
Oil and gas company Aker BP has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway but it failed to find hydrocarbons.

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has launched an investigation into a lifting incident on one of the Odfjell Drilling-owned rigs.

Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has entered into a memorandum of agreement with Brazil’s PetroRio to sell a semi-submersible rig.

Noble Corporation has revealed that its shareholders have endorsed its plan to merge with Maersk Drilling almost unanimously.

Odfjell Technology is on track to successfully complete its three-year drilling project in the Black Sea with Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG).

Petrogas plans to develop its Birgitta gas field in the UK North Sea within the next three years following the completion of an appraisal well.

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy have made a light oil and condensate discovery in their exploration well on the Corentyne block off Guyana.

Lamprell is in the frame for upgrade work on three jack-up drilling rigs ahead of their move to the Gulf region.

Karoon has decided to exercise its option for two additional wells in Brazil to be drilled by one of the Maersk Drilling-owned rigs.

Energean has made a commercial gas discovery in Block 12 offshore Israel, bolstering its beliefs in the potential of the Olympus Area.

Keppel O&M has won a deal worth around $97 million with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund-affiliated company, ADES, for two jack-up rigs.

The UK’s competition regulator might accept a remedy proposal, submitted in response to its concerns about the proposed Noble-Maersk merger.

Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a new deal for one of its jack-up rigs by Petronas Carigali for operations offshore Malaysia.

Japan’s oil and gas player Inpex has started exploratory drilling operations offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures in Japan.