
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has launched an investigation into challenges related to the completion of the hull and equipment for Equinor’s Johan Castberg FPSO.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday responded to a report of a natural gas release from an oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has been awarded an $83 million worth contract with Mexican operator Pemex.

Shearwater GeoServices has announced a new 3D seismic acquisition award for ION Geophysical’s UK Mid North Sea High (“MNSH”) program. The MNSH is one of the last remaining underexplored regions on the UK Continental Shelf and a recent well confirmed one of the first new plays in recent years. The ve

Stena Drilling has won two contracts, one for a semi-submersible rig and the other for a drillship in Ireland and Suriname, respectively.

OMV Petrom has entered the Total-operated Han-Asparuh exploration block located in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible offshore drilling rig until late 2021.

Offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured a 20-month extension for the Maersk Convincer jack-up rig with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company.

The U.S. offshore rig count has not changed for the second week in a row, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.

Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are slowly returning to their offshore facilities following an evacuation due to Hurricane Laura.

French oil major Total has started drilling the Luiperd-1X well, the second exploration well on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa.

Shearwater GeoServices has received an award for a large towed streamer 3D acquisition and fast track processing project by Total in Mauritania.

Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to award a contract for a drilling rig for its Core Project located in the Southern North Sea (SNS) “in the coming weeks”.

Malaysia’s DNeX has entered into a head of agreement (HOA) with Ping Petroleum to make an offer to acquire the remaining equity interest in Ping not currently owned by DNeX. Ping Petroleum is an upstream company focused on shallow-water offshore production and development opportunities in the North