Northern Drilling has canceled the resale contract for the West Cobalt drillship with the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
The initial flow test of the Caley reservoir from the Santos-operated Dorado-3 appraisal well off Australia has confirmed the main oil pool in the field is capable of producing flow rates at the higher end of pre-drill expectations.
Shelf Drilling has secured contract extensions for four of its jack-up drilling rigs.
The worldwide offshore rig count in September 2019 decreased by four units sequentially, but increased by 43 units year-over-year, according to reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
i3 Energy has started drilling the SA-01 appraisal well at the Serenity field located in the UK North Sea using the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig.
Brazilian drilling contractor Sete Brasil has reached agreements with Singapore’s rig builders Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine related to contracts for the construction of six semi-submersible rigs and seven drillships, respectively.
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count remained flat during last week, according to a rig count report published on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Canadian offshore regulator has approved Suncor Energy’s plan to resume operations on the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents, following a September 6, 2019 incident, which resulted in an injured Transocean employee.
BW Offshore has raised its reserves estimates at the Hibiscus structure located on Dussafu Marin Permit, offshore Gabon, after finding oil in both the exploration well and appraisal sidetrack.
Conrad Petroleum has started drilling the first of two wells at its operated Duyung Production Sharing Contract in the West Natuna basin, offshore Indonesia, using the Asian Endeavour-1 jack-up rig.
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has secured further work for its Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig to start in early 2020.
Transocean has deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit.
The Polish oil and gas company PGNiG has been granted a license to drill an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea.
Valaris, previously known as EnscoRowan, has secured new contracts and contract extensions with associated revenue backlog of approximately $245 million.
