
Australia’s FAR Limited has set the date for the drilling of Bambo-1 well, offshore The Gambia, scheduled to start on 13 November 2021.

John Frederiksen’s Northern Drilling has now cancelled resale contracts for both of its newbuild drillships with South Korea’s DSME.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Aker BP for a wildcat well in the North Sea off Norway.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has revealed its plans for THE RIG, a tourism project inspired by offshore oil platforms.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased again last week, according to Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report last Friday.

Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension from TotalEnergies to drill for a new world record.

PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing to move a Stena Drilling-owned rig to a final location as part of the decommissioning campaign of the Kinsale gas fields.

Maersk Drilling has entered a framework agreement with the Nini Joint Venture for the supply of rigs for the Greensand carbon storage project.

Aquadrill and a subsidiary of Vantage Holdings have reached an agreement to provide the Capelladrillship for a contract in Indonesia.

Lundin Energy is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea after encountering disappointing results.

ExxonMobil has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block off Guyana following its latest discovery.

Equinor has awarded COSL Offshore Management a contract to drill on Statfjord Øst field off Norway with the COSLPromoter rig.

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded an extension to its bareboat charter agreement with ARO Drilling for a jack-up rig.

UAE-based Lamprell has secured funding to cover the costs for the continuation of the construction of two IMI jack-up rigs.