The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP and Equinor drilling permits for their wells in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea.
Maersk Drilling has made plans to sell one of its jack-up rigs to Havila, which will, in turn, lease and later sell the rig to the Yme field partners.
Dolphin Drilling has secured Energy Management System ISO 50001:2018 certification following an audit by DNV.
Equinor has exercised an option to add well intervention work at the Martin Linge to the previously agreed work scope for Maersk Intrepid.
Maersk Drilling is getting rid of two jack-up drilling rigs in addition to securing a new job for another one of its jack-ups.
A Norwegian union is working to avoid the downsizing of 200 workers of the West Mira rig following a recent contract termination.
Dolphin Drilling has secured a Letter of Intent with Wellesley Petroleum for the drilling of an HPHT exploration well on the NCS.
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has exercised one additional well for the Odfjell Drilling-owned Deepsea Atlantic rig.
Harbour Energy has drilled a dry exploration well on the Ilder prospect off Norway, ending a two-well campaign with disappointing results.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea.
A four-year-long frame contract has been signed by COSL Drilling Europe with OKEA for the use of COSL’s rigs in Norway.
Just like its rival Transocean, Noble Corp. is optimistic about the outlook with a pipeline of tender opportunities on the horizon.
Offshore rig owner Seadrill Limited has revealed that a termination notice has been received for the West Mira rig from Wintershall Dea.
The now restructured and debt-relieved offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded sixteen new contracts and extensions with more than a dozen different oil and gas companies.
