Houston-based energy player Talos Energy has made a new oil discovery in the Gulf of America, formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, thanks to its drilling activities with a drillship owned by Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor.
Following the arrival of a drillship at its drill site, Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras is getting ready to embark on the pre-operational assessment, as the final stage of the licensing process for drilling a deepwater well in Amapá.
Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Rex International Holding, is making inroads in its quest to boost hydrocarbon production by pursuing drilling activities off the coasts of Benin and Norway and progressing its conversion of a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) in Dubai, and the delivery of a floa
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has found new drilling assignments for a pair of drillships in its fleet with two U.S.-based oil and gas players, Talos Energy and Murphy Oil, in the U.S. Gulf.
Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned energy giant, has received the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to undertake plug and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has paid in part the amount required to comply with the UK Supreme Court’s decision in a historic corporation tax liability case, which
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling International has completed the sale of a vessel from its fleet to TEVA Ship Charter, its joint venture (JV) with France’s energy giant TotalEnergies.
DNO Norge, a subsidiary of Norwegian oil and gas player DNO, has secured a drilling permit, which will enable it to drill a well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant.
UAE-based Shelf Drilling has won a short-term contract for one vessel from its fleet and secured an extension for another one.
Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA is getting ready to welcome a drilling rig managed by Odfjell Drilling to the location of its North Sea tie-back project, where drilling activities are set to kick off next week.
Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has extended the contract for the assignment of a semi-submersible drilling rig owned by Italian energy giant Saipem offshore Norway.
Three oil and gas players – BP Exploration (Alpha), Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) – have joined forces to embark on hydrocarbon exploration activities at a block off the coast of India, which was acquired in the country’s ninth oil and gas bid round.
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has joined forces with Kongsberg Maritime, a Norway-headquartered marine technology player, to drive the creation of advanced marine technologies for the offshore drilling realm.
UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured one new contract and one extension for two vessels from its fleet.
