The U.S. weekly offshore rig count remained unchanged at 12 units, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.
Noble Corporation has received several new contract extensions for its drilling rigs and cancellation of a drilling contract in Vietnam.
Neptune Energy has decided to drill a sidetrack well to further evaluate the size of its Dugong discovery located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
The Odfjell Drilling-owned drilling rig Deepsea Stavanger has recently been mobilized from Norway to South Africa for a drilling gig with French Total.
Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Maersk Invincible rig for operations on the Hod field offshore Norway.
Wintershall Dea last December installed three Xmas trees on its Dvalin gas development, which has now moved from the drilling phase to the completion phase.
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has conducted a remote survey for steel certification at a steel mill to enable work on two Lamprell’s self-elevating drilling units.
Equinor has discovered gas and condensate in an exploration well 30/2-5 S Atlantis, which is located near the Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea.
Malaysian offshore support vessel provider Icon Offshore has confirmed it is in the process of negotiating the acquisition of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi’s jack-up drilling rig.
Equinor has signed a letter of intent with Odfjell Drilling for the Deepsea Atlantic rig to drill 12 wells during phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup field development in Norway, following its work on phase 1.
A court in Scotland has slapped Greenpeace with an £80,000 ($100,000) fine for attempting to stop British oil major BP from drilling for new oil at the Vorlich offshore oil field.
Spirit Energy has drilled a dry well near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Oil and gas exploration firm Neptune Energy has hit hydrocarbons at the Dugong well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
COSL Drilling Europe has signed a letter of intent for the use of COSLInnovator rig on the Norwegian Continental Shelf starting early next year.
