Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway’s coast, which will be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
ConocoPhillips has confirmed a previously made oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea, with the drilling of its second appraisal well.
Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has confirmed the wrap-up of a special period survey (SPS) for another semi-submersible rig that was on the agenda this year.
ConocoPhillips has revealed three possible drilling locations for its two-well gas exploration campaign in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia.
Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Barents Sea, which will be drilled next month with COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rig.
The AIM-listed oil and gas company Tower Resources has sent a letter of award to Advanced Energy Systems (ADES), part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Holding, for a rig contract in Cameroon, Central Africa.
Noble Corporation has booked a yard stay at Green Yard Feda, located close by Flekkefjord in southern Norway, for a semi-submersible, said to be one of the world’s largest and most advanced harsh-environment drilling rigs.
TotalEnergies has picked a drillship owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling player, for a drilling campaign off the coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific.
Transocean has landed a new contract extension for one of its semi-submersible rigs, which is working off the coast of Norway.
ADES has expanded its footprint in West Africa by securing a new drilling assignment for one of its jack-up rigs, which enables it to add a 13th country to its list of operational areas.
MR Group’s ModuSpec, a rig intake and inspection specialist, has lined up a multi-staged support assignment during the intake process of a sixth-generation deepwater drillship in the Black Sea.
ADNOC Drilling has expanded its workload with ADNOC Offshore, a compatriot oil and gas heavyweight, by securing another multi-year drilling campaign in the Middle East, which will be undertaken by two of its jack-up rigs.
Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s energy giant Eni, has kicked off drilling activities off the coast of Ghana with a seventh-generation drillship, which previously worked for the Italian player in Côte d’Ivoire, Africa.
Noble Corporation has landed a new multi-well drilling assignment in the North Sea with BP, the UK-headquartered energy giant.
