
PTTEP has hit a trifecta of oil and gas discoveries offshore Malaysia, which support a cluster development approach.

Stena Drilling has welcomed the award of DNV’s Abate (P) notation, which now adorns one of its drillships.

Vår Energi has secured a drilling permit to spud a wildcat well in the Barents Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

Well-Safe Solutions has tucked under its belt a new achievement, thanks to one of its rigs, which has set a seal on the first saturation dives in the company’s history.

Baker Hughes’ rig count report points out that one more rig joined the working fleet in November 2023 compared to the month before.

Shell is engaged in a rig selection and contracting process for a two-well drilling campaign in 2024 while site survey works associated with this exploration program in the North Sea are still ongoing.

Shell has received the green light to use an Odfjell Drilling-managed rig for plugging and abandonment activities in the North Sea.

Dolphin Drilling has pulled the plug on its contract for a semi-submersible rig with Peak Petroleum for operations off Nigeria.

AGR has been awarded a well management contract by Apus Energia for a deepwater exploration well in the Sinapa license offshore Guinea-Bissau.

Jadestone Energy has wrapped up the drilling activities at the final well in its infill drilling campaign offshore Peninsular Malaysia.

Equinor has received consent to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs on two fields located in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, respectively.

Harbour Energy has secured a drilling permit to spud a wildcat well in the North Sea, using one of Noble Corporation’s jack-up rigs.

Transocean has tucked under milestone under its belt, thanks to one of its semi-submersible rigs being awarded DNV’s Abate (Power+) notation.

Velesto has been awarded a long-term contract extension with an estimated value of $74 million for one of its jack-up drilling rigs by Carigali Hess Operating Company.