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Posted: about 1 month ago

ExxonMobil strikes oil offshore Guyana with Stena drillship

ExxonMobil has made a new oil discovery at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, using a drillship own...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Aker BP getting ready to spud North Sea pair with Odfjell rig

Aker BP has received consent to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for exploration ...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Multi-million drilling job takes Dolphin semi-sub rig to India

Dolphin Drilling has secured a long-term contract for one of its semi-submersible rigs with Oil Indi...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

One of world’s largest semi-sub rigs comes back to UK port

A giant rig has returned to the UK’s Kishorn port to prepare for its return to the drilling campaign...

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  • Ports & Logistics
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Another ‘significant’ oil discovery springs up offshore Namibia

Oil boom continues in Namibia as the African country is now richer for another discovery. ...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Noble drillship going to Philippines for offshore drilling campaign

Noble Corporation has won a new multi-well assignment off the coast of the Philippines for one of it...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Dolphin Drilling gets rid of 1975-built semi-sub rig

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has decided to sell one of its semi-submersible rigs f...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

All systems go for Equinor to use Transocean rig for drilling ops

Equinor has received consent to deploy one of Transocean’s rigs for exploration activities in the Ba...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Trio snaps up more than $1.75 billion for drilling jobs on Equinor’s 19 offshore oil & gas assets

Equinor has handed out four-year contract extensions to three companies for work on 19 platforms loc...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Archer secures $20 million platform drilling contract in Brazil

Archer has won a contract for comprehensive platform drilling services in Brazil with Trident Energy...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Equinor keeps Archer busy with platform drilling gigs worth over $762 million

Archer has tucked a long-term contract extension under its belt with Equinor for platform drilling s...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Industry Contribution

TenneT Connects North Sea Wind Farms with Crucial Testing by KEMA

TenneT, in collaboration with multiple contractors, has achieved a momentous milestone with the succ...

Categories:
  • Business Developments & Projects
Posted: 4 months ago
Industry Contribution

The next step for offshore wind and the role of vessels specifically designed for floating offshore wind

The global energy landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as the demand for clean, rene...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 4 months ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Fresh gas discovery for Harbour Energy in North Sea as drilling ops bear fruit

Harbour Energy has made a new gas discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of N...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

International offshore rig count two units down in February

Baker Hughes’ rig count report shows that two rigs left the working international offshore fleet in ...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Noble taps Blue Water to support its rig ops in Suriname

Blue Water Shipping has been hired on a logistics contract in Suriname by Noble Corporation, an offs...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Industry Contribution

Damen Shipyards introduces the new Fast Crew Supplier 3210 Hybrid

Damen Shipyards is introducing a new addition to its popular Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) crew transfer ...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: 5 months ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Once sea trials are out of the way, Stena drillship going back to Guyana

One of the drillships owned by Stena Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor, has completed its 15...

Categories:
  • Operations & Maintenance
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

After drilling ops with Valaris rig, gas flows from North Sea well

Perenco has brought on stream a near-field discovery within the Ravenspurn South area of the Souther...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Shelf Drilling hands out North Sea job to Norwegian firm

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has handed out a contract for waste management services ...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Industry Contribution

Reducing emissions – Transport ship ‘Canopée’ sails into the maritime future

The state-of-the-art transport ship ‘Canopée’ has been specially designed to transport r...

Categories:
  • Research & Development
Posted: 5 months ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Oil flows from ‘fast-track development’ off Gabon just months after initial discovery

Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has kicked off production from a development offsho...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Wheels in motion for Aker BP to embark on drilling ops with Saipem rig

Aker BP has received consent from to use one of Saipem’s semi-submersible rigs for exploration activ...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

BP prolongs Diamond Offshore drillship’s stay in Gulf of Mexico

Diamond Offshore has got its hands on a contract extension for one of its drillships, which is worki...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Two more years for Shelf Drilling’s 42-year-old jack-up rig in Gulf of Suez

Shelf Drilling has won a contract extension for a jack-up rig working on an assignment in the Gulf o...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Appraisal of gas/condensate discovery boosts resource estimate

Wintershall Dea has drilled an appraisal well, which led to a minor increase in the resource estimat...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Santos eyes drilling ops off Australia

Santos has submitted an environment plan (EP) for drilling activities off the coast of Australia to ...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Jack-up rig gets multi-well gig offshore Oman

Masirah Oil has hired a jack-up rig for a multi-well drilling program at a field in the Block 50 con...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
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Posted: about 1 month ago

Diamond Offshore’s CEO designates 2023 as ‘transformational year’ with multi-million-dollar rig deals in the bag

Diamond Offshore is looking forward to reaping the benefits of higher day rates once its rigs move t...

Categories:
  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 month ago

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