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Posted: over 2 years ago

Carnarvon set to drill Buffalo well in 4Q 2021

Australian oil exploration company Carnarvon Petroleum has decided that the drilling of the Buffalo-...

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  • Project & Tenders
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PetroRio finds more oil on Polvo field off Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has struck oil during the drilling of the Eocene reservoir at...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill Partners scoops $43M deal for drillship in Malaysia

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has secured a contract for one of its drillships with...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Duo to speed up automated drilling solutions adoption

Giant oilfield services provider Schlumberger and NOV have started a collaboration to accelerate aut...

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  • Technology
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Valaris secures more jack-up work with Mubadala

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract extension for one of its jack-up dr...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Total picks Bilfinger for inspection services off Denmark

Engineering and services group Bilfinger has been hired by oil major Total for inspection services o...

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  • Operations & Maintenance
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ExxonMobil, Shell get $2.4B in subsidies for CCS project

The Dutch government has granted a consortium that includes oil majors Shell and ExxonMobil around $...

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  • Carbon Capture Usage & Storage
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SapuraOMV gets green light for Kanga-1 drilling

Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA...

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  • Authorities & Government
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U.S. offshore rig count remains flat

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over this week, according to a weekly rig...

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  • Infrastructure
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 3 years ago

ONGC awards three-year deal to Jindal jack-up

Indian oil and gas company ONGC has hired a jack-up drilling rig from compatriot offshore drilling c...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: over 3 years ago
  • long read
Posted: over 3 years ago

Advocacy firm calls for Chevron CEO, lead director ousting

American issue-advocacy organisation Majority Action has urged stakeholders of U.S. supermajor Chevr...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
  • long read
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ExxonMobil expects $200 million in job cuts charges

U.S. energy supermajor ExxonMobil expects up to $200 million in charges related to job cuts in 2021,...

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  • Human Capital
Posted: over 3 years ago
Posted: over 3 years ago

CNOOC flows first gas from Liuhua 29-2 field

Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has produced first gas from the Liuhua 29-2 gas field locate...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Around 80 workers at ONGC platform positive for Covid-19

The coronavirus pandemic that has been ravaging India has spread offshore with some 80 workers at Oi...

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  • Safety
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Australia to see 118 oil and gas project starts by 2025

Australia is expected to witness the start of 118 oil and gas projects’ operations from 2021 to 2025...

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  • Market Outlooks
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Serica Energy extends Bruce field life to 2030

UK oil and gas company Serica Energy has extended the life of its flagship Bruce field in the North ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Saipem chairman takes on chief executive role

Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has appointed the current chairman of the company as its n...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Shelf Drilling nets three-year rig job in India

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a contract for the Trident XII jack-up rig with ...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: over 3 years ago
Posted: over 3 years ago

Viasat buys offshore comms services provider RigNet

U.S.-based global communications company Viasat has completed its previously announced acquisition o...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
  • long read
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Valaris hauls in sixteen new contracts and extensions

The now restructured and debt-relieved offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded sixteen...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
Posted: over 3 years ago

Equinor's 'serious' North Sea oil spill under investigation

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has launched an investigat...

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  • Safety
Posted: over 3 years ago
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DNV, Vinde to inspect Vår Energi's assets off Norway

Oil and gas company Vår Energi has awarded a three-year inspection services contract to a strategic ...

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  • Operations & Maintenance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Chevron profit shrinks due to effects of pandemic, storm Uri

U.S. oil major Chevron booked a smaller profit in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same per...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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ExxonMobil earns $2.7 billion in first quarter of 2021

U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil booked a quarterly profit due to benefits of higher commodity prices and ...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
Posted: over 3 years ago

Stronger price environment pushes Eni profit past $1 billion

Italian oil and gas company Eni booked a net profit of over $1 billion in the first quarter of the y...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago