Following bad weather, the offshore oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico are set to undergo inspection to determine if they are in a fit condition to return online while CNOOC has confirmed that its offshore facilities overall weathered the storm.
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has made a consolidation move, which is structured as a proposed triangular merger between its indirect subsidiary SHLF MergCo, Shelf Drilling North Sea (SDNS) as the surviving entity in the proposed merger, and SHLF as the issuer of the merger consideration shares.
Energean has finished drilling activities without reaching its exploration targets at an appraisal well on its gas field in the Lixus license located 40 km off the coast of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean.
Energean is continuing to drill a well at its gas field in the Lixus license located 40km off the coast of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean.
Transocean has landed a new long-term assignment with the UK-headquartered oil major BP for the first of two eighth-generation drillships to join its rig fleet, which is also considered to be the world’s first drillship with a three-million-pound hook-load and 20,000 psi well control system.
Equinor has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of the semi-submersible rigs owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Shell has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by Constellation Oil Services for a short-term assignment in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil.
Vantage Drilling has embarked on a process to divest two jack-up rigs, which will get ADES as their new owner. However, Vantage will continue to manage the rigs for three years.
The field trials off the coast of Norway aim to determine whether an innovative technology designed to solve core drilling’s tripping woes will live up to expectations.
UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a new set of drilling assignments for two jack-up rigs in its fleet.
Island Drilling Company has made a start on its plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign off the coast of Mauritania, Africa, which is being carried out with its 2012-built semi-submersible rig.
Noble Corporation and Diamond Offshore have reached a merger process finale and set the seal on their business combination sooner than anticipated.
Transocean has picked up a multimillion-dollar contract for one of its drillships off the coast of India.
Noble Corporation and Diamond Offshore have managed to get all regulatory requirements out of the way, thus, their business combination is anticipated to be completed in a couple of days.
