
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted INEOS E&P Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Norwegian Sea.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat and an appraisal well in the North Sea.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Barents Sea off Norway.

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has completed the drilling of an appraisal well on the Bergknapp oil discovery, located in the Norwegian Sea, and found additional volumes. Drilled from the Deepsea Aberdeen semi-submersible rig, the re-entry and appraisal wells confirmed the oil discoveries in th

Neptune Energy has received consent from Norwegian authorities for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

Serica Energy has started production from the Rhum R3 well in the UK North Sea, some 16 years after it was originally drilled.

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has concluded the drilling of an appraisal well on the Liatårnet oil discovery located in the North Sea.

Spirit Energy has found more gas at its Grove field located in the UK North Sea, which will prolong the field life to at least 2028.

Billionaire John Fredriksen-owned offshore drilling firm Northern Drilling has cancelled a drillship resale contract with the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Swedish oil firm Lundin Energy a drilling permit for a well in the North Sea.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol the consent for the start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream.

Norwegian oil and gas company DNO has spud the Gomez exploration well in production license 006C in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Valaris is seeing early signs of recovery in rig demand evidenced by new contracts for its fleet of drillships, semi-submersible, and jack-ups.

UK gas company IOG plc has started drilling the Blythe development well located in the UK North Sea ahead of the first gas from the hub.