Norwegian oil major Equinor has made the biggest discovery so far this year on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in a prospect near the Fram field in the North Sea.
Borr Drilling has entered into agreements potentially adding a total of $48 million over approximately 590 days to its contract backlog.
After a challenging 2020, oil and gas demand recovery – supported by vaccinations and OPEC+ cuts – is proving good for drilling activity, Rystad said.
An investigation has been launched following a serious incident on the West Mira rig, which happened while the rig was working for Wintershall Dea.
Chrysaor has concluded the drilling of the Jerv exploration well located in the North Sea off Norway but failed to find commercial hydrocarbons.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has awarded more work to a semi-submersible rig owned by offshore rig owner Odfjell Drilling.
Cyprus-based offshore vessel operator S.D Standard Drilling has secured a 1 per cent ownership in offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation.
Norway’s regulator Petroleum Safety Authority has granted OMV consent to drill an exploration well in the North Sea, using Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig.
Aker BP has exercised the second 12-month option for the Deepsea Nordkapp rig under a contract entered into between the parties in April 2018.
Norwegian offshore safety authority has found serious breaches of regulations on a Valaris rig following an investigation of an incident from 2020.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for drilling and well operations on the Oseberg field using the Transocean Norge drilling rig.
PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing for the decommissioning campaign of its Kinsale area gas field located in the Celtic Sea off Ireland.
Oil and gas company Serica Energy has started drilling the Columbus well located in the North Sea using a Maersk Drilling-owned jack-up rig.
Offshore rig owner Odfjell Drilling has been awarded more work for one of its semi-sibmersible rigs from Equinor in Norway.
