Offshore Drilling company Diamond Offshore posted a net loss of $74 million for the fourth quarter of 2019.The result is an improvement compared to a loss of $79 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, and also compared to the third quarter 2019 loss of $95 million…
Africa-focused oil company Tower Resources has completed a geotechnical survey at its Thali license offshore Cameroon, ahead of the planned drilling operations later this year.'The Geoquip Marine survey vessel MV Investigator completed its survey…
Colombia's Ecopetrol and Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell have teamed up to develop three blocks in the Caribbean, the state-owned oil company said on Friday. Under the deal, Shell will acquire a 50% operating-stake in the Fuerte Sur…
There were 268 offshore drilling rigs active in the world in January 2020, oilfield services giant Baker Hughes said in its monthly rig count report released Friday.This is a slight increase compared to 266 offshore rigs actively exploring for oil and gas counted in January 2019…
Dutch offshore survey company Fugro has started a site survey over oil company i3 Energy's UK North Sea licenses, ahead of the planned drilling campaign later this year.North Sea-focused oil company i3 said Friday that Fugro had started the…
Anglo-Australian oil and mining giant BHP has obtained 'effective offshore exploration licenses' to search for oil in the waters off Barbados.The Barbados Government Information Service informed this week that the Caribbean country's government…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured more work for two of its drilling rigs in Myanmar and Trinidad.In a fleet status update shared Thursday, Noble said its semi-submersible drilling rig Noble Clyde Boudreaux had won a new contract in Myanmar…
Norwegean geological services company Applied Petroleum Technology (APT) said that PGNiG Upstream Norway AS (PGNiG) has appointed it to conduct post-drilling analyses of its recent Shrek discovery in the Norwegian Sea.Under the agreement, Applied…
The majority of high impact offshore exploration wells in 2020 will be drilled in Africa and the Americas, Rystad Energy, an energy research group based in Norway has said.Rystad Energy rates wells as high-impact by an assessment of several factors…
China is set to see a massive lift in demand for natural gas with current usage rates set to more than triple over the next 15 years.This comes as the Chinese government pushes for a switch to cleaner energy sources from coal, implementing policies…
The offshore platform supply vessel Lundstrom Tide has docked in the port of Beirut, ahead of the imminent start of the drilling of Lebanon's first offshore well.The vessel will support a drilling operation in the Total-operated Block 4, in the Mediterranean Sea…
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has reportedly accidentally cut its drill pipe during drilling rig tests offshore New Zealand.The local news website Otago Daily Times on Wednesday reported that the drill pipe cutting incident happened in January…
Virginia Democratic-led lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill to block future oil and gas development off the state's coastline, reflecting opposition to the Republican Trump administration's efforts to open Atlantic waters to fossil fuel exploration…
OSLO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Norway may restrict oil firms' access to offshore resources in the Arctic by moving the so-called ice edge, a line that sets a legal limit on the extent to which companies can go north in search of oil.The ice edge is…
Churchill Drilling Tools, oilfield services firm specializing in drilling equipment has entered the Egyptian offshore oil and gas market after an undisclosed operator ran five Churchill tools in its drill-string.'Egypt is just one of a number…