company focused on decommissioning market.
Aquaterra Energy has completed the delivery of a Sea Swift conductor supported platform (CSP) for DeNovo Energy in the Gulf of Paria, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Aker BP has drilled a dry exploration well and encountered gas column in an appraisal well near and on Ærfugl field offshore Norway.
Preliminary results of Spirit Energy’s Fogelberg appraisal well located in the Norwegian Sea indicate that the reservoir quality is better than that seen in the original discovery well.
Canadian offshore regulator has authorized BP to start preparations for drilling an exploration well offshore Nova Scotia with the Seadrill-owned West Aquarius rig.
Lundin Norway has started drilling well 7220/11-5 on the Alta discovery in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea. Following drilling, the well will be used for extended well testing.
The international offshore rig count for March 2018 dropped both sequentially and year-over-year, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
The next generation of harsh environment semisubs is on its way as the Norwegian oil industry takes a step forward in its quest for optimization and sustainability.
The PSA has found several non-conformities during an audit of Wintershall’s qualification and follow-up of the West Phoenix drilling rig.
