
Offshore rig owners Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling have revealed a board of directors for the new combined company.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has started drilling operations on the Kveikje exploration well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Oil major Shell has failed to find hydrocarbons following the drilling of an exploration well located in the UK North Sea.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips Skandinavia a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway.

Neptune Energy has started drilling the Hamlet exploration well located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

The UK’s competition regulator is looking into the proposed merger between offshore drilling giants, Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway.

Valaris has secured new contracts for its rigs, however, over $400 million of backlog related to a drillship contract in the Gulf of Mexico now hangs in the balance.

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling will be taking over the management of a jack-up drilling rig from Seadrill.

IOG is experiencing a further delay in the start-up of its Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1 due to stormy weather conditions.

Noble Corporation has secured more work for its rigs, including a conditional award for four drillships working for ExxonMobil in Guyana.

Borr Drilling has converted several LOAs into contracts, secured a couple of new deals, and postponed delivery dates for five newbuilds.

Equinor has extended existing drilling contracts, covering 19 assets on the Norwegian continental shelf, with three companies.

Aker BP will use a semi-submersible rig from Odfjell Drilling to drill four wells for its project in the North Sea.