Oil rig news
Equinor Energy AS concludes drilling of wildcat well 34/6-6 S
The well was drilled about 10 km north of the Visund field, and about 190 km northwest of Bergen.
BiSN and Aker BP share benefits of 2020 P&A campaign
The active campaign that took place in 2020 provided 30 environmentally-friendly permanent seals in the Valhall oilfield.
Well-Safe Solutions and Apache Corp. sign P&A Club decommissioning deal
The companies have signed a multi-year framework agreement to decommission wells in the North Sea, as part of the decommissioning specialist’s Plug and Abandonment Club offering.
GETI 2023: Surging fossil fuel prices make oil and gas sector top choice for energy workers
The seventh annual Global Energy Talent Index has revealed that the recent gas price crisis has transformed oil and gas into the most popular sector for energy workers to join and has sent salaries soaring above pre-pandemic levels.
Transocean Ltd. announces contract awards and extensions totalling US$488 million
The company has announced contract awards or extensions for five of its drilling rigs.
ADC Energy awarded six figure contract with major operator in West Africa
The contract, which is worth US$250 000, is scheduled for the first quarter of 2023 and expected to take around a month to complete.
Coretrax completes multi-product project for major North Sea operator
The project saw a team identify the trouble zone and subsequently mobilise and install a short patch on a casing section of a well affected by corrosion.
Westwood: Equinor drives low-emission rig adoption in Norway and Brazil
New research reveals that the availability of emission-lowering upgrades for offshore rigs has been on the rise but adoption of these new technologies is slow outside of Norway and the US Gulf of Mexico
Keppel O&M secures two more jackup rig charters from ADES
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd has signed bareboat charter contracts with ADES Saudi Limited Company for two jackup rigs to be deployed in Saudi Arabia.
Halliburton introduces service for real-time wireline data visualisation
The company has introduced the HalVue® service for real-time wireline data visualisation to expand current features on the platform.