Archer has secured a long-term platform drilling contract – worth around $50 million – in the UK with an undisclosed operator.
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has secured a contract extension for one of its units with BP in the UK North Sea.
Floatel International has secured contract extensions with Equinor for two units operating offshore Norway.
Talos Energy has announced the execution of definitive agreements to acquire EnVen Energy Corporation for $1.1 billion.
The UK government has lifted the moratorium on shale gas production in England and confirmed its support for a new oil and gas licencing round.
Two oil and gas companies, OMV and Wintershall Dea, have awarded a drilling contract to Transocean to drill 17 wells in Norway.
Vår Energi has secured two types of permits from the Norwegian authorities for two exploration wells located in the Barents Sea off Norway.
Zenith Energy has handed over an offer for a block with “significant untapped, independently assessed oil and gas reserves” offshore Benin.
i3 Energy has started drilling an appraisal well in the North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig in a bid to find additional hydrocarbons.
A Maersk Drilling-owned drillship has been awarded a one-well extension with TotalEnergies in Suriname.
A court in Australia has ruled against Santos but in favour of an indigenous group in a case related to the development of the Barossa gas project.
Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from three wells located on a field offshore Brazil.
Oil major Shell has secured a semi-submersible rig for plug and abandonment operations on two of its fields located offshore Norway.
Norway recorded lower gas production in August 2022 compared to the figures from July 2022 while the oil output is higher than last month.
