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Posted: 7 months ago

Valaris rig heading towards its next drilling job in North Sea

Valaris has confirmed that one of its jack-up rigs is en route to its upcoming drilling assignment i...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Diamond Offshore taking steps to unlock energy in more sustainable manner

Diamond Offshore has made progress on its sustainability quest to curb its GHG emissions while worki...

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  • Transition
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Two rigs working side by side for TotalEnergies off Namibia

TotalEnergies is going full steam ahead with its multi-well appraisal and exploration drilling progr...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Saipem picks Chinese contractor for rig conversion work to bring FPU to life

Saipem has inked a contract with China’s CIMC Raffles for the conversion of a semi-submersible drill...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Semi-sub rig bags another drilling assignment off Canada

Equinor has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by SFL Corporation (SFL) and managed by Odfjell Dri...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Equinor gearing up to drill North Sea prospect with Transocean rig

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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US offshore rig count goes down to 18 units

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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BP books Saipem for work in Gulf of Mexico while Eni hands out rig conversion deal

Saipem is on a roll, as it lined up its second batch of contracts in two days and its third one sinc...

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  • Project & Tenders
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20 Noble rigs sport digital emission-monitoring solution

Noble reached a new milestone in the fleetwide rollout of Energy Efficiency Insights (EEI), which is...

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  • Transition
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Transocean tasked with tackling nonconformities regarding blowout preventers

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Transocean Services and its processe...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Equinor getting ready for drilling ops with Odfjell rig

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for two wells in the Norwegian ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Industry Contribution

Outwitting technical limits – Designing the blueprint for MARIN’s Zero Emissions Lab

In 2017, the Maritime Research Institute Nederland (MARIN) started researching the concept of a Zero...

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  • Research & Development
Posted: 9 months ago
Industry Contribution

Heavy Lift, Light Impact: Industry Looks to Heavy Lift Cranes for Sustainable Solutions

As the demand for sustainable technology grows in the offshore heavy lift industry so does the need ...

Posted: over 2 years ago
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With 35 out of 36 rigs contracted, Shelf Drilling’s backlog stands at $2.6 billion

Shelf Drilling has revealed higher revenue for 2Q 2023, compared to 1Q 2023, driven by higher day ra...

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  • Business & Finance
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New rig deals bolster day rates and lift Diamond Offshore’s backlog to $1.6 billion

Diamond Offshore has tucked under its belt new contracts and extensions for its rig fleet in the U.S...

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  • Business & Finance
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Valaris undertakes $400 million private placement to fund acquisition of two drillships

Valaris revealed a pricing of $400 million upsized private placement of additional 8.375 per cent se...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 7 months ago
Industry Contribution

Pon Power: “Our retrofit IMO III solution makes sustainability possible”

It had been discussed in the market for some years and on 1 January 2021, it became a fact that newl...

Posted: over 2 years ago
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OMV spuds gas-condensate prospect with Transocean rig

OMV has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-su...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Thumbs-up for Equinor to deploy COSL Drilling’s rig for North Sea ops

Norwegian regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig for production dr...

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  • Authorities & Government
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International offshore rig count activity on the rise

Baker Hughes’ international rig count report shows a boost in the number of offshore rigs in July 20...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 7 months ago
Industry Contribution

Keeping renewable offshore energy in motion, non-stop

Lubrication specialist TrustLube, with its pay-off ‘Keeping your world in motion.non-stop’ promises ...

Posted: over 2 years ago
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OMV all set to embark on drilling activities with Transocean rig

OMV has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities for exploration drilling in the Norwegia...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Recent global rig deals push Noble’s backlog to $5 billion

Noble has secured a new contracts and extensions for its rigs in Brazil, Mauritania, Suriname, Malay...

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  • Business & Finance
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Valaris drillship starts work offshore Angola

Valaris has confirmed the start of TotalEnergies’ drilling campaign offshore Angola, which is being ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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With current Black Sea drilling campaign drawing to a close, next one slated for mid-2024

Trillion Energy is nearing the end of the first phase of its multi-well drilling campaign on a natur...

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  • Exploration & Production
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All roads lead Valaris to ‘strong and sustained upcycle’

Valaris has won new contracts for two floaters and two jack-ups in its rig fleet for work in West Af...

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  • Business & Finance
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WATCH: UAE driller’s 44-year old jack-up rig kicks off its new assignment

Ocean Oilfield has revealed that one of its rigs arrived at an offshore gas field in the UAE a few d...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 7 months ago
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New North Sea gig for Shelf Drilling jack-up rig

Shelf Drilling has been awarded a new contract for one of its jack-up rigs by CNOOC Petroleum Europe...

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  • Project & Tenders
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With multiple upcoming deals in the bag, sea of opportunities for Transocean’s rig fleet still ‘robust’

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has expanded its contract backlog with multiple new deals du...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 7 months ago

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