The COVID-19 pandemic has stymied oil and gas activity, a phenomenon which has now affected the drilling market both in terms of wells drilled and in terms of related demand for drilling equipment.
Caspian Sunrise has received regulatory and shareholder approvals for the acquisition of the Caspian Explorer drilling vessel.
Mubadala Petroleum has increased the production capacity on the Manora oil field in the Gulf of Thailand following the completion of the 2020 development drilling and workover program.
Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Vigdis field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
ExxonMobil’s environment plan for the plug and abandonment of Seahorse/Tarwhine wells offshore Australia is now under assessment by the Australian regulator.
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count remained unchanged at 12 units, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes.
Noble Corporation has received several new contract extensions for its drilling rigs and cancellation of a drilling contract in Vietnam.
Neptune Energy has decided to drill a sidetrack well to further evaluate the size of its Dugong discovery located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
The Odfjell Drilling-owned drilling rig Deepsea Stavanger has recently been mobilized from Norway to South Africa for a drilling gig with French Total.
Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Maersk Invincible rig for operations on the Hod field offshore Norway.
Wintershall Dea last December installed three Xmas trees on its Dvalin gas development, which has now moved from the drilling phase to the completion phase.
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has conducted a remote survey for steel certification at a steel mill to enable work on two Lamprell’s self-elevating drilling units.
Equinor has discovered gas and condensate in an exploration well 30/2-5 S Atlantis, which is located near the Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea.
Malaysian offshore support vessel provider Icon Offshore has confirmed it is in the process of negotiating the acquisition of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi’s jack-up drilling rig.
