Following several audits, the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has awarded an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Bollsta drilling rig to offshore driller Seadrill.
Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has commissioned a mobile on-the-rig (OTR) drilling simulator to train Dolphin Drilling’s crews on the Borgland Dolphin ahead of its drilling programme in the Norwegian North Sea earlier this year.
Equinor has awarded a letter of intent to Odfjell Drilling for the drilling and completion of the Breidablikk project in the North Sea with Deepsea Aberdeen rig.
Lundin Energy has entered into an agreement with Idemitsu Petroleum to acquire its interests in a portfolio of licences in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Borr Drilling is keeping its fleet busy as three of its rigs have recently started their new contracts and two more are expected to start operations in 4Q 2020.
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Dana Petroleum to drill two development wells as part of Project Unity in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the West Hercules rig.
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Norwegian offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has completed its investigation of the incident on West Mira rig where the lower marine riser package (LMRP) was unintentionally disconnected.
Aker BP has awarded further work to the Odfjell Drilling-owned Deepsea Stavanger rig, scheduled to be done upon the rig’s return from a gig in South Africa with Total.
Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has received a notice of early termination from oil major BP for the charter of the Deepsea Aberdeen rig but, concurrently, secured work for the rig with Wintershall Dea.
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has set a target of lowering the intensity of CO2 emissions from its drilling operations by 50 per cent by 2030.
Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has drilled a dry well north of the Gjøa field offshore Norway.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor for a wildcat well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
