
Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Deepsea Atlantic rig.

The Covid-19-caused downturn is set to cause a 25 per cent yearly drop in global demand for oilfield services (OFS), a Rystad Energy analysis shows.

Shelf Drilling has received an early termination of a drilling contract for a jack-up rig operating offshore Egypt.

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced the APA 2020 licensing round on Friday, comprising the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, and the Barents Sea.

US energy giant Chevron has filed an environmental plan to NOPSEMA addressing the installation of the subsea infrastructure associated with the Gorgon stage 2 project.

In its global energy outlook, Rystad Energy revealed that the Covid-19 downturn will expedite peak oil demand, putting a lid on exploration efforts in remote offshore areas and as a result reducing the world’s recoverable oil by around 282 billion barrels.

US energy giant Chevron is selling its stake in the Australian North West Shelf LNG venture after drawing interest from potential buyers. The company made a move to start a formal marketing process for its 16.67 per cent stake in the $34 billion project after receiving bids from several buyers. “Che

PICO GoS Limited, a Cheiron Group company, has achieved the first oil production from its appraisal well GNN-4 in the Geisum Concession offshore Egypt.

Australia-based oil producer Triangle Energy has shut-in production from two wells on its Cliff Head oil field located offshore Australia.

Neptune Energy will start drilling the Dugong well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, by 19 June 2020.

Williams has reached a tie-back agreement with LLOG Exploration Offshore (LLOG) to provide offshore natural gas and oil gathering and production handling services for the Taggart development at Williams’ Devils Tower spar in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the facilities on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.

Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group has secured a five-year contract from Japan’s Inpex for the latter’s Ichthys LNG project in Australia. The deal covers the provision of marine warranty services and marine assurance for the project and its associated drilling operations. According to Lond

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wells located in the North Sea off Norway.