Wellesley Petroleum has been granted a drilling permit to drill an exploration well, which aims to investigate a prospect named Serin located in the North Sea.
Aker BP has made a minor gas discovery in the Barents Sea but the discovery is not considered to be commercial.
There’s probably much more behind Ocean Rig’s recent spinoff of the Leiv Eiriksson and Eirik Raude than they’re telling us.
Offshore driller COSL has some work to do to make its COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig fully compliant with the Norwegian regulation.
After a string of oil discoveries in Guyana, and two dry holes, ExxonMobil has started drilling another well in the country’s giant Stabroek offshore block.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has received an approval to use Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig to drill well 4/6-B-6 on the Alvheim field, off Norway.
Prosafe has filed a counter-appeal against Westcon in the TSV Safe Scandinavia conversion court case.
Offshore drilling contractor Ocean Rig is selling its only two semi-submersible drilling rigs to its subsidiary.
Semco Maritime has been chosen to prepare an accommodation rig for a new assignment for Maersk Oil in the UK sector.
Offshore driller Ocean Rig has signed a master service agreement with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia for a term of three years plus two optional years.
Mubadala Petroleum has encountered oil shows in its Manora exploration well and is now getting ready to drill a sidetrack well and two development wells.
The U.S. offshore rig count remained unchanged last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
The need for consolidation among offshore rig owners is just as dire as it’s ever been.
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has given Wellesley Petroleum its consent to drill an exploration well in the North Sea, using the Transocean Arctic drilling rig.
