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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 ...

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...

DNV partners up with Ocyan, LZ Energia to decarbonise drilling operations
Ocyan, a subsidiary of the Novonor group that provides solutions for the upstream offshore oil and g...

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...

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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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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...

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...

How to get and keep a good crew
How do you keep your crew safe in times of COVID-19? The need to take good care of crew members and ...

Case study: Safeguard from electrical shocks and turbine activation during maintenance
Securing the flow of green energy by safely servicing and maintaining fast growing numbers of wind t...

2022 saw higher offshore rig activity, Baker Hughes reports
Baker Hughes’ rig count report has revealed that the international offshore rig count experien...

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WATCH: Semi-sub rig arrives at UK port to get ready for its inaugural decom gig in North Sea
A semi-submersible rig has arrived at a port in Scotland to prepare for its first decommissioning as...

Transocean finds more work for five rigs
Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions for five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (...

Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 opens floorplan
Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) will take place at Amsterdam RAI on Tuesday 26 and ...

Two new oil & gas discoveries in Gulf of Mexico to be developed as subsea tie-backs
Talos Energy has discovered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas at two deepwater discoverie...

Another drilling job in place for Deepsea Yantai semi-sub
Odfjell Drilling has agreed on a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig for...

Greenlight for Equinor to undertake ops in North Sea with COSL Drilling’s rig
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig f...

Faccin Wind Towers Division: a reliable partner for your wind energy project
Faccin Group created a Wind Towers Division within the company. Why? Eng. Andrea Comparin: “Ac...

Shelf Drilling’s jack-up rig staying another year in Angola
Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs, which will continue car...

First oil flows into jack-up rig after it gets new lease on life as MOPU
ONGC has welcomed the first oil flowing into a jack-up rig, which was recently converted into a mobi...

TotalEnergies finds ‘signs of hydrocarbons’ in North Sea well
TotalEnergies has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in an appraisal well in the Central North S...

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2022 in review: Some of the major incidents related to offshore oil & gas
Action has been taken to minimise the risks of accidents and improve safety of offshore oil & ga...

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UK port ends 2022 on a high note thanks to rig projects
Due to several ongoing projects, the UK’s Kishorn port (KPL) is currently playing host to giant semi...

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Breathing new life into oil rigs
While the oil & gas infrastructure needs to be retired at the end of service life, does this hav...

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Re-evaluation and new discovery push Türkiye’s Black Sea natural gas reserves up
Türkiye’s natural gas reserves in the Black Sea have been increased, following a new gas discovery a...

Following upgrades, two jack-up rigs kick off their new drilling gigs
Arabian Drilling has completed the upgrades on its new offshore rigs, which have now embarked on the...
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