
ConocoPhillips has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway by the country’s petroleum safety regulator.

PGNiG has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea by Norway’s offshore petroleum safety regulator.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has found no traces of a hydrocarbon reservoir after drilling a North Sea well off Norway.

Australia’s Western Gas has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in its long-awaited high-impact exploration well offshore Australia.

SapuraOMV has found no commercial hydrocarbons after drilling an exploration well located offshore Western Australia.

ConocoPhillips has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea by Norway’s offshore petroleum safety regulator.

Valaris is disappointed following the receipt of a drilling contract termination for a drillship which was supposed to work in the Gulf of Mexico.

Saipem has decided to sell its onshore drilling business to KCA Deutag for $550 million in cash plus an equity stake in the combined entity.

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has completed the sale of its subsidiary holding three jack-up rigs to ADES.

Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating two assets.

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas and oil discovery near the Valhall field in the North Sea off Norway.

Keppel LeTourneau has joined forces with Saudi yard IMI to help it strengthen its rig building capabilities.

i3 Energy has inked a deal with Petrofac for the drilling of an appraisal well in the UK North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig.

UAE-based ADNOC Drilling has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two premium offshore jack-up drilling units.