Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has completed the sale of its subsidiary holding three jack-up rigs to ADES.
Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating two assets.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas and oil discovery near the Valhall field in the North Sea off Norway.
Keppel LeTourneau has joined forces with Saudi yard IMI to help it strengthen its rig building capabilities.
i3 Energy has inked a deal with Petrofac for the drilling of an appraisal well in the UK North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig.
UAE-based ADNOC Drilling has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two premium offshore jack-up drilling units.
ConocoPhillips has delineated its Slagugle oil discovery located in the Norwegian Sea, constraining the recoverable hydrocarbon volume of the main segment.
Norwegian regulator has granted Neptune Energy consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using the Deepsea Yantai rig.
E&P company BW Energy is still on track for the first oil from its Hibiscus/Ruche development off Gabon later this year despite delays caused by Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. However, there is still an increased risk of delays due to price inflation on services and materials. BW Energy is current
Western Gas has informed that a Valaris-owned semi-submersible rig has started drilling its operated Sasanof-1 well located offshore Australia.
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed three new members of the executive management committee.
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has made a new oil discovery in Snøfonn Nord with the exploration well 7220/8-2 S, located by the Johan Castberg field development in the Barents Sea. This proximity to the current project development enables the tieback option, which will be considered by Equinor
Following the arrival of a Vantage Drilling-owned drillship from Egypt, Eni and TotalEnergies are kicking off drilling operations offshore Cyprus.
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has signed contracts for the bareboat charter of another two KFELS B Class rigs to be deployed in the Middle East.
