Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well near the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea but failed to find hydrocarbons.

Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating two of its rigs for deployment in India and Thailand.

Giant offshore drilling contractor Transocean has recently held a naming ceremony at a shipyard in Singapore for its delayed newbuild drillship, Deepwater Atlas, the world’s first 8th generation drillship.

UK’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has fined Shell £50,000 and served it with a sanction notice for breaching production consents for five fields in the North Sea.

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well extension for one of its jack-up rigs in the Dutch North Sea.

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured new contract awards for two of its rigs, the drillship West Neptune and the semi-submersible Sevan Louisiana, with a total value of $105 million.

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has announced a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill, Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Angola’s Sonangol.

Two UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas companies – i3 Energy and Europa Oil & Gas – have inked a farm-in agreement (FIA) for a sub-area of UKCS Licence P.2358, containing the Serenity discovery in the UK North Sea.

Norwegian offshore drilling company Island Drilling has secured two new contracts, one with Petrofac in the UK North Sea and another with Maersk Decom for P&A operations offshore Mauritania.