Houston-based oil and gas company Vaalco Energy has hired one of Borr Drilling’s jack-up rigs for its 2021/2022 drilling program on the Etame field off Gabon.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has been awarded two contracts for its rigs for operations in waters offshore Norway.
Offshore rig operator Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a drilling contract for a jack-up rig for operations offshore Qatar.
FAR Limited has contracted a Stena Drilling-owned rig to drill the Bambo-1 exploration well, located on its acreage offshore The Gambia.
Hurricane Energy has hired a Stena Drilling-owned rig for plug and abandonment of the Lincoln-14 well, located off the UK and restarted at Lancaster.
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for one of its jack-up rigs to work for Chevron in Angola.
Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Equinor and Wintershall Dea consents to use two Odfjell Drilling rigs for work offshore Norway.
Borr Drilling has made changes to its JVs in Mexico, exiting the integrated services JVs and becoming a majority owner in the drilling services JVs.
TWMA has been awarded a three-year contract extension to supply integrated waste management services for Aker BP’s projects offshore Norway.
The Norwegian offshore safety body Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued an order to KCA Deutag Drilling following a serious personal injury incident on the Askeladden jack-up rig.
Wintershall Dea will be using a Saipem-owned rig to complete its Nova field drilling campaign following an incident with the previous rig.
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Visund field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over this week, according to a weekly rig count by Baker Hughes.
