
Transocean has deployed the HaloGuard technology on a drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico with plans to deploy it on 6 more rigs by the end of the year.

Oi and gas company Wintershall Dea has completed the top hole drilling campaign on the Nova field located in the North Sea offshore Norway. Wintershall Dea received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling and completion on the No

Equinor has exercised the option to add development drilling of one additional well at the Martin Linge field to the work scope of the Maersk Intrepid.

Oil and gas company MOL Norge has drilled a dry well located at Mandal High in the southern North Sea offshore Norway.

Noble Holding Corporation has completed its financial restructuring and its debtor-affiliates have emerged from Chapter 11 with a new parent company.

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris is one step closer to emerging from the Chapter 11 process following an agreement with lenders.

Norwegian oil major Equinor has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.

Bahamas Petroleum Company has encountered hydrocarbons at its Perseverance #1 well off The Bahamas, but the volumes of oil encountered are not commercial.

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has been forced to file Chapter 11 cases for several of its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Asia.

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) for the drillship Maersk Viking to drill offshore South Korea.

Energy Drilling Management has entered into a management agreement with Seadrill Partners to maintain, market and operate three of its tender rigs.

Equinor and partners have struck gas and oil in production licence 923, the first discovery this year made near the Troll field in the North Sea.

Maersk Drilling has secured an additional two-well contract for the low-emission rig Maersk Integrator with Aker BP in Norway.

Malaysia’s oilfield services provider Icon Offshore has won a contract award for the provision of a jack-up rig to Petrofac in Malaysia.