Empyrean has confirmed the presence of gas clouds over the Jade well off China with drilling results thanks to elevated methane levels.
Santos has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in the second exploration well in its campaign offshore Australia, the Apus-1.
With all regulatory and environmental approvals in place, SapuraOMV is preparing to drill the Kanga-1 well offshore Western Australia.
India’s Aban Offshore has entered into an agreement with the UAE-based operator ADES for the sale of four of its jack-up drilling rigs.
Norway’s Equinor is mobilising to drill two exploration wells in waters offshore Canada, which could add to its Bay du Nord offshore project development.
Singapore’s Keppel has terminated two separate contracts for a total of four jack-up rigs, keeping the payments and ownership of the rigs.
Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling expect they will have to divest certain North Sea rigs to get merger clearance from the UK’s regulator.
IOG has restored production from the Blythe well in the UK sector of the North Sea, after implementing a temporary solution.
Maersk Drilling has secured a 19-month P&A contract through a rig sharing agreement between TotalEnergies and Petrogas.
Following several delays, Empyrean Energy has started drilling the Jade prospect well, located in Block 29/11 off China.
Equinor has started drilling a wildcat well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.
Santos has kicked off drilling operations on the second well in its campaign offshore Western Australia, using a Noble-owned jack-up rig.
A notable update relates to a Valaris drillship contract in the Gulf of Mexico, which has now been novated from TotalEnergies to Equinor.
After confirming rig mobilisation date, Western Gas has set all the wheels in motion to drill the Sasanof-1 well on the North West Shelf.
