Wellesley Petroleum has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to carry out exploration drilling in the North Sea using a Transocean-owned rig.
Cooper Energy has completed the reservoir section of Sole-3 production well located offshore Australia with preparations now underway for flow back.
Shell has received consent from the PSA to drill an exploration well in production license 832 in the Norwegian Sea.
Ocean Rig has abandoned its previously announced plan to sell its only two semi-submersible drilling rigs to a subsidiary company.
Offshore Driller Noble Corporation has sold its Noble David Tinsley jack-up rig.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs climbed up to 20 last week, according to weekly rig count reports Baker Hughes.
The international offshore rig count for May dropped by four units when compared to the same period last year.
Accommodation rig Haven, owned by Jacktel, has begun working at Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway.
Rowan Companies has been awarded a contract for one of its drillships by ExxonMobil to drill a prospect in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Sirius Petroleum now expects to spud the Ororo-2 well in Nigeria “during the summer,” months after the originally anticipated April 2018 date. The delay was caused following rig delays by China’s drilling contractor COSL.
Norwegian oil company Equinor has received consent to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.
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Equinor has been given extended consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Songa Endurance drilling rig on the Troll field in the North Sea.
Australian oil and gas company Quadrant Energy has begun drilling the Dorado-1 well offshore Australia.
