London-listed oil firm Premier Oil has reportedly hired one of Apexindo’s jack-up drilling rigs on a three-month term deal.
W&T Offshore has encountered strong wet gas shows while drilling the ST 224 #1 well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Frigstad Offshore is looking has started a tender process with shipyards in Asia to price a new generation harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig.
OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Austrian oil firm OMV, has started drilling the Iris/Hades (Aerosmith) exploration well offshore Norway.
UK-based offshore driller Awilco Drilling is looking for additional work for its semi-submersible rig WilPhoenix to fill in the gap between two contracts.
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg shared a photo via social media on Monday showing the Maersk Resolute drilling rig back in the port after completing its latest contract. The jack-up drilling rig Maersk Resolute is located next to another Maersk Drilling-owned rig, the Maersk Giant, which can also be seen
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count climbed up by one unit, according to Baker Hughes weekly rig count report
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway. The well 6604/5-1 will be drilled from the West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling program for well 6604/5-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat wel
Odfjell Drilling saw a decrease in profit during the third quarter of 2017 despite higher revenues pushed up by increased rig activity.
Borr Drilling is seeing signs of healthy tendering activity in the jack-up rig market and is optimistic about a further increase in utilization levels going into 2018.
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well off Norway with the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig.
Lundin Norway has completed the drilling of exploration well 7219/12-2 on the Hufsa prospect in PL533 in the southern Barents Sea. A non-commercial gas discovery was made in the main well while the sidetrack was dry. The wells were drilled about 20 kilometers west of the discovery well 7220/11-1 (Al
One of Transocean’s semi-submersible drilling rigs has been awarded a contract to drill production wells at the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.
Byron Energy has installed the the SM 71 Platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana. This has been reported by Otto Energy, Byron’s partner in the South Marsh Island 71 (SM 71) oil and gas development. Otto Energy on Wednesday confirmed that installation of the jacket and decks comprisi
