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

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

Wintershall Dea has made a significant oil discovery at an exploration prospect located in shallow waters of the Cuenca Salina off Mexico.

Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has installed a saturation diving system on board its semi-submersible rig, which is now said to be the only one of its type in the North Sea with this capability. The custom-built dive spread installed on Well-Safe Guardian has a

Shelf Drilling has secured a short-term contract for one of its jack-up rigs with an undisclosed company for operations offshore Nigeria.

Following the rise in the number of offshore rigs, the U.S. took a break, thus, the total number remained unchanged at 20 units last week.

Awilco Drilling has expressed disappointment with the arbitration tribunal ruling in favour of Keppel shipyard.

OMV Norge, a subsidiary of Austria’s oil and gas company OMV, has made an oil discovery near the Gudurun field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reported today, 20 April, that OMV Norge, operator of the production license 817, had completed the drillin

Transocean has tucked under its belt new contracts and extensions in Norway and Australia for four rigs in its drilling fleet, raising its total contract backlog to $8.6 billion.

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has set a carbon emissions reduction target to reduce its Scope 1 emissions by 2030.

Wintershall Dea has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.

IOG plc has encountered a challenge that could extend its previous drilling duration timeline for the second Blythe production well.

Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report shows that the number of offshore rigs in the United States upped the ante last week.

Recent report about the impact of oil spills on UK waters is bound to spur further calls to end offshore drilling while targeting the Rosebank project.