The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit to Spirit Energy for an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea.
U.S. offshore driller Northern Offshore has taken delivery of a new jack-up drilling rig built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS) in China.
Japanese offshore drilling company JDC has informed that two of its drilling rigs have started drilling operations for clients in the Middle East and Malaysia.
British trade union RMT has raised concerns over the North Sea decommissioning industry, following the cash sale of three semi-submersible drilling rigs to be scrapped in India and Bangladesh.
U.S. oil company Murphy Oil has reportedly hired a drillship from the Swiss-based offshore driller Transocean.
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported that the U.S. weekly offshore rig count has risen to 19 active units.
Offshore Drilling contractor Stena Drilling is looking to cut workforce, being unable to find work for its three drillships currently idle in Las Palmas
Spirit Energy has received consent from the PSA for drilling and testing wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea with the Island Innovator rig.
Lundin Norway has failed to find hydrocarbons after completing the drilling of wildcat well 7219/12-3 S in the Barents Sea off Norway.
BP has abandoned it exploration project at the Ravenspurn North field in the UK North Sea started more than a year ago.
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given its consent to Lundin to use the COSLInnovator rig to for an exploration well offshore Norway.
ADES rigs keep working offshore Egypt
Offshore drilling companies will be holding their fingers crossed for this one.
Vietnamese offshore driller PV Drilling has reportedly found more work for the PV Drilling II jack-up drilling rig.
