Exploration
Weekly Rig Counts from Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes has posted its Weekly Rig Count reports. US Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 491 with oil rigs up 7 to 387, gas rigs unchanged at 104, and miscellaneous rigs […]
Exploration
Contracts
Borr Drilling Limited awarded jack-up drilling rig contract
Borr Drilling Limited has announced that it has received a Letter of Award from an international oil company for additional work in Mexico. The program is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2022 […]
Exploration
Seismic consortium to begin multi-client survey in Sarawak Basin
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, together with PGS and WesternGeco®, the exploration data business line of Schlumberger, have secured pre-funding for a 6,400 square kilometre multi-client 3D survey commencing in October […]
Contracts
Transocean Ltd. releases quarterly Fleet Status Report
Transocean Ltd. has issued a quarterly Fleet Status Report that provides the current status of, and contract information for, the company’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs. This quarter’s report includes the following updates: Deepwater Invictus […]
Exploration
NPD reports high activity level on the Norwegian shelf
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reports that the activity level on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) has been high in the first 6 months of the year – despite the COVID situation. Eight discoveries have […]
Exploration
Minor gas discovery in the Barents Sea
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reports that Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 858, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7234/6-1. The well was drilled about 160 kilometres south of the 7435/12-1 (Korpfjell) […]
Exploration
Weekly Rig Counts from Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes has posted its Weekly Rig Count reports. US Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 484 with oil rigs up 2 to 380, gas rigs up 3 to 104, and miscellaneous […]
Exploration
OGA interventions avoid 970,000 tonnes of lifetime CO₂e emissions
The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has published its Annual Report and Accounts which gives an overview of performance over the past year and expectations for the coming years. The report reveals that OGA […]
Contracts
Valaris announces floater contract award
Valaris Limited – specialists in offshore drilling services across all water depths and geographies – has announced that it has been awarded a 16-well contract with Woodside offshore Australia for semisubmersible, VALARIS DPS-1. The contract […]
Contracts
AGR wins well management contract with Western Gas in Australia
Energy services partner AGR has won a Well Management contract for an exploration well in WA-519-P, adjacent to the Equus Gas Project offshore Australia. The contract with Western Gas, which will be delivered by AGR’s […]