Offshore driller Transocean has completed its acquisition of its rival Norwegian-Cypriot offshore driller Songa Offshore.
U.S. oil major Chevron has made what it says is a significant oil discovery at the Ballymore prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well offshore Norway.
Spirit Energy has reportedly hired three anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels for rig moving operations.
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig for drilling and completion of production wells on the Visund field off Norway.
Spirit Energy is extending the life of one of its key North Sea fields by tapping into new reserves this year.
Stena had ordered the Stena MidMAX rig in 2013, however, it canceled the order in 2017
Lundin has exercised its first option for the COSL Drilling-owned drilling rig COSLInnovator. The rig will be used to drill wells offshore Norway.
Italian oil company Eni is searching for a drilling rig to drill an exploration well on its Rowallan prospect in the Central North Sea.
Greek oil and gas firm Energean has signed a contract with Stena Drilling for the development drilling of the Karish field, offshore Israel.
UK oil giant BP has hired a rig for well intervention operations on the Rhum gas field in the UK Northern North Sea.
Statoil has made plans to drill an appraisal well on the recent Verbier oil discovery located in the outer Moray Firth on the UK Continental Shelf.
BW Energy Dussafu has started drilling the DTM-2H production well on the Tortue oil field located offshore Gabon as part of the Dussafu Marin Production Sharing Contract.
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. has fallen by two and now stands at 17, according to a report by Baker Hughes.
