Cooper Energy has hired the Ocean Monarch semi-submersible rig to undertake a drilling programme in the Otway Basin offshore Australia.

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Volatile oil prices and bearish equity markets will impede Merger and Acquisition (M&A) deal flow this year due to uncertainty, widening the bid-ask spread, altering financial conditions and making companies re-think near-term strategies, said consultants Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac).