Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling of the Hurri exploration well 7219/12-3S located in PL533 in the southern Barents Sea.
Offshore driller Northern Offshore has sold its two veteran jack-up drilling rigs to Dixtone Holdings, an affiliate of the Perenco Group.
Gabonese government has approved the amended Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Tortue oil field located offshore Gabon as part of the Dussafu Production Sharing Contract (PSC).
The PSA has turned a notice of order given to Maersk Drilling following a fatal accident on the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig into a formal order.
The international offshore rig count for the last month of 2017 increased sequentially but dropped on a year-over-year basis, according to monthly rig count reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
The theme for 2017 was perseverance. For 2018, it’s adaptation.
Oil giant ExxonMobil has revealed positive results from its Ranger-1 exploration well, marking the company’s sixth oil discovery offshore Guyana since 2015.
The number of U.S. offshore rigs dropped to 17 units this past week
Oil major Shell has taken a semi-submersible rig on a term charter from offshore drilling rig provider Saipem.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin a drilling permit for a well located offshore Norway.
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has bought two jack-up drilling rigs from Petrobras for a total of $77 million.
The Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co. (JVPC) has reportedly chartered one of PetroVietnam’s jack-up drilling rigs.
Offshore driller Borr Drilling has taken delivery of the jack-up rig Saga, built by Keppel in Singapore.
Diamond Offshore and Petrobras have settled a lawsuit related to an early rig contract termination back from 2016.
