
Equinor and partners have struck gas and oil in production licence 923, the first discovery this year made near the Troll field in the North Sea.

Maersk Drilling has secured an additional two-well contract for the low-emission rig Maersk Integrator with Aker BP in Norway.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for an appraisal well offshore Norway.

A Valaris-owned drillship has reportedly broken free from moorings at a port in Scotland prompting the need for a rescue operation.

A collaborative, green solution developed by COSL Drilling Europe, Kongsberg, and NOV is poised to generate savings in offshore drilling operations.

Stena Drilling has entered into a strategic framework agreement for decarbonisation exploration with dCarbonX for the development of “geoenergy” resources.

Awilco Drilling has informed that its CEO, Jens Berge, has decided to leave the company with effect from 1 February to pursue other opportunities.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Offshore rig builder Keppel and rig owner Borr Drilling have agreed a further delay for the delivery of five jack-up rigs that Keppel is building for Borr.

Odfjell Drilling will retrofit its newest drilling rigs with the Siemens Energy BlueDrive DC-Grid system in a push towards zero-emission drilling.

Aker BP has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use the Maersk Integrator rig for production drilling on the Tambar field.

Oil and gas company Chrysaor has started preparations to drill an exploration well in the North Sea, using the COSLInnovator rig.

MMH Malta, a port facility and provider of services for offshore drilling rigs, has completed a maintenance program on a Vantage Drilling-owned jack-up rig.

Lundin Energy came up dry in the Bask prospect following results from an exploration well in the Barents Sea drilled with the West Bollsta rig.