
Norway’s Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two wildcat wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Neptune Energy has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a well located in the North Sea off Norway.

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for its fleet of drilling rigs, pushing its backlog up to $6.5 billion.

Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with TotalEnergies for operations off the UK.

ConocoPhillips has received consent from a regulator to use one of Prosafe’s semi-submersible units at Norway’s first producing field.

OMV has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling of a pilot hole in the Norwegian Sea.

Serica Energy has awarded a crane operations and maintenance services contract on one of its platforms in the UK North Sea to Sparrows Group.

Equinor has failed to find hydrocarbons in the stacked Ginny/Hermine exploration prospects in the Norwegian Sea.

An Odfjell Drilling-owned semi-submersible rig has started its contract with Equinor, making it the third Odfjell rig to work for Equinor.

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new contract with Petrofac for operations in the UK North Sea.

Three oil & gas companies have been granted drilling permits by Norwegian authorities for wells in the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea.

Odfjell Drilling is contemplating spinning off its Well Services and Energy segments into a newly established company and list it on Oslo.

The recent collision in the North Sea highlights hidden safety threats arising from disregarding maritime procedures for the sake of profit.

Shell has received consent from Norway’s offshore regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea with one of Transocean’s rigs.