Equinor has secured a drilling permit with Norway’s authorities to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.
Aker BP has drilled another dry well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. The drilling activities were conducted by one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.
With preparations one of the semi-submersible rigs, owned by Transocean, is undergoing in Constanta drawing to a close, a start-up date for a long-term drilling campaign on a natural gas project in the Black Sea is fast approaching.
A court order is bringing a legal battle over an alleged contract breach to a close by instructing Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill to pay a multimillion-dollar compensation to the owner of a semi-submersible rig, which was hired under the contract that sparked the dispute
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted a drilling permit to Norwegian oil & gas player Vår Energi for another wildcat well in the North Sea. The permit is for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production license 1090, in which Vår Energi holds a 50% operating stake, with partners Petoro and Aker BP
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has extended the contract of one of the rigs from compatriot Odfjell Drilling’s fleet.
ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy have fired the starting gun on drilling activities off the coast of Cyprus, using one of the drillships owned by Valaris.
OMV has received a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for a wildcat well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, enabling it to undertake drilling activities next month with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Orlen Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s Orlen Group, has wrapped up drilling activities at a wildcat well in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea, undertaken with one of the Odfjell Drilling-managed rigs, without finding any commercial volumes of hydrocarbons.
Serica Energy has kicked off drilling operations at the next well in its multi-well drilling campaign and work-over program in the North Sea, with a rig from COSL Drilling Europe, which has one more well lined up with the British player on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Vår Energi has found more gas in the Barents Sea, thanks to the drilling operations, which were conducted with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs off the coast of Norway.
SLB has landed a batch of new deals with Shell to handle drilling assignments, spanning several regions, including the UK sector of the North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Gulf of Mexico alongside others.
KCA Deutag has landed new multimillion-dollar drilling assignments and extensions across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the UK.
The Norwegian authorities have handed out two drilling permits, which will enable the drilling of an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea and another one in the North Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for the first one and one of the offshore drilling player’s managed rigs
