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Posted: 5 months ago

ExxonMobil hires Noble Corp. drillship for Guyana drilling

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has won a six-month deal for the Noble Sam Croft dril...

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  • Business & Finance
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Offshore rigs may be stepping stones for non-native species

Scientists from around the UK, led by the Heriot-Watt’s International Centre for Island Technology, ...

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  • Environment
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Spirit Energy bites dust near Ivar Aasen field

Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has hit a duster near the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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SRO Solutions replaces software systems on six Stena rigs

UK-based tech firm SRO Solutions has replaced asset management software systems on six Stena Drillin...

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  • Technology
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ST Engineering completes Diamond Offshore drillship upgrade

ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore, a company of ST Engineering North America, has installed ...

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  • Operations & Maintenance
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Neptune's Dugong largest oil discovery in Norway this year

Oil and gas exploration firm Neptune Energy has stated that it made the largest oil discovery in Nor...

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  • Exploration & Production
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First accommodation vessel to resume work for Petrobras

Semi-submersible accommodation vessel OOS Tiradentes has become the first offshore rig to resume ope...

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  • Vessels
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Borr Drilling wins deals for three warm-stacked rigs

Offshore drilling rig owner Borr Drilling has won deals for three of its warm-stacked jack-up drilli...

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  • Business & Finance
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ConocoPhillips gets drilling permit for Norwegian Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well lo...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count at 12 for four weeks straight

The U.S. offshore rig count has remained flat for another week, making this the fourth week straight...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor to use Maersk rig on Martin Linge

Norwegian oil major Equinor has received safety consent from the country’s offshore safety wat...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Equinor comes up dry in Barents Sea well

Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Apache in fresh oil discovery off Suriname

Apache has made what it says is a major oil discovery at the Kwaskwasi-1 well drilled offshore Surin...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Tullow delays Suriname well with rig hunt under way

Tullow Oil has postponed the drilling of its exploration well on a block located offshore Suriname. ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor gains drilling permit for Norwegian Sea wildcats

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wells located in the N...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Maersk invests in new tech to enable carbon-neutral drilling

Maersk Drilling has entered an agreement to invest $1 million in Clean Energy Systems to help develo...

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  • Technology
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OMV delineates Hades discovery in Norwegian Sea

OMV is the process of concluding the drilling of an appraisal well on the Hades gas/condensate disco...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count stays flat for another week

The U.S. offshore rig count has not changed for the third week in a row now, according to a Friday r...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Aker BP cleared for production drilling on two fields

Aker BP has received safety consents from the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog to use two rigs for...

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  • Authorities & Government
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U.S. weekly offshore rig count flat for two weeks straight

The U.S. weekly offshore rig count remained unchanged at 12 units for the second week in a row, acco...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Maersk Drilling secures more rig work with Aker BP

Maersk Drilling has secured an additional one-well contract from Aker BP for the low-emission jack-u...

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  • Business & Finance
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BP to drill Ironbark well in October

BP’s environment plan for the Ironbark-1 exploration well has been approved by the Australian ...

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  • Environment
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Vår Energi resumes offshore drilling activities

Vår Energi is resuming its drilling activities in the Barents Sea and the North Sea, which were post...

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  • Business developments & projects
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Transocean gets contract termination in UK

Transocean has received a contract termination for its semi-submersible Paul B. Loyd Jr. in the UK. ...

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  • Business & Finance
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Rystad: Number of oil and gas wells set to hit 20-year low

The COVID-19 pandemic has stymied oil and gas activity, a phenomenon which has now affected the dril...

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  • Market outlooks
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