Maersk Drilling has secured a 19-month P&A contract through a rig sharing agreement between TotalEnergies and Petrogas.
Following several delays, Empyrean Energy has started drilling the Jade prospect well, located in Block 29/11 off China.
Equinor has started drilling a wildcat well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.
Santos has kicked off drilling operations on the second well in its campaign offshore Western Australia, using a Noble-owned jack-up rig.
A notable update relates to a Valaris drillship contract in the Gulf of Mexico, which has now been novated from TotalEnergies to Equinor.
After confirming rig mobilisation date, Western Gas has set all the wheels in motion to drill the Sasanof-1 well on the North West Shelf.
Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in the Middle East and in West Africa for a total amount of over $400 million.
Equinor has made a significant hydrocarbon discovery with excellent reservoir quality in the Kveikje exploration well, located off Norway.
Offshore rig owner Borr Drilling has been awarded new contracts and extensions for five of its jack-up drilling rigs.
After identifying a mechanical issue on a platform, IOG is experiencing a further delay in fixing the fault to resume production from Blythe.
Ithaca Energy has secured consent for the development of a subsea tie-back to its FPF-1 facility in the UK North Sea.
Post-well analysis of Chariot’s gas discovery offshore Morocco has confirmed excellent quality dry gas and an increase in net gas pay.
Empyrean is anticipating a short wait until the start of drilling off China after rig mobilisation was hindered again due to bad weather.
Offshore rig owner Transocean is now investing in the exploration of seabed minerals to support the renewable energy supply chain.
