Talos Energy has hit 152 meters of net pay above the oil-water contact while drilling the Zama appraisal well, testing the giant Zama discovery offshore Mexico. The Zama-2 appraisal well is the first of three appraisal penetrations drilled by the Consortium to better define the resource potential of
Jack-up drilling specialist Shelf Drilling has been awarded a three-year contract in India for one of its rigs. Shelf Drilling said on Wednesday the contract was for the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up rig with the client being Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India’s national oil company. The contract
Transocean said it would use the net proceeds “to partially finance the construction or acquisition of the Deepwater Poseidon [drillship] .”
Oil and gas company Cooper Energy has hired a rig for a drilling program in the Otway basin offshore Australia.
Lundin has received consent from Norway’s PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible rig.
Seadrill Partners, an affiliate of offshore driller Seadrill, will reduce the quarterly distribution to its common unitholders from 10 cents per unit to 1 cent per unit. “The move reflects the slower than anticipated recovery in dayrates and the company’s desire to preserve liquidity ahead of debt m
The Haeva jack-up rig, the previously named Paragon HZ1, has left the Port of Esbjerg.
China’s offshore drilling company COSL has reportedly signed a contract for its jack-up rig COSLHunter in Mexico. Rig brokers Bassoe Offshore on Monday reported that the Chinese rig owner had secured a one year contract in Mexico, with an undisclosed operator. The rig, built in China Merchants Heavy
The number of active offshore drilling rigs in the U.S. has fallen to 19 units this past week, Baker Hughes, a GE company, said in a report on Friday. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. -25 to 1,050 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 25 rigs from last week to 1,050 rigs, with oil rigs down […]
Thang Long Joint Operation Corporation has reportedly awarded a contract for one of PV Drilling’s jack-up rigs.
Oil services company Schlumberger has won a contract from Equinor for total well delivery on the Peregrino C platform in the Campos basin offshore Brazil.
Offshore drilling company Ensco has decided to postpone its general meeting originally scheduled for January 23, 2019.
After a five-month journey from Singapore via the Canary Islands, Diamond Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite has arrived at Kishorn, Scotland.
U.S.-based Talos Energy will start up the Tornado 3 well by early second quarter 2019.
