Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has won a drilling permit to drill an appraisal well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which granted the permit, said Equinor would drill the well, formally known as well 7322/6-1 S…
UAE-based ADNOC Drilling has taken delivery of the Shelf Drilling Journey jack-up drilling rig from Shelf Drilling, following the sale and purchase deal signed in December 2020.Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling said Thursday that it had on February 24…
Lundin Energy has been granted a permit to drill the 16/4-13 S well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, which granted the permit, said Tuesday the offshore well would be drilled using the West Bollsta semi…
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has divested its stake in offshore drilling company Sete Brasil.The company on Wednesday transferred today to companies of Sete Brasil Group, for the symbolic total amount of 7 euros, the equity interest of 15%…
Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Shelf Drilling has agreed to sell a jack-up drilling rig to UAE-based ADNOC Drilling.Under the agreement, ADNOC Drilling, a drilling subsidiary of UAE's national oil company ADNOC, will buy Shelf Drilling's Shelf Drilling Journey jack-up drilling unit…
Malaysian offshore drilling company Sapura Drilling has informed that its Sapura Berani semi-submersible self-erecting tender-assist drilling rig is on its way to Congo to start a drilling contract.In a social media post on Tuesday, Sapura Drilling…
Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has been given consent to use Saipem's Scarabeo 8 drilling rig on the Goliat oil field in the Barents Sea, off Norway.Vår Energi will use the semi-submersible drilling rig for production drilling on the Goliat field…
Oil company Noble Energy, now owned by Chevron, has decided not to drill the previously planned offshore well in Colombia this year.The company had signed a drilling contract in January with the Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling for the use of the Maersk Valiant drillship in Colombia…
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has agreed to sell its 2003-built cold stacked jack-up drilling rig 'Atla' to an unnamed independent operator.'The completion of the sale is expected in the fourth quarter 2020. Together with the previously…
Australian oil and gas operator Woodside has signed a contract with Norway's drilling equipment firm Enhanced Drilling to equip its Senegal-bound drillships with EC-Drill controlled mud level system.In Senegal, Woodside is working to bring online Senegal's first offshore oil development Sangomar…
Norwegian offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling will recycle its oldest drilling rig the Deepsea Bergen, to focus on its modern, harsh-environment drilling rigs.In a quarterly update on Thursday, Odfjell said that the Deepsea Bergen rig…
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has obtained regulatory approval for exploration drilling in the production license 263 D, located in the Norwegian Sea.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Wednesday it had granted a drilling permit…
Oil major BP has received regulatory approval for the planned drilling of the Ironbark prospect at the WA-359-P permit offshore Western Australia.BP is acting as the operator of the project - estimated to contain 15tcf of prospective recoverable…
The number of drilled oil and gas wells this year is expected to reach about 55,350 this year, the lowest since at least the beginning of the century, Norwegian energy industry intelligence firm Rystad Energy said. The demand for drilling equipment is also down…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has been given a regulatory consent to use the Deepsea Yantai drilling rig for production drilling at its Gjøa field, offshore Norway.According to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway which gave the consent last week the drilling will take 240 days to complete…
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