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Noble, Halliburton and Odfjell forge five-year rig alliances with Aker BP for drilling ops
Aker BP has entered into drilling and wells alliance agreements with Noble, Odfjell and Halliburton ...
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Capricorn’s NewMed merger plan runs up against strong shareholder opposition
Certain shareholders have voiced concerns over Capricorn’s proposed merger with Israel’s NewMe...
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Scotland on mission to become ‘renewables powerhouse’
The Scottish government has released a draft energy strategy, which aims to shape the country’s next...
Italian duo closes transaction for Algeria-Italy gas pipelines
Italian energy player Snam has finalized the acquisition of a 49.9 per cent stake held by compatriot...
UK oil & gas player getting rid of two ‘non-core’ North Sea discoveries
Orcadian Energy has entered into a non-binding heads of agreement with Rapid Oil to dispose of its i...
Trillion to boost production at Black Sea gas field with additional wells
Trillion Energy is planning to add three sidetrack wells to the development program for the SASB gas...
TechnipFMC scores more work with Wintershall Dea off Norway
TechnipFMC has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract w...
Shell finds gas in North Sea prospect and embarks on commerciality evaluation
Shell has made a gas discovery in an exploration well in the North Sea, which was spudded using a No...
With ‘diversity in the player landscape,’ Norway offers offshore oil & gas licenses to 25 firms
Norway has offered production licenses to 25 companies for further exploration activity on the Norwe...
Norwegian seismic company backs Nigeria’s upcoming deepwater bidding round
Norwegian seismic company PGS is supporting the upcoming Nigeria 2022 Mini Bid Round with a range of...
Canadian firm secures exclusivity period to hammer out terms for oilfield in West Africa
Zenith Energy has been awarded a three-month exclusivity period to negotiate and finalise terms of a...
voestalpine Grobblech’s next generation Carbon Manganese steel “F 550 TMCP toughcore®” to replace expensive Ni steel for LCO2 cargo
Safe and efficient LCO2 shipping – voestalpine Grobblech and HB Hunte Engineering offer the solution...
Decom market re-shuffled by Ukraine war: postponement and delay
What effect will the situation have on the energy market according to 4 AYOP-members The war in Ukra...
Shelf Drilling jack-up rig wraps up drilling assignment off Oman
Masirah Oil, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, has completed its drilling campaign off ...
Additional work in Nigeria extends Dolphin Drilling rig’s backlog
Dolphin Drilling has received a new Letter of Award (LOA) for a semi-submersible rig, which will pro...
Shelf Drilling secures more work for jack-up rig off Egypt
UAE-headquartered Shelf Drilling has won a contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs for operat...
Validating a Certificate of Competence
MTCS are the industry-leading and internationally trusted company for assisting in the development a...
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USA: To drill or not to drill?
Should the U.S. scale up investments in oil and gas along with the deployment of renewables and clea...
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Transocean raising $500 million to partially fund acquisition of its second 8th-gen drillship
Transocean has kicked off a private offering of $500 mil of secured notes to cover in part the acqui...
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UK firm emerges from bankruptcy
UK-based energy services provider Altera Infrastructure has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a fe...
Electrifying the offshore market
The world is changing. We’re rapidly moving away from fossil fuels as our main source of energy. The...
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Acquisition to lift North Sea firm into top 10 UK producers
UK-based oil and gas player Serica Energy has outlined the strategic rationale behind its proposed a...
Aker Solutions to deliver FPSO upgrade for Equinor’s huge oil and gas project
Aker Solutions has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Altera I...
Petronas taps JGC and SHI for first nearshore floating LNG plant
A consortium of JGC Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has secured an engineering, procu...
Jack-up rig kicks off drilling campaign off Gabon
BW Energy has spudded the first well in its multi-well drilling campaign offshore Gabon with a Borr ...
Shelf Drilling jack-up rig gets new three-year gig
UAE-based offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has won a long-term deal for one of its jack-u...
More work in UK for Island Drilling’s semi-sub rig
Island Drilling has secured a contract extension for its semi-submersible rig, which will prolong th...
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Norway to keep boosting Europe’s energy security with high gas exports in 2023
Norway’s government expects to maintain higher output on the NCS to supply Europe with high gas expo...
2022 saw higher offshore rig activity, Baker Hughes reports
Baker Hughes’ rig count report has revealed that the international offshore rig count experien...