
Oil major BP has made an oil discovery at the Puma West prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The well, on Green Canyon Block 821, was drilled by BP on behalf of co-owners Chevron and Talos Energy. BP holds a 50 per cent working interest and is the operator with Talos and Chevron […]

Stena Spey is now on its way to Ireland and the Celtic Sea ahead of a decommissioning campaign at Kinsale fields.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for the drilling of two wells located offshore Norway.

Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG) has started drilling the Elgood development well, 48/22c-H1, located in the UK North Sea.

The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped by three units over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.

Turkey’s national oil and gas company TPAO has started drilling operations at a new well in the Black Sea, using Fatih drillship.

Malaysian offshore drilling contractor Velesto Drilling has been awarded a contract by Shell for the provision of jack-up rig services.

Consulting services firm ICM Group has been awarded a global preferred agreement for Vantage Drilling’s onboard regulatory and crane training requirements.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Tullow for the provision of the drillship Maersk Venturer for operations off Ghana.

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract with Shell for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Viking to drill offshore Malaysia.

Italian oil and gas company Eni has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, which is located in Angola’s deep offshore.

Tullow Oil has started a multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign off Ghana following the beginning of drilling of the first well at the Jubilee field.

Masirah Oil has completed drilling three exploration prospects that were located near to the Yumna offshore field, located in the Arabian Sea.

Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill has asked creditors to write off more than 85 per cent of its debts in exchange for a 99 per cent stake in the reorganized company.