
Shelf Drilling has received an early termination of a drilling contract for a jack-up rig operating offshore Egypt.

Decommissioning services specialist Petrodec has completed skidding operations for the topside removal of Perenco’s Pickerill A unmanned platform, located offshore the UK.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wells located in the North Sea off Norway.

Wintershall Noordzee, a joint venture of Wintershall Dea and Gazprom, has started gas production from its second B2 production well at the Sillimanite field offshore the Netherlands.

There is a case to be made that the coronavirus crisis has been setting the stage for the restructuring of the offshore drilling market.

Mubadala Petroleum has added another development well to its Manora drilling campaign in the Gulf of Thailand, expanding it to four new development wells.

Saudi Arabian oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco has suspended its contract for the Shelf Drilling-owned High Island IV jack-up rig.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over the last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea off Norway.

Offshore oil and gas operators are resuming operations on platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico following Tropical Storm Cristobal.

Keppel has denied and rejected the termination of a rig construction contract by Awilco.

Awilco Drilling has decided to cancel a semi-submersible rig order with rig builder Keppel due to breaches under the construction contract.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. is up by one unit over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.

The worldwide offshore rig count in May 2020 dropped 54 rigs year-over-year and 37 rigs sequentially, according to rig count reports by Baker Hughes.