Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.
A Noble-owned jack-up rig, sporting legs more than 200 metres in height, has become “the largest ever vessel” to visit Port of Aberdeen.
Transocean has secured new contracts and extensions in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Suriname and Brazil for nine rigs in its offshore fleet.
UK-headquartered energy services provider Expro is acquiring compatriot well construction cementing firm DeltaTek Global in order to broaden its offering, capabilities and technology portfolio. According to Expro’s Chief Technology Officer Steve Russell, the acquisition will expand Expro’s well cons
Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has made a new oil discovery in the North Sea off Norway, using a Saipem-owned rig.
Wellesley Petroleum has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.
Norwegian oil and gas player Vår Energi has made a new oil discovery in the Barents Sea off Norway, using a Transocean-owned rig.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a new commercial oil and gas discovery in the North Sea off Norway, using a Transocean-owned rig.
Shell has completed flow test results for the Pensacola well in the North Sea, which is said to have opened a new Zechstein play in this mature basin.
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with Ithaca Energy for operations off the UK.
The international offshore rig count recorded an increase of ten units in January 2023 compared to December last year, according to the latest rig count report from Baker Hughes. The international rig count is up 60 rigs from last year’s count of 841, with offshore rigs up 31 and onshore rigs up 29.
Northern Drilling has raised $10 million for litigation costs arising from the ongoing arbitration pertaining to cancelled orders for two drillships with the South Korean shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
Trillion Energy has drilled another well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has upgraded one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs with a hybrid system to curb emissions.
