Island Drilling Company has signed a contract with Capricorn Norge, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy, for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Masirah Oil has awarded a drilling rig contract to Foresight Offshore Drilling to use one of its jack-up rigs for an appraisal well in Block 50 in Oman.
Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has secured more work for a drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico and a new deal for a drillship in Oman.
The company said Tuesday that well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned as a dry well.
Equinor has discovered oil and gas in exploration well Echino South, 35/11-23, by the Fram field in the North Sea.
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Deepsea Nordkapp rig.
Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe will not give up on its proposed merger with rival Floatel following recent rejection by the Norwegian competition authority.
Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe posted a net loss of $360 million in the third quarter of 2019, compared to a loss of $118 million a year ago.
Oil and gas company Kosmos has made an oil discovery at its S-5 well offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Conrad Petroleum has started drilling the Tambak-1 well located in the Duyung PSC in the Natuna Sea offshore Indonesia, using the Asian Endeavour-1 jack-up rig.
Greek player Energean Oil and Gas has announced the successful appraisal of the Karish North discovery located offshore Israel.
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has extended a contract with Seadrill for the use of a drillship.
Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to consent to drill an exploration well in the North Sea using the West Hercules rig.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. climbed up by one unit over the last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.
