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4 months ago

Aquadrill to sell semi-submersible rig to Brazil’s PetroRio

Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has entered into a memorandum of agreement with Braz...

4 months ago

Noble shareholders greenlight Maersk merger

Noble Corporation has revealed that its shareholders have endorsed its plan to merge with Maersk Dri...

4 months ago

Odfjell Technology on track to wrap up Black Sea campaign

Odfjell Technology is on track to successfully complete its three-year drilling project in the Black...

4 months ago

Petrogas to unlock North Sea gas discovery in three years

Petrogas plans to develop its Birgitta gas field in the UK North Sea within the next three years fol...

4 months ago

Guyana partners make light oil & gas condensate discovery

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy have made a light oil and condensate discovery in their exploration w...

4 months ago

Lamprell to deliver upgrades for three jack-up rigs

Lamprell is in the frame for upgrade work on three jack-up drilling rigs ahead of their move to the ...

4 months ago

Karoon adds to Maersk rig’s backlog in Brazil

Karoon has decided to exercise its option for two additional wells in Brazil to be drilled by one of...

4 months ago

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4 months ago

New gas discovery for Energean off Israel

Energean has made a commercial gas discovery in Block 12 offshore Israel, bolstering its beliefs in ...

4 months ago

Keppel O&M secures deals for two jack-up rigs with ADES

Keppel O&M has won a deal worth around $97 million with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund-af...

4 months ago

UK regulator mulling over rig sale proposal as solution for Maersk-Noble merger

The UK’s competition regulator might accept a remedy proposal, submitted in response to its concerns...

4 months ago

Petronas hires Japan’s rig owner for drilling gig offshore Sarawak

Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a new deal for one of its jack-up rigs by Petronas Carigal...

4 months ago

Inpex launches drilling operations off Japan

Japan’s oil and gas player Inpex has started exploratory drilling operations offshore Shimane and Ya...

4 months ago

Equinor hands out over $2 bln worth of contracts

Equinor is extending its contracts with Baker Hughes, Halliburton, and Schlumberger for integrated d...

4 months ago

Thialf vessel set to embark on removal campaign in Ireland

PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing to kick off its platform removal campaign for the Kinsale Head gas f...

4 months ago

Empyrean setting the stage to drill another well off China

Empyrean has revealed its intention to proceed with the second phase of exploration off China by dri...

4 months ago

UK operator to own no rigs after selling its other stacked semi-sub

UK-based Awilco Drilling has decided to sell a semi-submersible rig to its compatriot decommissionin...

4 months ago

Santos’ Pavo well proves to be ‘stellar exploration success’

Santos-operated Pavo-1 well located off Australia has proved the existence of a substantial volume o...

4 months ago

Another Maersk rig to get low-emission upgrade ahead of new gig

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract with Aker BP, who will employ an ultra-harsh environment jack...

4 months ago

Dutch operator takes on Maersk rig for North Sea well

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well extension for one of its ja...

4 months ago

Hat-trick award to bring $404 million to Seadrill

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contracts totalling $404 million for three jack-up...

4 months ago

5 months ago

Valaris sells two stacked rigs to ADES

Offshore rig owner Valaris has sold two jack-up rigs to a subsidiary of the UAE-based operator ADES ...

5 months ago

Hamlet proves to be an oil and gas discovery

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has confirmed an oil and gas discovery at its Hamlet exploration ...

5 months ago

Three-year extension for Saudi jack-up

UAE-based Shelf Drilling has secured a three-year contract extension for a jack-up rig operating off...

5 months ago

No oil pay for Empyrean in Chinese well

Empyrean Energy is disappointed after finding no hydrocarbons in the Jade prospect well, located in ...

5 months ago

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5 months ago

SembMarine and Keppel O&M seal the deal

Singapore’s Keppel Corporation and Sembcorp Marine have signed definitive agreements for the propose...

5 months ago

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