Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has confirmed that the Maersk Resilient rig has started drilling the Harvey appraisal well located in the UK North Sea.
Australia-based Byron Energy has started drilling at the Cutthroat prospect located on its operated SM58 lease in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
PSW Group has been awarded a contract with Transocean for storage and maintenance of blowout preventers (BOP) for Cat-D rigs.
Borr Drilling has been awarded another drilling contract by Pemex. As a result, Borr will have three of its jack-up rigs operating offshore Mexico for Pemex and four in total in the country.
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a six-month contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Resourceful jack-up rig.
Diamond Offshore sank deeper into the red in the second quarter of 2019 amid smaller dayrates and lower utilization of its drilling rigs.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 30/12-2, which is located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Mubadala Petroleum has reached final total depth at two development wells at Manora Oil Field in the G1/48 concession, located in the Gulf of Thailand, and re-started drilling operations on the MNA-22 well.
The Diamond Offshore-owned Ocean Monarch drilling rig has spudded Cooper Energy’s Annie-1 gas exploration well located offshore Australia.
Capricorn Norge has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6608/11-9 in the Norwegian Sea and the well is dry.
Byron Energy is preparing to drill the SM58 011 well and test the Cuthroat prospect located on its operated SM58 lease in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped for the second time in a row, according to weekly rig count reports published on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Seadrill Partners has received an early termination notice for the West Vencedor rig contract offshore Ivory Coast.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation reduced its quarterly loss as its revenues grew during the second quarter of 2019.
