
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has wrapped up its investigation into a well control incident that occurred on a semi-submersible rig working in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This incident is classified as being in the company’s highest category of severity.

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has found more black gold in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, thanks to drilling activities with one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has obtained multimillion-dollar assignments and extensions for seven mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) from its rig fleet.

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has conducted drilling activities at a wildcat well in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs. This well did not yield commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received clearance to deploy a ten-year-old jack-up rig at its offshore field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has picked up multimillion-dollar extensions for two of its harsh environment semi-submersible rigs deployed off the coast of Norway.

Transocean has made a multibillion-dollar merger move on Valaris to breathe life into a combined company with a diversified offshore fleet of 73 rigs, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships, nine semi-submersibles, and 31 modern jack-ups, to meet emerging growth opportunities.

Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has received DNV’s Abate (P+) notation for one of its drillships, underscoring the rig owner’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations.

Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, which have drilled a dry hole in the Bulgarian sector of the Black Sea, are weeks away from drilling another well.

A 2014-built drillship, owned by the Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris, has come to Brazilian waters ahead of its assignment with Equinor Energy do Brasil, a subsidiary of Norway’s energy giant Equinor. Another unit from the rig owner’s fleet is currently getting upgrades in

Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has taken into its fold five premium jack-up rigs, which used to be part of the U.S.-headquartered Noble Corporation’s fleet.

The Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained a drilling permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) for a wildcat well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Equinor has secured the green light from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.