U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made another oil discovery at the Tanager-1 well off Guyana but the discovery was deemed non-commercial.
Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has not been able to find any hydrocarbons at the Polmak well exploration well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Following a recent one-well contract award, Maersk Drilling has now also secured a one-well extension for the Maersk Viking drillship with Shell in Brunei.
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. inched up by one unit last week after a small decline the week before, according to data by Baker Hughes.
Shelf Drilling is selling five of its stacked drilling rigs. The rig owner has also won a couple of new gigs while some contracts have been suspended.
Oil major BP is making progress with the drilling of the Ironbark well located offshore Australia.
Zentech has been hired by BW Energy to be part of the process which will see BW’s newly acquired jack-up rig converted into an offshore installation.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas and oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
Oil major ConocoPhillips has made a gas discovery southwest of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea.
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Brunei Shell Petroleum for the drillship Maersk Viking to drill one well offshore Brunei Darussalam.
Beach Energy has made a gas discovery at Enterprise 1 in licence VIC/P42(V) in the nearshore Victorian Otway Basin, Australia.
Oil major Shell has terminated early its contract for the Aban Offshore-owned jack-up drilling rig operating for Shell in Brunei.
Australia’s Beach Energy is preparing to drill the Artisan offshore exploration well, which has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Noble Corporation is preparing to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a temporary name change to allow continued use of its name upon emergence.
