Italian oil company has confirmed making “a lean gas discovery” in Block 6 Offshore Cyprus with Calypso 1 NFW, confirming reports of a discovery released last week by the Cypriot media.
Hibiscus Petroleum is preparing to drill a sidetrack well on the Anasuria field in the UK North Sea, following an award of a drilling contract to one of Seadrill’s semi-submersible rigs.
The international offshore rig count for the first month of 2018 increased sequentially but dropped when compared to the same period of 2017, according to a Wednesday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Norwegian oil company Statoil has lifted its capex and expects to drill more wells in 2018 compared to 2017.
The NPD has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wildcat well 16/1-29 S, in the North Sea.
World’s largest offshore driller Transocean is reportedly set to reactivate its 2010-built ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer India.
Indian offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has reportedly found work for one of its jack-up drilling rigs.
Deep Sea Mooring has secured a contract with Quadrant Energy for pre-lay mooring solutions to the GSF DD-1 rig.
Premier Oil has signed a letter of intent with Diamond Offshore for the provision of a suitable drilling rig for its operated Sea Lion Phase 1 development in the North Falkland Basin.
Byron Energy has started completion operations on Gulf of Mexico wells ahead of production start in March.
Kosmos Energy has completed drilling the Requin Tigre-1 exploration well located in Senegal’s Saint Louis Offshore Profond block but failed to find hydrocarbons.
Fugro has won a long-term contract for the provision of rig positioning services to oil major Statoil.
The number of offshore rigs operating in the U.S. fell by one week this past week , according to according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Statoil has signed a contract with North Atlantic Norway Ltd for use of the 6th generation West Hercules rig.
