UK independent i3 Energy has reported that its Serenity well, located in the UK North Sea, is an oil discovery, confirming the strong commercial potential of the Serenity area.
Norwegian oil firm Equinor has drilled a duster at the offshore exploration well 32/4-3 S in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
Diamond Offshore nearly doubled its losses as its revenues dropped in the third quarter of 2019 when compared to the same period in 2018.
Valaris, formerly known as EnscoRowan, has been awarded new contracts and extensions with BP, Murphy Oil, Premier Oil, SapuraOMV, and Saudi Aramco.
Oil and gas company Cairn Energy has completed the first well in its drilling program offshore Mexico, but failed to prove hydrocarbons. Cairn expects to start drilling its second well off Mexico in November. In an update on Monday, Cairn said that the exploration target of the Alom-1 well on Block
The Norwegian competition authorities have rejected the proposed merger between offshore accommodation companies Prosafe and Flotel.
BP has made a major gas discovery with the Orca-1 exploration well, which is located offshore Mauritania in the BirAllah area.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. slipped to 21 units last week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes Company.
CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited has drilled a dry well located West of Shetland. CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, confirmed to Offshore Energy Today on Thursday it had drilled and completed its Howick exploration well, 206/21-1, located West of Shetland. The
OMV Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of appraisal well 6506/11-11 S on the 6506/11-10 (Iris) gas/condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
French oil company Total has exercised a one-year option on the existing contract for the Vantage Drilling-owned jack-up rig Emerald Driller in Qatar.
Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling operations on a well located offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has delayed the delivery of one of the two ultra-deepwater drillships it has under construction at the Jurong shipyard in Singapore.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
