Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by Perenco for its Maersk Resolute jack-up drilling rig.
Equinor has received two consents from the PSA – one for the use of a COSL rig for exploration drilling and one for the use of Utgard field facilities.
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.
Offshore drilling firm Seadrill Partners has won a one-year deal for the West Polaris drillship in Southern Asia.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has been awarded contract extensions for two jack-up rigs in the UK and Saudi Arabia.
Spanish oil firm Repsol has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig.
Equinor has received consent for exploration drilling in block 32/4 in the North Sea offshore Norway, using the West Hercules rig.
GranEnergia has been awarded a 93-day contract by Petrobras to support the P31 and P-50 FPSO maintenance campaign with its DP3 accommodation Floatel CSS Olympia.
Australian oil and gas firm Santos is gearing up to drill the second appraisal well at the Dorado field offshore W. Australia.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has secured a contract for the West Gemini drillship in West Africa.
Oil and gas company Premier Oil has said that drilling of the Tolmount East appraisal well located in the UK Southern North Sea will start shortly.
The 6th generation drillship was delivered from the Samsung shipyard in 2008.
The EU will stop high-level dialogues with Turkey and will reduce pre-accession assistance to Turkey for 2020.
Equinor has failed to find hydrocarbons at the wildcat well 16/5-7, near the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.