Drilling
Noble Corporation has secured a three-well drilling contract with BP for the semi-submersible rig Noble GreatWhite offshore the United Kingdom.
[Read more…] about BP hires semi-sub for drilling ops off UKEquinox secured for offshore Australia Bedout drilling campaign
Drilling
Santos has hired the Transocean Equinox semisubmersible rig for a multi-well exploration drilling campaign offshore Western Australia.
[Read more…] about Equinox secured for offshore Australia Bedout drilling campaignMulti-year contract for Borgland Dolphin
Drilling
Dolphin Drilling has announced the contract fixture of its semi-submersible drilling rig Borgland Dolphin.
[Read more…] about Multi-year contract for Borgland DolphinVelesto’s jack up rig secured for Gulf of Thailand drilling campaign
Fossil Energy
Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto Energy has secured a contract from Northern Gulf Petroleum (NGP) for the provision of jack-up drilling rig services offshore Thailand.
[Read more…] about Velesto’s jack up rig secured for Gulf of Thailand drilling campaignNorway presses EU to lift Arctic drilling moratorium
Drilling
(Bloomberg) – Norway is putting pressure on the European Union to remove the moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, where almost two-thirds of its petroleum resources are located.
[Read more…] about Norway presses EU to lift Arctic drilling moratoriumPV Drilling signs contract with Zarubezhneft EP Vietnam
Fossil Energy – Vietnam
PV Drilling, a key Petrovietnam subsidiary, has signed a contract to provide a jack-up drilling rig for Zarubezhneft EP Vietnam B.V.’s development drilling campaign at the Thien Nga – Hai Au field in Block 12/11, off the coast of Vietnam.
[Read more…] about PV Drilling signs contract with Zarubezhneft EP VietnamNew offshore gas discovery in Egypt
Fossil Energy – Egypt
Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP have made a new natural gas discovery in the Nile Delta region.
[Read more…] about New offshore gas discovery in EgyptADES bags $93mln offshore drilling contract in Nigeria
Fossil Energy – Drilling
ADES has secured an offshore drilling services contract from Nigeria’s Seplat Energy.
[Read more…] about ADES bags $93mln offshore drilling contract in NigeriaNOK 17 billion for continued drilling on Norwegian continental shelf
Fossil Energy – Norway
Equinor is extending key supplier agreements for drilling and well services with a combined value of around NOK 17 billion.
[Read more…] about NOK 17 billion for continued drilling on Norwegian continental shelfValeura charters Shelf Drilling’s 19-year-old rig
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand.
[Read more…] about Valeura charters Shelf Drilling’s 19-year-old rig