Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Stavanger rig.
Following the successful rollout of Seacroft Marine’s ‘SafeZone 500’ marine vessel control and management program aboard Diamond Offshore’s ‘Ocean Patriot’ drilling rig, Diamond Offshore has contracted Seacroft to implement the program on its other three UK-based rigs.
Oil and gas exploration is back and deepwater sweet spots are attracting the most attention, energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie’s industry survey has shown.
Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has signed a letter of intent with an unnamed client for a potential hire of one of its offshore drilling rigs.
Russian oil company Rosneft has started a drilling operation offshore Vietnam using a JDC offshore drilling rig.
Jadestone Energy has completed its infill drilling campaign at the Stag oil field located offshore Australia, which was the first well at the field in six years.
The number of active offshore drilling rigs in the U.S. has not changed from the previous count, according to weekly rig count reports published last Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Santos has made progress at the Dorado-2 appraisal well located offshore Western Australia with current drilling operations at approximately 2,250 meters.
China’s CIMC Raffles has confirmed it has signed a two-year contract with CNOOC for the lease of the giant ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig – the Bluewhale I.
Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has failed to find hydrocarbons after drilling a wildcat well in the North Sea.
Offshore drilling company Vantage Drilling International saw its net loss deepen in the first quarter of 2019.
Drilling contractor Northern Offshore has signed Letters of Award for two long-term contracts for its newbuild jack-up drilling units with Qatar Petroleum.
Italian oil and gas company Eni has made a gas and condensate discovery in CTP-Block 4, offshore Ghana.
Jack-up rig operator Shelf Drilling has completed the previously announced transaction to buy two newbuild jack-ups and bareboat charter two additional units from China Merchants.
