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Aker BP to spud North Sea prospects with Saipem rig

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the...

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Wintershall Dea preparing to drill Norwegian Sea wildcat with Transocean rig

Wintershall Dea has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities to spud a wildcat well in th...

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North Sea well yields no hydrocarbons

Equinor, on behalf of Aker BP, is in the process of concluding the drilling of an exploration well i...

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Green light for Equinor to deploy Transocean rig for drilling ops

Equinor has received consent to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for exploration drilli...

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Another well comes on stream off Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO, formerly known as PetroRio, has kicked off production from a wel...

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TotalEnergies books Noble jack-up rig for drilling campaign in South America

Noble Corporation has secured a new contract with TotalEnergies for its harsh-environment jack-up ri...

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Commercial volumes not present in new gas discovery off Norway

OMV has made a new gas discovery at an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocea...

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New milestone for Seadrill rig

Seadrill has tucked a new milestone under its belt, thanks to the installation of a controlled mud l...

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WATCH: Diamond Offshore drillship preparing to start its gig in Gulf of Mexico

Diamond Offshore Drilling has upgraded one of its drillships with managed-pressure drilling (MPD) eq...

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New gas discovery in North Sea seen as ‘exciting’ play opener

Norwegian oil and gas company DNO Norge has made a new gas condensate discovery in the Norwegian sec...

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Enauta winds down its drilling campaign off Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has concluded the drilling and completion of the last well in it...

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Industry Contribution

New voestalpine carbon-steel approved for LCO2 transport and storage

voestalpine’s new F550 TMCP toughcore has been approved by Bureau Veritas as per IGC and IMO g...

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Industry Contribution

Ficep: a single partner for all production technologies in Area 1. The mission is to enhance the productivity of wind tower and foundation fabricators

The article is written by FICEP Group. Wind energy is certainly one of the key drivers for reducing ...

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As drilling adds more hydrocarbons to the table, production restart at Thai oil field comes into view

Valeura Energy has carried out the drilling of two appraisal wells at an oil field in the Gulf of T...

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Ocean Oilfield begins maintenance and upgrade work on GMS’ jack-up barge

Ocean Oilfield Integrated Solutions has started its new maintenance and upgrade assignment on a jack...

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Dolphin Drilling pops up as front-runner in India’s rig tender

Dolphin Drilling has emerged as the lowest bidder in Oil India Limited’s rig tender for a long-term ...

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Industry Contribution

Rapid developments in offshore market require new production methods for Fast Crew Suppliers

Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam is gearing up to begin rapid series production of Damen’s Fast Cr...

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Transocean’s newbuild drillship going to Brazil for its inaugural job

Transocean has secured a new long-term contract for a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, which will...

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TotalEnergies eyes sanctioning of $9 billion oil project off Suriname next year

TotalEnergies is laying the groundwork to make a final investment decision (FID) for a large oil pr...

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BW Energy brings on stream fourth well off Gabon as Borr rig spuds fifth one

BW Energy has started production from the fourth well in its multi-well programme offshore Gabon. ...

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Industry Contribution

Supporting the energy transition with sustainable ships

Damen, with its ambition to become the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder has invested considerabl...

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BP hires Valaris drillship and jack-up for work in Brazil and Indonesia

Valaris has secured a new contract and extension for a drillship and a jack-up rig, which will carry...

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With reactivation out of the way, Saipem takes delivery of drillship destined for ops off Africa

Saipem has taken delivery of a recently chartered seventh-generation drillship, which is destined to...

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WATCH: Ukraine seizes control over Black Sea oil & gas drilling platforms from Russia

Following a military operation, Ukraine has brought back into its fold platforms in the Black Sea of...

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US offshore rig count gets a slight boost

Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report shows that the number of offshore rigs in the United States wa...

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Valaris rig starts drilling work in Gulf of Mexico

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has confirmed the start of a new contract for one of its semi-s...

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Gears in motion for Aker BP to spud North Sea prospects with Odfjell rig

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the...

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Island Drilling secures more work for its rig’s upcoming gig in Africa

Island Drilling has received a third contract extension for its rig from Trident Energy related to w...

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Borr jack-up rig kicks off its new five-year drilling assignment

Borr Drilling has confirmed that one of its jack-up rigs, which recently left a shipyard in the UAE,...

21 days ago

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