
Seadrill has received a contract suspension for the jack-up drilling rig AOD II operating in the Middle East due to changes in the drilling program.

Equinor has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety regulator to extend the producing life of Åsgard C FSO located offshore Norway.

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer, which will be employed by Petronas for a one-well exploration campaign in Block 52 offshore Suriname.

PGS and ION Geophysical have announced an agreement to collaborate globally on 2D exploration data. Both companies have multiclient data libraries that together cover all the significant hydrocarbon provinces around the world. The new joint data library will comprise nearly a million line kilometres

Oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has signed a two-year contract extension for maintenance and modifications on several Aker BP’s fields offshore Norway. Aker Solutions said on Monday that the fields included in the deal are Ula, Skarv, Valhall, and Tambar. The work under the contract will s

CNOOC Limited has made what it claims to be a significant oil and gas discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in the Eastern South China Sea.

Aker BP is set for drilling operations in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Nordkapp rig following approvals from the Norwegian authorities.

Romanian oil and gas company OMV Petrom is the winning bidder for an oil and gas exploration block located in the Black Sea, offshore Georgia.

The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week, but it remains stuck at 11 units.

Norway’s recent tax relief package for the oil and gas industry is expected to cut breakeven prices by 40 per cent, thereby boosting the country’s rig demand while the UK’s plunges.

Almost half of the Norwegian petroleum production will soon be run on power from shore as the companies are considering multiple electrification projects that could reduce emissions considerably.

Repsol has been granted consent by the Norwegian offshore safety authority for the life extension of the Rev field, which is located offshore Norway.

Gazprom has started construction of an ice-resistant platform for its field located in extreme ice and climate conditions of the Arctic shelf.

Dolphin Drilling has secured a letter of intent with a Norwegian operator for a three-well P&A operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.