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Noble jack-up rig ready to embark on its new gig in North Sea
Noble Corporation’s jack-up rig has left Port Esbjerg and is now ready to start working on a C...
Equinor secures the all-clear for North Sea drilling ops with Transocean rig
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rig...
Equinor gearing up to drill Norwegian Sea prospect
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea, ...
UK prospect nears spud date, while sanctioning of another West of Shetland project gets delayed
A rig has been hired for the drilling of a prospect in the UK later this year, but a FID for another...
All-systems-go for Equinor to deploy Shelf Drilling rig at North Sea oil & gas field
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use Shelf Drilling’s jack-up rig for drillin...
Well test results at North Sea gas project ‘unexpected and disappointing’
IOG may need to go back to the drawing board to formulate a new plan for the production from the Sou...
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Fresh gas discovery in Norwegian Sea puts tie-back potential on the table
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a new commercial gas discovery in the Norwegian ...
Lien on five rigs to secure Transocean’s $1.175 billion of senior secured notes due 2030
Transocean has kicked off a private offering of $1.175 bln of secured notes due in 2030 to cover the...
OMV gearing up to drill two North Sea wells
OMV has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities for two exploration wells in the Norwegi...
Semi-sub rig to sport new filterless ballast water management system
Island Drilling has decided to retrofit its semi-submersible drilling rig with Ecochlor’s EcoOne fil...
Island Drilling’s rig secures additional work in Africa
Island Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for its semi-submersible rig, which will prolo...
Finding the cracks before they appear
The potential of vibration monitoring on winch systems The current As a result of the current surge ...
Boosting conversion rates
Repurposing existing vessels as an answer to rising prices and a changing climate The maritime indus...
Shell hires Stena drillship for Mediterranean drilling campaign
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new drilling contract with Shell’s subsidi...
U.S. sees an upturn in offshore rig count activity
The U.S. stepped up its game last week and recorded an increase in the number of offshore rigs to 19...
Fresh gas discovery for Chevron
U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron has made a new gas discovery in the Eastern Mediterranean Se...
SeaRenergy and ASSC bring “Spirit of Emden” into service – offering Cargo Runs in the German North Sea
The accelerating expansion of offshore energy projects together with the backlog of works due to the...
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Deep dive: What’s in store for Valaris rigs?
An in-depth review of Valaris’ rigs, including details about new contracts and extensions alon...
Saipem rig spins the drill bit at North Sea prospect
Aker BP has started drilling an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Saipem’s ...
South America to stay ‘key region for high-impact exploration’, Westwood says in 2023 outlook
High-impact well numbers in 2023 are expected to be in line with 2020-2022, with 75-85 high-impact w...
Collaboration enables Damen to lead hydrogen introduction
Seven partners from the inland shipping industry join in the WEVA project, resulting in the construc...
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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...