The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well located in the Norwegian Sea.
Swift Drilling has been awarded a long-term contract by Wintershall Noordzee to perform a plug and abandonment campaign in the Dutch and German North Sea.
Italy’s oil and gas company Eni and Russia’s Novatek will start drilling an exploration well in waters offshore Montenegro later this month.
Noble Corporation has won several new contracts for its fleet of drilling rigs, which will see three of its units come back from the warm-stack mode.
Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), has given Equinor consent to drill two exploration wells offshore Norway, using the West Hercules rig. The wells named 30/11-U-1 and 30/11-U-2 are located in Production licence 035 and 272 in the North Sea. The licences a
Petrodec has reactivated Haeva jack-up rig to DNV standards and the unit is now reporting for duty as the company’s second decommissioning vessel.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Seadrill two orders and a decision on a coercive fine after serious breaches of the regulations.
Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has made an oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Samsung Heavy will have to pay $411 million to rig owner Stena Drilling after losing a dispute related to the termination of a rig construction contract.
Danish maritime services provider Erria and Maersk Drilling have entered into a three-year agreement related to marine warranty surveys for Maersk’s rigs.
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract by Petrogas E&P Netherlands, which will employ the harsh-environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolute.
Saipem will have to pay compensation to two offshore workers in Norway due to the violation of working hours regulations.
Lundin Energy and Odfjell Drilling have now signed a contract for the Deepsea Stavanger rig following a letter of intent from January 2021.
Neptune Energy and its partners in the Dugong licence have started drilling on the Dugong appraisal well, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
