Cooper Energy has informed that Sole-4, the second of two production wells for the Sole Gas Project off Australia, is being shut-in for future connection after completing clean-up and flow-back operations.
Kosmos Energy will begin drilling operations on the Pontoenoe well offshore Suriname in mid-August.
British oil major BP has exercised the one-month option to extend the charter of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia.
Offshore accommodation rig specialist Prosafe has reached an agreement with the Chinese shipyard Cosco over the delivery of three units sitting at the Chinese yard.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs rose to 17 active units during this past week, according to the weekly rig count report issued on Friday by Baker Hughes.
Black Sea Oil & Gas has completed a two-well exploration drilling program in the XV Midia block, offshore Black Sea.
Noble Corporation has retired two semi-submersible rigs and one jack-up rig. The driller’s quarterly loss deepened as its revenues fell.
Quadrant Energy has set and cemented a liner at around 5,205 meters and is continuing with the Phoenix South-3 well drilling operations.
Damen Verolme Rotterdam has been awarded a contract by Stena Drilling for a refit of its drilling rig Stena Don.
COSL Drilling Europe AS has signed a framework agreement with Wintershall for the potential use of its semi-submersible rigs.
Norway’s Coast Center Base (CCB) has been awarded a contract for a Special Periodic Survey of the Stena Spey offshore drilling rig.
Offshore driller Rowan Companies sank deeper into the red as its revenues fell amid lower rig utilization and dayrates. The driller reported a net loss of $76.7 million compared to a net loss of $28.7 million in the second quarter of 2017.
The U.S. offshore drilling company Rowan has informed that ARO Drilling was awarded six three-year contracts by Saudi Aramco for Rowan jack-up rigs currently operating in Saudi Arabia.
Transocean has secured a one-year contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs in Canada.
