Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the West Hercules rig.
Australian energy company Santos has started drilling the Dorado-2 appraisal well located offshore Western Australia.
OMV has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.
Axess Group’s North Sea division has carried out its first special periodic survey on the Transocean 712 semi-submersible rig at the Port of Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, Scotland.
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received cancellations of two letters of intent for jack-up rigs, which are currently warm-stacked in Singapore.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the West Phoenix rig.
Qatar Petroleum has awarded contracts for a total of eight offshore jack-up drilling rigs required for the North Field Expansion Project offshore Qatar.
Oceaneering International has recently secured a drilling and completion support contract for integrated services with Wintershall Norge.
Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling orders another newbuild at a discount price
Offshore driller EnscoRowan has nabbed eight rig contracts and contract extensions with the likes of Total, Kosmos, NAM, Neptune Energy and others.
Greenpeace activists have ended their protest on the Barents Sea-bound West Hercules offshore drilling rig, currently located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway, after spending 16 hours on the rig.
Talos Energy is preparing to spud the Bulleit appraisal well located in the Green Canyon 21 lease in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, using the Noble Don Taylor drillship.
Subsea engineering firm Oceaneering and offshore driller Pacific Drilling have entered into an industry-first, five-year Digital Services Package agreement.
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has been awarded drilling contracts for two of its 2014-built drillships with Woodside in Senegal.
