
OMV Petrom has picked Halliburton Romania, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Halliburton, has been picked for integrated drilling services.

Transocean has tucked a new deal under its belt with OMV Petrom for one of its semi-submersibles, which will see the rig move to work in the Black Sea.

Neptune Energy has revealed a new gas discovery at an offshore prospect and confirmed the volumes for an appraisal well in the North Sea.

Northern Ocean is on the lookout for further assignments for a semi-submersible rig, which is expected to finish its work with Shell in the summer next year.

Shelf Drilling has landed a long-term assignment in Southeast Asia, which enables one of its jack-up rigs to carry out drilling activities offshore Vietnam.

PTTEP has hit a trifecta of oil and gas discoveries offshore Malaysia, which support a cluster development approach.

Stena Drilling has welcomed the award of DNV’s Abate (P) notation, which now adorns one of its drillships.

Vår Energi has secured a drilling permit to spud a wildcat well in the Barents Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

Well-Safe Solutions has tucked under its belt a new achievement, thanks to one of its rigs, which has set a seal on the first saturation dives in the company’s history.

Baker Hughes’ rig count report points out that one more rig joined the working fleet in November 2023 compared to the month before.

Shell is engaged in a rig selection and contracting process for a two-well drilling campaign in 2024 while site survey works associated with this exploration program in the North Sea are still ongoing.

Shell has received the green light to use an Odfjell Drilling-managed rig for plugging and abandonment activities in the North Sea.

Dolphin Drilling has pulled the plug on its contract for a semi-submersible rig with Peak Petroleum for operations off Nigeria.

AGR has been awarded a well management contract by Apus Energia for a deepwater exploration well in the Sinapa license offshore Guinea-Bissau.