Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has nominated a drillship to drill an exploration well offshore The Bahamas for Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC).
Petrobras has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the pioneer well of block C-M-657, located in the pre-salt of the Campos Basin.
Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners BP and JAPEX have started the subsea construction phase of the Seagull tie-back project, which is located in the North Sea.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) are advancing research regarding policies which could help increase oil and gas production from deepwater infrastructure already in place in the Gulf of Mexico.
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has secured more work for two of its rigs operating in Indonesia and Qatar.
Oslo-listed seismic player SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of award for an OBN source contract in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract will start in Q4 2020 with an expected duration of about three months. In addition, Seabird secured an OBN source contract in the North Sea end-June this year.
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has won a drilling contract with Spanish oil company Repsol for operations offshore Mexico.
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.
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has provided final approvals to BP for drilling of the Ironbark-1 well.
Shearwater GeoServices has won a large towed streamer 3D seismic survey for Block 52, offshore Suriname for Petronas. The four-month project should commence in Q4, 2020. “This new survey in Suriname comes at an exciting time for this area,” said Irene Waage Basili, the chief executive officer of She
Magseis Fairfield has won a deepwater 4D baseline ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the US Gulf of Mexico for a repeat customer. According to the Oslo-listed company, the survey should start in December 2020. Furthermore, the project has a duration of approximately 80 days, adding to the company’s 2
Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC has produced first oil from the Liuhua 16-2 and 20-1 joint development project in the South China Sea.
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.
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is down by one unit over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes Company.
