
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has added about $35 million to its backlog following new contract awards for its jack-up rig fleet.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged last week, according to the latest rig count reports by Baker Hughes.

Ocean Apex, a Diamond Offshore-owned drilling rig, is working on plug and abandonment activities at the Ironbark-1 well with plans to demobilise underway.

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has won more work for its Deepsea Yantai drilling rig from Neptune Energy for operations offshore Norway.

Saipem 12000, a Saipem-owned drillship, is resuming drilling operations at the Coral Sul project offshore Mozambique following an eight-month delay.

Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 well site on the Canje Block located offshore Guyana.

Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 16/4-13 S well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

Tanjung Offshore Services has won a contract from Petronas Carigali for the Bayan Redevelopment Project Gas Phase 2 in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Repsol has moved into the hook-up phase of the Yme development project located offshore Norway following the installation of a jack-up rig on the field.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over this week, according to a weekly rig count by Baker Hughes.

Offshore driller Awilco Drilling has terminated its offshore rig construction order with Singapore’s Keppel due to a “breach of contract“ and is seeking a refund.

After the completion of the drilling operations, one of BP’s more important wells in 2020 – the Ironbark-1 well offshore Australia – has not encountered a significant amount of hydrocarbons.

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has named a new chief financial officer (CFO), with effect from 28 December 2020.

BP is only about 460 meters shy of its primary reservoir target at the giant Ironbark prospect located offshore Australia.