London-listed oil firm Tower Resources hopes to spud its NJOM 3 well offshore Cameroon in the last week of May. The company is in the meantime working on securing the funds both for the well and for the Njonji field development.
Talos Energy has conducted a successful appraisal well and production test of the giant Zama discovery, which is located in Block 7 in the offshore portion of Mexico’s prolific Sureste Basin.
ExxonMobil has provided more information to NOPSEMA for an Environment Plan for exploration drilling in the Gippsland basin off Australia.
Offshore accommodation rig operator Floatel International has been awarded a contract extension for its Floatel Superior by Equinor.
Corvus-2 well intersected a gross interval of 638 meters, one of the largest columns ever discovered across the North West Shelf
Majority lenders in Oslo-listed offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling’s $2 billion loan are moving forward with reorganization and recapitalization of the company’s drilling business.
The Seadrill-owned semi-submersible drilling rig West Phoenix, which drilled the 20/05b-14 Verbier appraisal well, has now moved off location in the UK North Sea.
Energean Oil and Gas has made a significant gas discovery in the Karish North exploration well located offshore Israel.
Japanese oil firm Inpex plans to drill an exploration well next year in the WA-343-P block offshore Western Australia and has submitted an environmental plan for the regulators to review.
Shell UK has hired three anchor handlers for a rig move in the UK North Sea, Westshore Shipbrokers data shows.
Norway’s offshore safety agency has issued a notification of order to Saipem over its Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible following an audit which identified safety breaches on the rig.
Survey respondents think drilling rig demand will increase and the harsh environment semi-sub market is undersupplied, but peak oil demand is a growing concern.
The semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Leader is heading to the West of Shetland location where it will start a drilling campaign for Spirit Energy and Hurricane Energy targeting one of the most watched offshore prospects of the year in the Greater Warwick Area.
Offshore drilling companies Ensco and Rowan have completed the previously announced merger deal, creating a new company named Ensco Rowan.
