
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged for the second week in a row, according to rig count reports by Baker Hughes.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol the consent for the start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream.

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured a letter of award (LOA) for one of its jack-up drilling rigs from an undisclosed operator in Malaysia.

Norwegian oil and gas company DNO has spud the Gomez exploration well in production license 006C in the North Sea offshore Norway.

After a three-unit drop the week before, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.

Noble Corporation has secured new contracts for legacy Pacific rigs but it has also retired two of its stacked drillships.

Valaris is seeing early signs of recovery in rig demand evidenced by new contracts for its fleet of drillships, semi-submersible, and jack-ups.

Transocean reduced its quarterly losses despite lower revenues and is encouraged by the current upcycle in the offshore drilling market.

UK gas company IOG plc has started drilling the Blythe development well located in the UK North Sea ahead of the first gas from the hub.

Eni has made an oil find in Upper Miocene sequences on the Sayulita Exploration Prospect in Block 10 in the mid-deep water offshore Mexico.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased to 14 last week, according to Baker Hughes weekly rig count reports.

Turkey’s oil and gas company TPAO has successfully completed the first flow test of the Türkali-2 appraisal well in the Sakarya gas field located in the Black Sea.

TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have encountered oil in the Sapakara South-1 well on Block 58 off the coast of Suriname.

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won two contracts which, in aggregate, contribute approximately $55.5 million in the backlog.