
The Ocean Apex semi-submersible drilling rig has been handed over to BP for the drilling of the Ironbark-1 exploration well offshore Australia.

Russian independent oil company Lukoil has launched phase two of the development drilling campaign on the Vladimir Filanovsky offshore field in Astrakhan.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has conducted another search for seabed minerals on the Mohn Ridge in the northwestern Norwegian Sea. The expedition saw the vessel Island Valiant and operator TIOS conducting drilling operations in 3000 metres of water to secure samples of mineral deposits

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.

InterMoor, an Acteon company, has secured work on three different mooring projects in the Australian region.

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.

Australian player Karoon Gas is expecting to close its acquisition of the Baúna field, located offshore Brazil, during October 2020.

Production by W&T Offshore has suffered an adverse impact due to an extremely active tropical storm season in the Gulf of Mexico.

Premier Oil has reached an agreement with Harbour’s UK operating company Chrysaor regarding a proposed all-share merger between Premier and Chrysaor.

Oil and gas company Hess Corporation has entered into an agreement to sell its 28 per cent working interest in the Shenzi field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to BHP to fund a project in Guyana.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Natural Gas Annual shows that the United States set new records in natural gas production, consumption, and gross exports in 2019.

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.

Driven by digital technologies, Equinor has increased its earnings by more than NOK 2 billion since the start of production from its Johan Sverdrup field, located in the North Sea.