Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7321/8-2 S well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.
Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7219/11-1 well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.
Serica Energy and drilling contractor Awilco have signed a contract for the provision of WilPhoenix rig for one-well workover on the Rhum field located off the UK.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has been given a drilling permit to drill the 30/2-5 S well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Island Innovator drilling rig.
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, has noted a 900 per cent rise in demand for the remote inspection of offshore assets and equipment since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has decided to take another swing with the job axe and lay off even more staff.
Despite posting a loss in the first quarter of the year, offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has had an overall better first quarter than the one in the year prior, but the company is preparing itself for ‘challenging times’ ahead.
Noble Corporation saw its quarterly net loss deepen after being negatively affected by rig impairment charges amid lower demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices.
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to Neptune Energy for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig.
Petrofac has postponed the beginning of the plug & abandonment program on Rubie and Renee fields in the UK North Sea. As a result, Awilco Drilling’s rig has been put on standby.
The worldwide offshore rig count in April 2020 has dropped 28 rigs year-over-year and 19 rigs sequentially, according to rig count reports by Baker Hughes Company.
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling and completion on the Nova field using the West Mira drilling rig.
Borr Drilling has decided to sell two jack-up rigs for total cash proceeds of $15.8 million.
