U.S. Gulf of Mexico-focused oil and gas company has informed that the Enterprise 264 jack-up rig has moved to a location near its SM58G platform offshore Louisiana.The drilling rig was last week moved to its recently installed South Marsh Island 58 G location…
The Norwegian authorities on Wednesday granted oil company Aker BP consents to use the Maersk Integrator and Deepsea Nordkapp drilling rigs at the Ivar Aasen and Alvheim fields, respectively.At the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, Aker BP…
India’s new deepwater gas production could be under pressure from low spot LNG prices, says Wood Mackenzie.Deepwater is expected to drive India’s gas production growth, adding over 1 billion cubic foot per day (bcfd) of new supply by 2023. However…
Offshore engineering and services firm Claxton, part of Acteon, has signed a master services agreement with the Norwegian oil company Aker BP.Under the MSA, Claxton will provide its range of drilling support services and asset life extension and decommissioning equipment and services…
Services firm Petrofac says it has implemented its SkillsVX learning and competency software for offshore drilling contractor Valaris, supporting its 7,000 employees globally to manage their learning and competency needs.The implementation involved…
Oil firms are expected to drill about 40% fewer exploration wells off Norway in 2020 than originally planned because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry regulator said on Friday.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) also…
Dutch offshore services provider Fugro has started a marine site characterization campaign for Swedish wind developer Vattenfall at two major offshore wind development sites located over 40 km off the coast of Norfolk, UK.'The resulting Geo…
Denmark-based offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured an additional one-well contract from Aker BP for its jack-up rig Maersk Integrator. In direct continuation of its current work scope, the rig - which Maersk Drilling says is…
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has recently upgraded its 2014-built Maersk Valiant ultra-deepwater drillship.While the Maersk Valiant was recently stacked offshore Port Fourchon the Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system was…
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…
Norwegian oil company Var Energi is restarting drilling offshore Norway after it had postponed drilling operations in the spring due to the corona pandemic and oil price collapse. 'The decision [to resume drilling] has been made possible by the temporary changes in the petroleum tax…
UK-focused oil and gas company Hurricane Energy has terminated the contract for Transocean's Paul B. Loyd Jr. semi-submersible drilling rig.In its fleet status report issued on Wednesday, Transocean said that Hurricane Energy had terminated…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has confirmed that its under-construction drillship Deepwater Atlas is expected to drill at the Shenandoah project in the Gulf of Mexico.To remind, Navitas, a partner in the project, said earlier in July…
Norwegian drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has taken over platform drilling and maintenance operations at ConocoPhillips' Ekofisk Area in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The move follows a contract signed between the two parties in December…
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…