Equinor will start drilling a well off Norway in late August. This is the first of seven wells planned to be drilled by Longboat following three farm-in deals.
Awilco Drilling has lost an appeal over a £6.8 million tax bill, arising from the termination of a drilling contract for one of its rigs.
Transocean has secured new contracts for five drillships and four semi-submersible rigs but also received a termination for one of the rigs.
Rival offshore drilling contractors are reportedly looking to buy the assets of bankrupt Seadrill Limited, controlled by John Fredriksen.
Borr Drilling’s Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig has arrived at Kistos’ Q10-A field in the Dutch North Sea and started the company’s 2021 drilling campaign.
Oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas discovery south of the Korpfjell gas discovery in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Authority (NPD) said.
UK gas company IOG plc has achieved successful flow test results at its Elgood development well in the UK North Sea. However, the company has experienced mechanical challenges during drilling operations, which resulted in an extended duration. As a result, the first gas from IOG’s Core project has b
FUELSAVE will deploy its combustion conditioning tech to reduce primary fuel oil consumption and cut emissions following a contract with Seadrill.
Kistos is preparing for a drilling campaign in the Netherlands, which will include an appraisal, a flow test, a sidetrack and a re-perforation.
Serica Energy has achieved successful flow test results from the Columbus development well and will tie the subsea wellhead to the Arran field.
Norwegian arm of Austrian oil and gas company OMV has found oil located six kilometres south of the Oselvar field in the southern North Sea.
Maersk Drilling has secured an extended well intervention scope with Equinor off Norway for the low-emission rig Maersk Intrepid.
Oil and gas company Hurricane Energy has completed the plugging and abandonment of the Lincoln-14 well in the Greater Warwick Area (GWA) off the UK.
Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has concluded the drilling of a well in the North Sea offshore Norway but found no commercial amounts of hydrocarbons.
