Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, has noted a 900 per cent rise in demand for the remote inspection of offshore assets and equipment since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped by one unit over the last week, according to weekly rig count reports published last Friday by Baker Hughes Company.
The USS Montgomery combat ship and the dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez checked out the West Capella drillship during their presence operations in the South China Sea on Thursday.
Offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has decided to take another swing with the job axe and lay off even more staff.
Oil giant Saudi Aramco has suspended the contract for one of Noble Corporation’s offshore drilling rigs.
Despite posting a loss in the first quarter of the year, offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has had an overall better first quarter than the one in the year prior, but the company is preparing itself for ‘challenging times’ ahead.
Noble Corporation saw its quarterly net loss deepen after being negatively affected by rig impairment charges amid lower demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices.
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to Neptune Energy for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig.
Italian oil and gas company Eni has failed to find hydrocarbons in an exploration well located in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico.
Repsol has made two significant offshore oil discoveries in Mexico’s deepwater with its Polok-1 and Chinwol-1 exploration wells in Block 29 in the Salina Basin.
Petrofac has postponed the beginning of the plug & abandonment program on Rubie and Renee fields in the UK North Sea. As a result, Awilco Drilling’s rig has been put on standby.
The worldwide offshore rig count in April 2020 has dropped 28 rigs year-over-year and 19 rigs sequentially, according to rig count reports by Baker Hughes Company.
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling and completion on the Nova field using the West Mira drilling rig.
The U.S. active offshore rig count last week dropped by one unit compared to the previous week, Baker Hughes Company said on Friday in its weekly rig count report.
