Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling has said that the first steel has been cut for its second rig under construction at a Keppel yard while the construction on the first rig is going as planned with delivery scheduled for March 2021. Awilco owns and operates two 3rd generation mid-water sem
French oil major Total is set to drill three exploration wells in Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa.
Wintershall Dea has said that the West Mira rig has spudded its debut well on the Bergknapp exploration prospect in the Norwegian Sea.
Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Interceptor with MOL Norge.
Ithaca has acquired interests in the Captain, Alba, Erskine, Alder, Britannia, Brodger, Callanish, Enochdhu, Elgin/Franklin and Jade fields.
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling of two wells in the Norwegian Sea using the Scarabeo 8 rig.
Aker BP has made a minor oil discovery south of the Gyda field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
UK independent i3 Energy has started drilling a new pilot well at its Liberator field in the outer Moray Firth, offshore UK.
Following media speculation regarding the status and success of the Warwick West well, Hurricane Energy provided an update on the recently spud well.
Northern Drilling’s West Mira has become the first rig in operation to be awarded the DNV GL Battery Power class notation.
The worldwide offshore rig count in October 2019 decreased by two units sequentially, but increased by 37 units year-over-year, according to reports by Baker Hughes Company.
Vantage Drilling recorded a decrease in quarterly revenues as its deepwater rig utilization dropped in the third quarter of 2019.
U.S. oil company Talos will have a formal resource report on its large Zama oil discovery offshore Mexico by the end of the year.
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension offshore Norway from Aker BP for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Integrator.
