Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Monarch rig is preparing to depart Cooper Energy’s Casino Henry gas project in the offshore Otway Basin off Victoria this evening, having completed a successful workover of the Casino-5 production well.
FAR Limited has awarded a drilling rig contract to Stena Drilling for the provision of the Stena DrillMAX drillship to drill the giant Samo prospect offshore, The Gambia.
Statoil has been given consent by the PSA to use the Maersk Intrepid drilling rig for production drilling on the Martin Linge field in the North Sea.
Offshore driller Stena Drilling has signed a contract with Total E&P UK for its Stena Don drilling rig.
White Fleet Drilling’s WFD 350 jack-up has returned to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, following repair and upgrade work by Semco Maritime.
UK-based driller Ensco has won new contracts for a number of its drilling rigs but has also lost one contract and scrapped three rigs.
Odfjell Drilling is considering to acquire the Stena Midmax rig, a Moss CS60E semi-submersible drilling rig.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit to drill a wildcat well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Nearly 20 jackups left the offshore rig fleet during the first quarter of the year.
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has secured work for its drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, UK, Norway, and Saudi Arabia.
Transocean has been awarded new contracts for its drilling rigs for work offshore Norway, Australia, and Canada.
Statoil has received consent from the PSA to put the Oseberg H platform offshore Norway into commission.
Spanish oil company Repsol has encountered oil offshore Gabon with the Ivela-1 exploration well.
Lundin Norway has started drilling operations for an extended well test on the Alta discovery in the southern Barents Sea – testing a completely new type of oil reservoir on the Norwegian shelf, consisting of karstified carbonates. A successful outcome will provide important information to progress
