Oil major ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at Whiptail well off Guyana, which could form the basis for future development.
BW Energy has completed the final horizontal production well in Gabon and is now working to tie in two wells for the first oil production.
Brazilian contractor Etesco has been awarded a contract extension for a drillship with the state-owned Petrobras for operations off Brazil.
Equinor will start drilling a well off Norway in late August. This is the first of seven wells planned to be drilled by Longboat following three farm-in deals.
Seadrill Limited has hammered out a reorganization plan with its consenting lenders, which will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11.
Santos has produced the first oil from the Van Gogh Phase 2 infill development, located offshore Australia.
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. remained stuck at 17 for the second week in a row, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.
Awilco Drilling has lost an appeal over a £6.8 million tax bill, arising from the termination of a drilling contract for one of its rigs.
Malaysia’s Sapura Energy has secured new contracts and extensions in Malaysia and Thailand with a combined value of $284.2 million.
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received a letter of award from an international oil company for additional work in Mexico.
Transocean has secured new contracts for five drillships and four semi-submersible rigs but also received a termination for one of the rigs.
Rival offshore drilling contractors are reportedly looking to buy the assets of bankrupt Seadrill Limited, controlled by John Fredriksen.
Aquadrill Offshore, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has lost in arbitration against BP related to claims for breach of a contract.
Borr Drilling’s Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig has arrived at Kistos’ Q10-A field in the Dutch North Sea and started the company’s 2021 drilling campaign.
