Cooper Energy has said that the Diamond Offshore-operated semi-submersible rig Ocean Monarch has started mobilization from the Gippsland Basin to the Otway Basin offshore Australia where it is to drill two offshore gas exploration wells.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased to 25 units this week, according to weekly rig count reports published on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Stavanger rig.
Brazilian oil company Petrobras is seeking to auction off a 2010-built ultra-deepwater drillship.
Qatari North Oil Company (NOC) has extended drilling contracts for a Japanese drilling rig duo at the giant Al Shaheen offshore oil field in Qatar.
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a small oil discovery in production license 167 at the Utsira High in the North Sea. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s report on Friday, Equinor has completed drilling appraisal wells 16/1-30 S and 16/1-30 A located in the North Sea. Th
Italy’s Eni has successfully drilled Agogo-2, the first appraisal well of the Agogo discovery in Block 15/06, offshore Angola.
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico drillship market is currently in quite an enviable position, according to market research provider Westwood Global Energy Group.
Tullow Oil and its partners have decided to drill an exploration well in Block 47 located offshore Suriname next year.
Shell has failed to find oil at its Khan Kubrat-1 exploration well in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to start drilling its Harvey appraisal well in the UK North Sea at the beginning of August 2019.
Wintershall Dea has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in block 66/11 in the Norwegian Sea.
The Brazilian offshore drilling firm Constellation has been awarded three new contracts with Petrobras for its offshore drilling rigs.
Italian oilfield contractor Saipem has been awarded new offshore drilling contracts in Romania and Abu Dhabi worth over $160 million.
