
Two energy giants, U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil and Qatar’s QatarEnergy, have made a new gas find off the coast of Cyprus, using a drillship owned by Valaris, an offshore drilling contractor.

Equinor has finished drilling a wildcat well in the North Sea with one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs. The drilling activities did not result in a new oil and gas find off the coast of Norway.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.

Aker BP has come up empty after drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Italy’s Saipem.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway’s coast, which will be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

ConocoPhillips has confirmed a previously made oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea, with the drilling of its second appraisal well.

Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has confirmed the wrap-up of a special period survey (SPS) for another semi-submersible rig that was on the agenda this year.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Barents Sea, which will be drilled next month with COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rig.

Noble Corporation has booked a yard stay at Green Yard Feda, located close by Flekkefjord in southern Norway, for a semi-submersible, said to be one of the world’s largest and most advanced harsh-environment drilling rigs.

Transocean has landed a new contract extension for one of its semi-submersible rigs, which is working off the coast of Norway.

MR Group’s ModuSpec, a rig intake and inspection specialist, has lined up a multi-staged support assignment during the intake process of a sixth-generation deepwater drillship in the Black Sea.

Noble Corporation has landed a new multi-well drilling assignment in the North Sea with BP, the UK-headquartered energy giant.

Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has secured the all-clear from the country’s authorities to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe.