Scientists from around the UK, led by the Heriot-Watt’s International Centre for Island Technology, are investigating marine life connected to the rigs, pipelines and other infrastructure in the North Sea.
Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has hit a duster near the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of the North Sea.
UK-based tech firm SRO Solutions has replaced asset management software systems on six Stena Drilling offshore rigs.
ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore, a company of ST Engineering North America, has installed a 215 mt NOV passive heave compensator on Diamond Offshore’s Ocean BlackLion drillship.
Oil and gas exploration firm Neptune Energy has stated that it made the largest oil discovery in Norway so far this year with its Dugong well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Semi-submersible accommodation vessel OOS Tiradentes has become the first offshore rig to resume operations in Brazil following Petrobras’ shutdown of facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Offshore drilling rig owner Borr Drilling has won deals for three of its warm-stacked jack-up drilling rigs.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well located in the Norwegian Sea.
The U.S. offshore rig count has remained flat for another week, making this the fourth week straight with 12 active units, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received safety consent from the country’s offshore safety watchdog to use the Maersk Intrepid jack-up rig on the Martin Linge field offshore Norway.
Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Apache has made what it says is a major oil discovery at the Kwaskwasi-1 well drilled offshore Suriname in Block 58.
Tullow Oil has postponed the drilling of its exploration well on a block located offshore Suriname. Meanwhile, Tullow is looking to hire a rig for the well.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wells located in the Norwegian Sea.
