
Equinor has exercised options to drill additional wells with an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, extending the rig’s backlog further and prolonging its stay on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.

TotalEnergies is in the process of drilling the first of three wells on a field offshore Nigeria with one of Noble Corporation’s drillships.

Neptune Energy has secured a drilling permit from the Norwegian authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.

Diamond Offshore has secured a new contract for one of its drillships in Africa, which is related to work offshore Guinea-Bissau.

Jadestone, which is in the process of wrapping up its infill drilling program offshore Malaysia, is contemplating another four-well campaign.

Plexus Holdings has won a rental contract with Neptune Energy for a plug and abandonment (P&A) project in the UK sector of the North Sea.

ARO Drilling and International Maritime Industries held a naming ceremony for the first Saudi-operated and manufactured offshore jack-up rig.

Dolphin Drilling has received safety case acceptance from the UK Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) for a semi-submersible rig.

Well results off Guyana serve to further highlight the potential for a standalone shallow oil resource development across the block.

Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has signed an agreement with Spirit Energy to add a well to the existing scope of the Well-Safe Defender semi-submersible rig. The expanded scope will include a well from the Appleton field located 160 miles east of Dundee, origina

Vår Energi has secured a drilling permit to spud two wildcat wells in the North Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling-managed rigs.

Halliburton has pooled resources with Sekal to jointly provide well construction automation solutions as part of a longer-term strategy to deliver fully automated drilling operations.

Diamond Offshore Drilling is optimistic about the future after winning more assignments for its rig fleet in the UK during the third quarter of 2023.