
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has been awarded more work for its Deepsea Atlantic rig by Equinor in Norway.

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received early contract terminations from ADNOC Drilling for two jack-up rigs.

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

Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has secured a contract for a drillship with Malaysian giant Petronas for operations offshore Mexico.

Norway’s offshore safety regulator has given Lundin consent for exploration drilling of an offshore well using the West Bollsta rig.

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has received notice of early termination for convenience of a one-well contract with Dana Petroleum in Denmark.

Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname.

Rig working on BP’s Ironbark-1 well offshore Australia has completed the work scope on the well and departed the location of the well earlier this week.

Independent Data Services (IDS) has been awarded a fleet-wide deal with Stena Drilling for the fully integrated online reporting and analytics services.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Spirit Energy for the jack-up rig Maersk Resolve to drill one development well in the UK North Sea.

Oil major ExxonMobil is preparing to drill an exploration well in waters offshore Brazil, using Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship.

John Lawrie Decom, a metal recycling specialist, has completed the final stages of the Buchan Alpha decommissioning project in the UK.

Brazilian oil and gas services provider Ocyan has been awarded a contract for an ultra-deepwater drillship by Petrobras in Brazil.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Chrysaor drilling permits for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.