Castex Energy has contracted the Ensco 68 jack-up to drill the Main Pass Block 270 B-2 appraisal and development well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Wellesley Petroleum has drilled a dry well near the Grosbeak oil and gas discovery in the North Sea.
Equinor has received consent from the PSA to use the Songa Equinox rig for production drilling on the Troll field.
Quadrant Energy has uncovered more oil and gas while drilling its Dorado-1 well located offshore Australia.
BP has resumed drilling operations offshore Nova Scotia, Canada, after it had stopped it following an offshore leak in June.
In the last three months since its previous fleet status report, offshore driller Transocean has landed new contracts and extensions but has also seen dayrates cut for several of its drillships while four floaters have been retired.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has moved back drilling of the Verbier appraisal well to the mid to late fourth quarter of 2018.
Market demand in the offshore floating rig sector is looking up, offshore driller Ocean Rig’s CEO said on Monday, revealing new contracts for its fleet.
ExxonMobil has boosted its estimate of recoverable oil in its offshore Guyana block to 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels, up from the previous estimate of 3.2 billion oil-equivalent barrels.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs dropped to 17 units this past week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.
Offshore driller Ensco has been awarded a number of new contracts and extensions.
Japan Drilling Company’s offshore drilling rig Hakuryu-11 has started drilling under its contract in Vietnam.
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has identified several non-conformities on Seadrill’s West Elara jack-up following an audit of the rig.
ABS has issued the managed pressure drilling notation to Seadrill for the West Capricorn semi-submersible drilling rig.
