Turkish warships on Friday reportedly blocked an Eni-operated drillship from moving into an area offshore Cyprus.
GSP Offshore-owned GSP Saturn jack-up rig has arrived at the Port of Constanta, Romania, ahead of reclassification.
The U.S. offshore rig count remained unchanged during last week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
They’re cheap to stack and costly to scrap, but old jack-ups are finally moving off to scrapyards.
Affected by impairment charges, Maersk Drilling recorded a bigger loss for the full year 2017 compared to its result in 2016.
Norwegian offshore driller Fred. Olsen Energy recorded a loss in the fourth quarter 2017 as its revenues tumbled due to its entire rig fleet being in lay-up mode.
BP has declared the first two options under a contract for use of the semi-submersible drilling rig Blackford Dolphin in the UK North Sea.
Italian oil company has confirmed making “a lean gas discovery” in Block 6 Offshore Cyprus with Calypso 1 NFW, confirming reports of a discovery released last week by the Cypriot media.
Hibiscus Petroleum is preparing to drill a sidetrack well on the Anasuria field in the UK North Sea, following an award of a drilling contract to one of Seadrill’s semi-submersible rigs.
The international offshore rig count for the first month of 2018 increased sequentially but dropped when compared to the same period of 2017, according to a Wednesday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Norwegian oil company Statoil has lifted its capex and expects to drill more wells in 2018 compared to 2017.
The NPD has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wildcat well 16/1-29 S, in the North Sea.
World’s largest offshore driller Transocean is reportedly set to reactivate its 2010-built ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer India.
Indian offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has reportedly found work for one of its jack-up drilling rigs.
