Corallian Energy has signed a contract with drilling contractor Ensco for the provision of a jack-up rig to drill the Wick well off the UK.
Oil company DEA Norge has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7321/4-1 in the Barents Sea off Norway. The well is dry. The well is located in production license 721 where DEA Norge is the operator. DEA received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body to drill an exploration well in the Ba
Talos Energy, the operator of the large Zama discovery offshore Mexico, has received approval for the Zama appraisal drilling plan.
Ocean Rig Poseidon drillship is sailing towards Chariot’s PEL 71 block offshore Namibia where it will soon begin drilling of the Prospect S well.
Sirius Petroleum is working towards achieving spudding of the Ororo-2 well in the fourth quarter of 2018.
BW Energy has found more oil offshore Gabon following the drilling of the Ruche North East sidetrack well.
Offshore rig broker Bassoe Offshore has informed that the Jasper Explorer drillship has been sold for scrap.
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Aker Energy for Maersk Viking, an ultra-deepwater drillship, to drill the Pecan-4A appraisal well offshore Ghana.
Lundin Norway has completed the Alta appraisal well 7220/11-5 and extended production test in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea. The results were better than expected. The appraisal well is located approximately 4 km south of the original Alta discovery well and is the fifth well drilled on the Alta
Rowan Companies has been awarded a two-well contract for its Rowan Norway jack-up rig in the Mediterranean Sea by Turkish Petroleum.
Someone other than Borr has finally acquired a newbuild jackup. And other established rig owners are likely to follow.
French oil major Total has made “a significant gas discovery” on the Glendronach prospect offshore UK.
Tullow Oil has encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons at its Cormorant-1 exploration well in the PEL-37 licence, offshore Namibia and the well is being plugged and abandoned.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs remained flat at 20 active units this past week, according to weekly rig count reports released on Friday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
