The UK’s competition regulator has found that the merger of Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea.
Equinor has received two types of consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for ops in the North Sea with Odfjell Drilling-owned rigs.
Several offshore rigs owned by Valaris are embarking on their new assignments in the Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania, and Brazil.
Maersk Drilling has entered into an agreement with ADES to sell a jack-up rig for $42.5 million in an all-cash transaction.
Aker BP has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a wildcat well located in the North Sea off Norway.
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension for a semi-submersible rig for operations in Australia.
Empyrean has confirmed the presence of gas clouds over the Jade well off China with drilling results thanks to elevated methane levels.
Santos has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in the second exploration well in its campaign offshore Australia, the Apus-1.
With all regulatory and environmental approvals in place, SapuraOMV is preparing to drill the Kanga-1 well offshore Western Australia.
India’s Aban Offshore has entered into an agreement with the UAE-based operator ADES for the sale of four of its jack-up drilling rigs.
Norway’s Equinor is mobilising to drill two exploration wells in waters offshore Canada, which could add to its Bay du Nord offshore project development.
Singapore’s Keppel has terminated two separate contracts for a total of four jack-up rigs, keeping the payments and ownership of the rigs.
Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling expect they will have to divest certain North Sea rigs to get merger clearance from the UK’s regulator.
IOG has restored production from the Blythe well in the UK sector of the North Sea, after implementing a temporary solution.
