Norwegian oil company Statoil has exercised its first option in the Deepsea Bergen rig’s drilling contract. Statoil in late May awarded the contract to the Odfjell Drilling-owned Deepsea Bergen rig for drilling activities in 2018-2019. The contract originally included one firm well plus 4 x 3 option
ADES International, a London-listed provider of offshore and onshore oil and gas drilling in the Middle East and Africa, has bought three jack-up drilling rigs from Nabors Industries for $83 million. ADES International has signed the purchase and sale agreement (PSA) for the three rigs with Nabors D
Offshore driller Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid by Total in Norway. The rig has been on contract for Total on the Martin Linge field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea since 2014 and this contract has now been extended for another firm 1
Statoil has been given consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Songa Enabler mobile drilling rig on the Snorre field in the North Sea.
Offshore drilling contractor China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has reportedly found work for one of its jack-up drilling rigs.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP drilling permits for four wells in the North Sea.
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling is getting rid of its shareholding in Egyptian Drilling Company (EDC) to focus on offshore drilling market.
Petrobras has obtained a favorable arbitration award related to a rig dispute with its compatriot offshore driller Sete Brasil.
Italian oil company Eni has selected a spud date for the drilling program in the Rabat Deep Offshore license in Morocco.
Atkins has been awarded a contract with Repsol to provide structural front end engineering design (FEED) for the remediation of the Yme asset in the North Sea.
W&T Offshore has failed to find hydrocarbons in the ST 224 #1 offshore exploration well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Its partner in the project Otto Energy on Friday said the well had been drilled to a total measured depth of 10,900 feet (3,322 meters). The targeted BN sand interval was intersected c
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling is looking to reduce pay for its offshore workers.
Australia’s Quadrant Energy is preparing to drill two wells offshore Australia in 2018 with its partner Carnarvon Petroleum. Carnarvon Petroleum on Thursday said the partnership had had a meeting recently to review progress on the Phoenix project. “The key work flows presented included preparing for
Maersk Drilling has hired Aker Solutions to modify the production module on the Maersk Inspirer jack-up rig for the Repsol-operated Yme oilfield offshore Norway. The work scope covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services. The value of the contract is 1 bill
