OMV has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities for two exploration wells in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.
Island Drilling has decided to retrofit its semi-submersible drilling rig with Ecochlor’s EcoOne filterless ballast water management system (BWMS).
An in-depth review of Valaris’ rigs, including details about new contracts and extensions along with other recent activities related to its fleet.
Aker BP has started drilling an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Saipem’s semi-submersible rigs.
High-impact well numbers in 2023 are expected to be in line with 2020-2022, with 75-85 high-impact wells currently anticipated to complete this year, energy market research and consultancy firm Westwood reports, explaining that this is due to higher oil prices not having fed through into more explor
Aker BP has entered into drilling and wells alliance agreements with Noble, Odfjell and Halliburton for drilling activities on the NCS.
Shell has made a gas discovery in an exploration well in the North Sea, which was spudded using a Noble-owned rig.
Ocyan, a subsidiary of the Novonor group that provides solutions for the upstream offshore oil and gas industry in Brazil and abroad, and LZ Energia, developer of technological solutions to reduce its customers’ operations fuel consumption and air pollution, have appointed DNV, the global independen
UK-based oil and gas player Serica Energy has outlined the strategic rationale behind its proposed acquisition of Tailwind Energy Investments.
Island Drilling has secured a contract extension for its semi-submersible rig, which will prolong the rig’s assignment in the UK.
Baker Hughes’ rig count report has revealed that the international offshore rig count experienced an increase of 30 units in 2022 compared to the figures from the year before. The overall international rig count including both offshore and onshore rigs was up 66 rigs from the 2021 count of 834. Acco
A semi-submersible rig has arrived at a port in Scotland to prepare for its first decommissioning assignment on the UK Continental Shelf.
Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions for five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), North Sea, Norway and Suriname.
Odfjell Drilling has agreed on a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig for one well located in the Norwegian Sea, with further options. The company agreed on the contract with PGNiG Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s oil and gas company PGNiG, on behalf of CIMC Offshore. The
