Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well for CO₂ verification in the North Sea using the West Hercules rig.
The PSA has found improvement points during an audit of OKEA’s planning of its first drilling operations on the NCS.
Equinor has exercised two options of two months each for the Maersk Drilling-owned Maersk Intrepid jack-up rig to continue working at the Martin Linge field offshore Norway.
UAE-based offshore oil rig builder Lamprell has yet to receive a firm order for the construction two jack-up rigs for which it signed a letter of intent in December 2018.
MOL has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.
Japan’s Inpex has submitted its environment plan for the Ichthys development drilling campaign WA-50-L – Phase 2 to the Australian regulator, NOPSEMA.
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has found gas in the Ørn exploration well south-west of the Marulk field in the Norwegian Sea.
The transaction involves the two closest competitors in the Norwegian market for offshore accommodation services
Tamarind Resources has reportedly put its New Zealand offshore drilling plans to a halt after being unable to reach an agreement with offshore drilling contractor COSL.
ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area.
Cooper Energy has decided to cut short its drilling program offshore Australia due to failure of two mooring chains on a Diamond Offshore-owned rig, which was being used for drilling operations.
Spanish oil company Repsol has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Rowan Viking jack-up rig on the Yme field offshore Norway.
Tullow Oil has made a second oil discovery offshore Guyana. The Joe-1 exploration well has opened a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased to 26 units this week, according to weekly rig count reports published on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
