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Posted: 8 months ago

Diamond Offshore rig starts drilling work off Australia

A semi-submersible rig, which is owned by Diamond Offshore Drilling, has kicked off the first drilli...

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  • Exploration & Production
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US offshore rig count slips down another notch

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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North Sea yields more oil & gas, as Equinor makes new discovery

Equinor has made a new oil and gas discovery near the Fram field in the North Sea off Norway, using...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill, Dolphin and Borr upbeat about offshore drilling market amid strong rig demand

Seadrill, Dolphin, and Borr are encouraged by signs of a rig market upcycle amid strong tendering an...

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  • Business & Finance
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New 32-well decommissioning gig for Archer in North Sea

Archer has been awarded a multi-million-dollar decom contract by Repsol Sinopec to execute P&A w...

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  • Project & Tenders
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All systems go for Equinor to kick off drilling ops with Odfjell rig

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs for drill...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Jadestone picks Velesto rig for infill drilling campaign off Malaysia

Jadestone Energy has awarded a contract with an estimated combined contract value of $6.1 million to...

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  • Project & Tenders
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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
Posted: 8 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
Industry Contribution

Taking the maritime and offshore industries by Storm

August Storm Group offers comprehensive, cost-efficiency for offshore life extension August Storm, s...

Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: 8 months ago

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
Posted: 8 months ago
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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
Posted: 8 months ago
Industry Contribution

Cable protection- and hang-off systems are now ready for new offshore industries

Engineered initially for the wind turbine industry, over the past few years the VPI Cable Hang-off s...

Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: 8 months ago

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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  • long read
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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
Posted: 8 months ago
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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
Posted: 8 months ago
Industry Contribution
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Bachmann: generating software standards throughout the shipbuilding industry

There is a paradox facing today’s shipbuilding industry. While modularity is increasing in the struc...

Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: 8 months ago

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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  • long read
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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
Posted: 8 months ago
  • long read
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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
Posted: 8 months ago
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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: 8 months 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
Posted: 8 months ago
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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
Posted: 8 months ago
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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: 8 months 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
Posted: 8 months ago

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