Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Equinor consent to use Askeladd Phase 1 facilities on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has bought from Mermaid Maritime the minority holding of the share capital of Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD).
Apache has gathered further reservoir and technical data from its Kwaskwasi-1 discovery well located in Block 58 offshore Suriname and started drilling at another location within the block.
Turkey is bringing in another drillship for operations in the Black Sea only weeks after announcing a giant gas discovery in the area.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Neptune Energy for well 6406/12-G-1 H located in the Norwegian Sea.
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has terminated a bareboat charter agreement with China Merchants for two jack-up drilling rigs.
Well-Safe Solutions has acquired the West Epsilon jack-up rig from Seadrill sparking another job boost for the company. Namely, this move will create around 100 new jobs.
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week and remains flat at 15 units, according to a report by Baker Hughes Company..
Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Mitsui Oil for the provision of a jack-up rig for drilling operations in Japan.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. has won more work for some of its drilling rigs but has also seen its day rates slashed.
Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract by Equinor for drilling three wells at the Valemon field from the summer of 2021, using the Noble Lloyd Noble drilling rig.
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling the Bue well on the offshore Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.
Oil major ExxonMobil has made its 18th discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 exploration well.
Equinor has decided to drill new wells on its operated Martin Linge field, located offshore Norway, due to barrier deficiencies discovered in previous wells.
