Oil and gas company Lundin has decided to exercise its option for an additional well for an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.
Africa-focused Chariot has revealed that the Stena Drilling-owned Stena Don rig has started its mobilisation to Morocco.
Maersk Drilling and Petrogas have agreed to exercise the previously agreed option to employ a jack-up rig to drill a well in the UK North Sea.
Carnarvon Energy is waiting for a Valaris-owned rig to arrive at a drilling location in the Timor Sea and drill the Buffalo-10 offshore well.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured more work for its rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, adding about $0.5 billion to backlog.
Seadrill has been awarded two contracts worth $549 million by Petrobras for the work on the Búzios field offshore Brazil.
Based on Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged at 15 for two weeks in a row.
Western Gas has executed the formal contract with Valaris for the MS-1 semi-submersible rig to drill an exploration well off Australia.
Upstream oil and gas company Serica Energy has started production from its Columbus field, located in the Central North Sea.
A new ultra-deepwater drillship named Santorini has been delivered to Italy’s Saipem by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries.
Shelf Drilling has received an award for a three-year contract with ONGC for offshore operations in Indian waters.
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has made an oil discovery within the Yoti West structure at Block 12 located offshore Mexico.
IOG plc expects to continue working on a UK North Sea project soon following repairs to a damaged Noble Corporation-owned rig.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Energy Norway a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
