Oil rig news

Watson Farley & Williams advised Borr Drilling Limited on the acquisition.

TotalEnergies announces the appointment of Nicola Mavilla as Senior Vice President Exploration of the Company, with effect from 1st November 2025. Nicola Mavilla is replacing Kevin McLachlan, who held this position since 2015.

This job is the first in a series of transports that will culminate in the transport of the PWP Topside, weighing approximately 18 800 t.

Wildcat well 7117/4-1 was drilled in production licence 1238, 135 km west of the Snøhvit field and 260 km northwest of Hammerfest.

Equinor and partners have struck oil and gas in the Fram area, nine kilometres north of the Troll field in the North Sea.

US-based offshore energy services company Helix Energy Solutions Group has secured a multi-year contract to deliver production enhancement and well abandonment services in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning in 2026.

The vessel will be used during the Pre-Operational Assessment (APO), scheduled to begin on 24 August.

Aker BP, together with NOV and Nymo, have celebrated an important milestone in the Valhall PWP project: the completion of equipment installation on the 1000 t MEG module being built at Nymo’s yard in Grimstad.

In the oil and gas industry, 'Christmas trees' are not a seasonal decoration. They are critical components that make it possible to control and monitor the wellhead and stop the oil flow in an emergency.

The project adds 20 000 boe/d of gross peak annualised average production at the existing Argos platform.