The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is down by one unit over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.
Drilling operations on the Chrysaor-operated Jerv exploration well, located offshore Norway, started on 18 February 2021, using the COSLInnovator rig.
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has ordered a fourth managed pressure drilling (MPD) system for the Stena Forth drillship.
Transocean has secured new contracts for its fleet, bringing the total backlog to $7.8 billion, but it has also decided to retire the Leiv Eiriksson.
After three flat weeks, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased by one unit last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.
Vantage Drilling has entered into an agreement to manage Seadrill Partners’ drilling rigs following the latter’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata, is acquiring the assets of Scotland’s Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) at Methil in Fife and Arnish in Western Isles. BiFab officially went into administration in December 2020 after a deal for jacket foundation work for the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG)
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has won new contracts for two of its drilling rigs. One contract is with Shell and the other one is with NAM.
Beach Energy’s environment plan for development drilling and well abandonment in the Otway Basin off Australia has been accepted by Australian authorities.
Transocean has deployed the HaloGuard technology on a drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico with plans to deploy it on 6 more rigs by the end of the year.
Oi and gas company Wintershall Dea has completed the top hole drilling campaign on the Nova field located in the North Sea offshore Norway. Wintershall Dea received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling and completion on the No
Equinor has exercised the option to add development drilling of one additional well at the Martin Linge field to the work scope of the Maersk Intrepid.
Oil and gas company MOL Norge has drilled a dry well located at Mandal High in the southern North Sea offshore Norway.
Noble Holding Corporation has completed its financial restructuring and its debtor-affiliates have emerged from Chapter 11 with a new parent company.
