The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Neptune Energy for well 6406/12-G-1 H located in the Norwegian Sea.
Several oil majors have evacuated personnel from their Gulf of Mexico facilities ahead of the incoming tropical storm Sally, which is expected to turn into a Category 2 hurricane.
Well-Safe Solutions has acquired the West Epsilon jack-up rig from Seadrill sparking another job boost for the company. Namely, this move will create around 100 new jobs.
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week and remains flat at 15 units, according to a report by Baker Hughes Company..
Oilfield services provider Weatherford has named a new president and CEO of the company.
Offshore vessel provider Siem Offshore has been awarded contracts for two of its vessels by Total for operations in Brazil.
Hornbeck Offshore has emerged from bankruptcy under its joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
Louisiana-based contractor Morrison has installed oil and gas sales pipelines for Byron Energy’s South Marsh Island Blocks 58 & 59. The project marked more than 1676 kilometres of pipe laid by Morrison in the Gulf of Mexico. The most recent 18.5-kilometre pipeline installation campaign consisted of
Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel being built for Energean’s Karish field offshore Israel will set sail from Singapore in the summer of 2021.
Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Mitsui Oil for the provision of a jack-up rig for drilling operations in Japan.
Aker Solutions has secured a three-year contract extension to an existing framework agreement with ConocoPhillips in the North Sea.
CNOOC Limited has started production from the Nanbao 35-2 oilfield S1 area located offshore China.
The rising number of purpose-built offshore wind vessels has a direct impact on the costs of offshore wind projects, as the sector is getting more room to use its own fleet instead of deploying vessels from the oil & gas industry, which can be costly if high oil price is driving increased oil & gas
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has experienced a further delay in the development of its operated Martin Linge offshore field.
