
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has been awarded a new contract and extensions for its rigs, adding $87.2 million to its backlog.

Shell and Deltic Energy are planning to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK North Sea later this year.

The UK’s competition regulator has found that the merger of Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea.

Equinor has received two types of consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for ops in the North Sea with Odfjell Drilling-owned rigs.

Several offshore rigs owned by Valaris are embarking on their new assignments in the Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania, and Brazil.

Maersk Drilling has entered into an agreement with ADES to sell a jack-up rig for $42.5 million in an all-cash transaction.

Aker BP has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a wildcat well located in the North Sea off Norway.

Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling expect they will have to divest certain North Sea rigs to get merger clearance from the UK’s regulator.

IOG has restored production from the Blythe well in the UK sector of the North Sea, after implementing a temporary solution.

Maersk Drilling has secured a 19-month P&A contract through a rig sharing agreement between TotalEnergies and Petrogas.

Equinor has started drilling a wildcat well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

Equinor has made a significant hydrocarbon discovery with excellent reservoir quality in the Kveikje exploration well, located off Norway.

After identifying a mechanical issue on a platform, IOG is experiencing a further delay in fixing the fault to resume production from Blythe.

Ithaca Energy has secured consent for the development of a subsea tie-back to its FPF-1 facility in the UK North Sea.