Rockhopper Exploration has plugged and abandoned its Ernest 26/6-1 exploration well in the offshore North Falklands basin as a dry hole, following completion of all logging runs.

Ensco plc says it now has possession of the ENSCO 69 jackup drilling rig.

Rockhopper Exploration’s latest well in the offshore North Falkland basin was dry.

Cal Diver International Inc. has won a $56-million contract to remove a jetty and install a new platform and 11 pipelines in Freeport Bahamas.

Brazil’s OGX Petroleo e Gas has awarded Wellstream International an offshore installation contract.

Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7’s i-Tech division, a five-year contract to provide ROV and underwater positioning survey services offshore Brazil.

Spectrum has agreed to reprocess 12,240 line km (7,606 mi) of 2D seismic data from the Trinidad and Tobago Deep Atlantic Area survey east of the islands.

Argos Resources is seeking to raise £22 million ($34.3 million) via a conditional share placement.

PEMEX has signed a multi-year contract with Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) for deepwater 3D electromagnetic surveys in the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico.

BW Offshore has commissioned Hamworthy to supply pumps and associated kit for the Papa Terra oil field FPSO offshore Brazil.

Brazilian company QUIP has contracted Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS) for a water treatment package for the Papa Terra P63 project in the Campos basin offshore Brazil.

BPZ Resources has re-opened the A-14XD well in the Albacora I, Tumbes basin offshore Peru, after receiving Extended Well Testing (EWT) and gas flaring permits.

NorSkan Offshore has contracted STX Brazil Offshore for two anchor handling tug supply vessels for delivery during 2012-13.

Petrobras has awarded Acergy a four-year renewal of its contract for the installation vessel Acergy Condor.

Teekay Corp. has signed an agreement with Petrobras to extend the operating contract for the FPSO Cidade de Rio das Ostras through 2018.