French oil major Total has resumed oil drilling offshore Angola with the Skyros rig while two more are expected to start operations in the week to follow.
Qatari North Oil Company (NOC) has extended drilling contracts for a Japanese jack-up rig duo at the giant Al Shaheen offshore oil field in Qatar.
Beach Energy has signed a new offshore drilling agreement with Diamond Offshore for the use of the Ocean Onyx semi-submersible drilling rig.
London-listed oil and gas company Tullow Oil has extended the contract with Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling for the use of one of its drillships in Ghana, following previously announced the contract termination for the same rig.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. climbed up by one unit over the last week, according to a report by Baker Hughes Company.
Singapore’s KrisEnergy has hired a jack-up drilling rig operated by PV Drilling for drilling operations offshore Cambodia.
A Maersk Drilling-owned drillship is expected to restart operations in Africa for French oil major Total following a suspension of the contract, which started at the end of April.
French oil major Total expects to spud the Luiperd-1 well located offshore South Africa by the end of this month.
Equinor has received safety consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on the Gullfaks field located offshore Norway.
Shelf Drilling has seen a couple of its rig contracts suspended and one terminated early while another termination has been rescinded.
Bahamas Petroleum Company has been granted an interim force majeure extension to the second exploration period for its southern licences in The Bahamas
Drilling has been completed on the Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Wintershall Dea said on Wednesday that, overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and avoiding any impact of the C
Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling is looking into ways to finance its remaining commitments for a newbuild rig ordered at Keppel.
Stena Carron, a Stena Drilling-owned drillship, has arrived on location at the Kaieteur Block, offshore Guyana, to drill the Tanager-1 well for ExxonMobil.
