
Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) has built and delivered the second Fast4Ward FPSO hull to SBM Offshore.

Allseas’ giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has delivered the 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern platform topside to the Lerwick port in Scotland for decommissioning.

OMV Petrom has entered the Total-operated Han-Asparuh exploration block located in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible offshore drilling rig until late 2021.

Offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured a 20-month extension for the Maersk Convincer jack-up rig with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company.

Aberdeen-headquartered oil and gas company Dana Petroleum has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) of the company.

Even though Hurricane Laura has moved from the Gulf of Mexico onto the mainland, almost 70 per cent of U.S. oil production remains shut-in.

The U.S. offshore rig count has not changed for the second week in a row, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has completed a logistics operation with a drone to an offshore installation in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are slowly returning to their offshore facilities following an evacuation due to Hurricane Laura.

French oil major Total has started drilling the Luiperd-1X well, the second exploration well on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa.

Shearwater GeoServices has received an award for a large towed streamer 3D acquisition and fast track processing project by Total in Mauritania.

McDermott has informed that Andrew F. Gould, former Chairman and CEO of Schlumberger, has joined its board of directors.

Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to award a contract for a drilling rig for its Core Project located in the Southern North Sea (SNS) “in the coming weeks”.