Following last week’s results from the first two targets, which proved to be dry, Australian energy giant Santos has failed to find hydrocarbons at the other two Roc South-1 targets as well.
Oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract by Pacific Drilling for the provision of an intervention riser system (IRS) on Petronas’ Chinguetti field offshore Mauritania.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased to 26 units last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has made an oil find in the Liatårnet well located in the North of Alvheim and Krafla-Askja (NOAKA) area offshore Norway.
UK-based Hurricane Energy has spudded the Lincoln Crestal well in the Greater Warwick Area offshore UK using the Transocean Leader semi-submersible rig.
Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has signed a firm contract with French oil major Total for drilling offshore South Africa.
The European Union is reportedly preparing to hit Turkey with sanctions over the country’s drilling operations in the contested waters offshore Cyprus.
Irish oil and gas operator Providence has yet to receive funds from China’s APEC as part of the previously agreed loan regarding to Barryroe project farm-out offshore Ireland.
Cairn Energy’s Lynghaug well in the Norwegian Sea has come up dry.
Mubadala Petroleum is set to begin drilling the first development well at the Manora field in the Gulf of Thailand, as part of the 2019 drilling campaign.
Jack-up rig firm Shelf Drilling has won a contract extension for one of its rigs operating offshore the UAE.
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has hired the Laguna Star drillship on a two-year contract.
Archer said Monday the contract was for five wells, with two one-well extension options
European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič has this week expressed support for Cyprus in light of Turkey’s “illegal drilling activities,” in the Mediterranean Sea.
