Beach Energy is preparing for exploration drilling in the Canterbury Basin offshore New Zealand, which could include up to 11 wells.
Bahamas Petroleum has signed a drilling contract with Stena Drilling for the provision of a rig for its Perseverance #1 well, located offshore The Bahamas, thereby ditching its previous plans to use a Seadrill-owned rig.
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Rowan Norway rig on the Ekofisk field offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over the last week, according to the latest weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.
Archer has secured a formal contract award for the provision of a modular drilling unit and associated services from TAQA.
CEO of Noble Corporation has transitioned to the role of executive chairman of the board while a new CEO has been named.
International Maritime Industries (IMI) has cut the first steel on the first of two newbuild rig orders from ARO Drilling.
Borr Drilling is working to secure a liquidity runway until 2022 even in an unlikely low scenario without any further contracts.
Odfjell Drilling and Total have agreed to keep Odfjell’s semi-sub rig Deepsea Stavanger idle in Norway prior to mobilising it to South Africa for Total’s drilling operations.
Spanish oil company Repsol has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Maersk Inspirer jack-up rig on the Yme field offshore Norway.
Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Stavanger is preparing for drilling operations off South Africa, where it will start a firm contract with French major Total. The dual derrick, dynamic positioned (DP), semi-submersible is set to work in demanding environmental conditions char
Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has dropped for the third week in a row and now stands at just 12 active units, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling on the Vega field using the West Mira drilling rig.
