Woodside has completed more than half of the work related to its Sangomar project in Senegal, but a subsea part of the work is lagging.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has been awarded a new contract and extensions for its rigs, adding $87.2 million to its backlog.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured new contract awards for two of its rigs with a total value of $105 million.
PetroRio is gearing up to start a revitalisation campaign off Brazil after the country’s regulator approved its drilling programme.
Vaalco Energy has brought on stream its second well in the 2021/2022 four-well drilling campaign off Gabon with strong initial flow rates.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has announced a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill, Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Angola’s Sonangol. Sonadrill has secured a 10-well contract with options for up to 8 additional wells in Angola for the West Gemini drillship, Seadril
Shell and Deltic Energy are planning to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK North Sea later this year.
Singapore’s Dyna-Mac has secured a total of two contracts, bringing its net order book to date to S$461.1 million (about $338.7million).
The UK’s competition regulator has found that the merger of Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea.
Equinor has received two types of consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for ops in the North Sea with Odfjell Drilling-owned rigs.
Several offshore rigs owned by Valaris are embarking on their new assignments in the Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania, and Brazil.
Maersk Drilling has entered into an agreement with ADES to sell a jack-up rig for $42.5 million in an all-cash transaction.
Aker BP has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a wildcat well located in the North Sea off Norway.
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension for a semi-submersible rig for operations in Australia.
