
Shelf Drilling has secured long-term deals for two jack-up rigs with Italy’s energy giant Eni for operations in the Adriatic Sea off Italy.

Saipem has decided to buy an ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung Heavy Industries to strengthen its offshore drilling fleet.

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of maintenance management on one of Seadrill’s jack-up rigs.

Serica Energy has found hydrocarbons in an exploration well in the North Sea off the UK, but the commercial quantity is yet to be determined.

TotalEnergies has greenlighted the two-well infill drilling programme in the Danish North Sea to ramp up gas production from 2023.

Neptune Energy has confirmed a new discovery in the Norwegian Sea, which appears to have commercial potential based on the initial analysis.

SEE MONSTER, a decommissioned North Sea platform’s new lease on life has now come to an end and it is expected to be recycled in the UK.

KazMunayGas and Lukoil have set the wheels into motion to mobilise a rig to carry out drilling ops in the Caspian Sea in mid-December.

Amazon Prime is bringing a new supernatural thriller series, the first Amazon Original to be filmed entirely in Scotland, titled The Rig.

Valaris has revealed that one of its jack-up rigs, which recently worked for Equinor, will be undergoing a ten-year special periodic survey.

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using one of Saipem’s semi-submersible rigs.

UK-headquartered IOG plc has restored production from its Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1 in the UK sector of the North Sea, after a shut-in.

Equinor has exercised its option to drill additional wells with the Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, extending the rig’s stay offshore Norway.

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Transocean’s rigs.