PGNiG has secured a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, which will be spudded with a rig managed by Odfjell Drilling.
Aker BP has made a new oil & gas discovery near its Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and will consider tying the discovery into this field.
Eco (Atlantic) has revealed that Island Drilling’s rig is slated to arrive and spud an exploration well offshore South Africa next month.
Maersk Drilling has secured an extension for one of its jack-up rigs, which will continue to carry out ops off Denmark for TotalEnergies.
Shell has submitted an environment plan (EP) for development drilling on the Crux natural gas field, off the coast of Western Australia.
Aquadrill has extended the charter hire agreement with Diamond Offshore for a drillship, which will continue its ops in the Gulf of Mexico.
ADNOC L&S has been awarded a contract totalling $1.7 billion by ADNOC Offshore for jack-up barges to support production capacity growth.
Vaalco Energy has started drilling the fourth development well in its 2021/2022 drilling programme offshore Gabon.
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea with one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.
ADNOC Offshore has awarded two contracts worth more than $3.4 bln to ADNOC Drilling for eight rigs to expand offshore drilling activities.
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has secured new work for its rigs in the North Sea, Australia, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Velesto has upgraded two jack-up rigs with offline capabilities to reduce days spent on a well and drilling costs while curbing emissions.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation is seeing an increase in demand for offshore drilling rigs.
Turkish government and its national oil and gas company TPAO are now sending the country’s fourth drillship on its first drilling mission.
