
The first well in Trillion’s 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign in the Black Sea has identified numerous potential gas zones on logging.

Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities to drill two wildcat wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Transocean has secured more work for its fleet of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Suriname, Norway, the UK, and India.

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has sold one of its warm-stacked jack-up rigs for a price tag of $120 million.

A semi-submersible drilling rig considered to be the largest of its type in the world is heading to the UK for its upcoming job in the North Sea.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig in Norway.

UK-based oil and gas company i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal well in the North Sea.

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has completed the acquisition of five jack-up rigs from Noble Corporation.

UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that over 300 offshore drilling and contract maintenance workers have backed strike action.

Dolphin Drilling has confirmed the award of a 12-month contract for Blackford Dolphin by General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) in Nigeria.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway.

The business combination between Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling has been completed, creating “a new and dynamic leader in offshore drilling.”

Equinor has decided to exercise its option to add another well to the backlog of an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.