Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig in Norway.

Oilfield services provider Petrofac has been selected by Dana Petroleum to provide well management services for all its UK North Sea-operated assets.

UK-based oil and gas company i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal well in the North Sea but has not found the targeted sand.

UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that over 300 offshore drilling and contract maintenance workers employed by Archer, Maersk, Transocean, and Odfjell Drilling have backed strike action.

Heerema Marine Contractors’ giant heavy-lift vessel Sleipnir has completed an offshore lift of the Tyra II process module for TotalEnergies’ Tyra redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway. The drilling work is expected to be carried out using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.

The business combination between offshore drilling contractors Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling has been completed, creating “a new and dynamic leader in offshore drilling.”

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.

Oilfield services provider Archer has secured a long-term platform drilling contract in the UK with an undisclosed operator. This deal has an estimated value of $50 million over the firm contract period.

Two oil and gas operators – ConocoPhillips and Equinor – have completed the drilling of wildcat wells in the North Sea offshore Norway but failed to find hydrocarbons.