
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has exercised one additional well for the Odfjell Drilling-owned Deepsea Atlantic rig.

Harbour Energy has drilled a dry exploration well on the Ilder prospect off Norway, ending a two-well campaign with disappointing results.

Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved the drilling of the Kanga-1 offshore well by SapuraOMV.

Vantage Drilling has been awarded several new contracts, which will see its rigs operate in South East Asia, Middle East, and Africa.

Archer has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire DeepWell based on an enterprise value of NOK 177 million.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over this week, according to a weekly rig count by Baker Hughes.

Canadian offshore petroleum regulator has fined Suncor Energy and Transocean over an unauthorized fluid discharge from a rig back in 2018.

Polish GAZ-SYSTEM is carrying out final preparations to begin laying the offshore gas pipeline for the Baltic Pipe project in the Baltic Sea. Drilling of a tunnel for the gas pipeline began in April on the Polish coast, with similar work set to start soon in Denmark, GAZ-SYSTEM said. Allseas will wo

Indian oil and gas company ONGC has hired a jack-up drilling rig from compatriot offshore drilling contractor Jindal Drilling & Industries.

American issue-advocacy organisation Majority Action has urged stakeholders of U.S. supermajor Chevron to vote against the re-election of the current chief executive officer (CEO) and lead director.

The BW Offshore-owned FPSO Umuroa has been disconnected from the Tui field, located offshore New Zealand, after spending 14 years there.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea.

Vantage Drilling believes the shallow water activity is stabilizing and the recovery in the deepwater market could begin later in 2021.

U.S. energy supermajor ExxonMobil expects up to $200 million in charges related to job cuts in 2021, figured in previously in the company’s cost-savings plans.