
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has received notice of early termination for convenience of a one-well contract with Dana Petroleum in Denmark.

Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname.

Rig working on BP’s Ironbark-1 well offshore Australia has completed the work scope on the well and departed the location of the well earlier this week.

Independent Data Services (IDS) has been awarded a fleet-wide deal with Stena Drilling for the fully integrated online reporting and analytics services.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Spirit Energy for the jack-up rig Maersk Resolve to drill one development well in the UK North Sea.

Oil major ExxonMobil is preparing to drill an exploration well in waters offshore Brazil, using Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship.

John Lawrie Decom, a metal recycling specialist, has completed the final stages of the Buchan Alpha decommissioning project in the UK.

Brazilian oil and gas services provider Ocyan has been awarded a contract for an ultra-deepwater drillship by Petrobras in Brazil.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Chrysaor drilling permits for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has added about $35 million to its backlog following new contract awards for its jack-up rig fleet.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged last week, according to the latest rig count reports by Baker Hughes.

Ocean Apex, a Diamond Offshore-owned drilling rig, is working on plug and abandonment activities at the Ironbark-1 well with plans to demobilise underway.

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has won more work for its Deepsea Yantai drilling rig from Neptune Energy for operations offshore Norway.

Saipem 12000, a Saipem-owned drillship, is resuming drilling operations at the Coral Sul project offshore Mozambique following an eight-month delay.