Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has decided to exercise its option for additional wells to be drilled by one of the Odfjell Drilling-owned semi-submersible rigs.

Oil and gas company DNO Norge has awarded a drilling contract to a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling for a one well located offshore Norway.

Norwegian offshore rig operator Island Drilling Company has signed a contract with Trident Energy to provide the Island Innovator drilling unit and associated services for a drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea.

With the recovery in the offshore drilling market underway, Transocean has secured new long-term contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships, adding over $1.24 billion to its backlog.

UAE’s giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded two substantial contracts totalling $2 billion (AED 7.49 billion) to ADNOC Drilling for the Hail and Ghasha development project.

UK-headquartered energy giant Shell and its London-based partner Deltic Energy have decided to drill a high-impact well on a gas prospect in the UK sector of the North Sea. As a result of this decision, Shell will become the new operator of the licence.

In preparation for production start-up, oil and gas company Neptune Energy has completed drilling operations on four development wells on its operated Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.

After Norway’s state-owned giant Equinor decided to exercise its option to add more wells to the backlog of an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, this rig now has eight more wells to drill for the Norwegian company.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities to drill two wells in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

The board of directors of Italy’s Saipem has approved the offshore drilling contractor’s first sustainability plan, which represents an integrated strategy that combines business and financial objectives with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, enabling the firm to reach net-zero by 2050.