
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased to 10 units last week after no change in the week before that, according to Baker Hughes.

A Seadrill drillship has started drilling ops on LLOG’s deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. The same rig was used for the initial phase as well.

The Kawa-1 exploration well, located offshore Guyana, is on track to reach total depth in the first half of December 2021.

Kistos has announced the resumption of gas production from the Q10-A offshore gas field in the Dutch North Sea.

Carnarvon Petroleum is on track to start drilling operations on its Buffalo-10 well, located in the Timor Sea, in early November.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has started drilling operations on the Egyptian Vulture exploration well located offshore Norway.

Valaris has secured three new contracts for its rigs. One of the contracts will involve operations on a carbon storage project.

Aquaterra Energy has signed a partnership with Lhyfe and Borr Drilling to develop a concept for green hydrogen production in the North Sea.

ADC Energy announced its latest win in the LNG sector, after securing a contract with a U.S.-based global infrastructure organisation.

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a new three-year contract for a jack-up drilling rig for operations off India.

Based on the figures from last week, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained flat, according to Baker Hughes.

Velesto Drilling’s contract with ConocoPhillips in Malaysia for the NAGA 7 jack-up rig is considered terminated following an incident in which the rig tilted and submerged in early May 2021.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Neptune Energy has completed the formation and flow testing (DST) of an appraisal well on the Dugong discovery located offshore Norway.