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9 months ago

TotalEnergies spuds Namibian ultra-deepwater well

TotalEnergies has started drilling the Venus-1X exploration well located offshore Namibia, using a M...

9 months ago

Lundin adds extra well to Odfjell rig’s backlog

Oil and gas company Lundin has decided to exercise its option for an additional well for an Odfjell ...

9 months ago

Stena rig moving out of North Sea to Morocco for Chariot well

Africa-focused Chariot has revealed that the Stena Drilling-owned Stena Don rig has started its mobi...

9 months ago

Maersk rig re-hired for North Sea well

Maersk Drilling and Petrogas have agreed to exercise the previously agreed option to employ a jack-u...

9 months ago

Carnarvon still waiting on delayed Valaris rig to drill Buffalo well

Carnarvon Energy is waiting for a Valaris-owned rig to arrive at a drilling location in the Timor Se...

9 months ago

More Gulf of Mexico work for Seadrill rigs

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured more work for its rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico,...

9 months ago

10 months ago

Seadrill to bag $549 million for Petrobras contracts in Brazil

Seadrill has been awarded two contracts worth $549 million by Petrobras for the work on the Búzios f...

10 months ago

U.S. offshore rig count stays flat for two weeks

Based on Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unc...

10 months ago

Western Gas locks in drilling slot for Valaris rig

Western Gas has executed the formal contract with Valaris for the MS-1 semi-submersible rig to drill...

10 months ago

Serica kicks off production from UK North Sea gas field

Upstream oil and gas company Serica Energy has started production from its Columbus field, located i...

10 months ago

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Brand new drillship joins Saipem fleet

A new ultra-deepwater drillship named Santorini has been delivered to Italy’s Saipem by South ...

10 months ago

New three-year gig for Shelf Drilling’s rig in India

Shelf Drilling has received an award for a three-year contract with ONGC for offshore operations in ...

10 months ago

Lukoil strikes oil in waters off Mexico

Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has made an oil discovery within the Yoti West structure at Block...

10 months ago

IOG’s North Sea project still on track for first gas after repairs on Noble rig

IOG plc expects to continue working on a UK North Sea project soon following repairs to a damaged No...

10 months ago

Lundin secures permit for Norwegian wildcat well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Energy Norway a drilling permit for a wildcat...

10 months ago

Repsol shuts in Yme field only weeks after start-up

Spain’s Repsol has been forced to halt production from its Yme field less than a month after t...

10 months ago

Borr rig spuds Dutch North Sea well for Kistos

Borr Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig has spudded Kistos’ Q11-B well in the Dutch North Sea. ...

10 months ago

Neptune preparing for busy year ahead with more wells added to Odfjell rig

Neptune Energy has extended a contract for Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai rig to include addition...

10 months ago

Offshore watchdog looking into structural safety issues on Maersk rig

The Petroleum Safety Authority has discovered a total of four irregularities and improvement points ...

10 months ago

U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 15

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged at 15 last week, based on Baker Hughes’ w...

10 months ago

Maersk drillship gearing up for Namibian ultra-deepwater well

French energy major TotalEnergies is preparing to drill a wildcat well in waters offshore Namibia, u...

10 months ago

Turkey now boasts a fleet of four rigs as ex-Vantage drillship finally finds home

Turkey’s oil and gas giant TPAO has added another deepwater drillship to its fleet of drilling rigs,...

10 months ago

ExxonMobil takes Stena drillship for Canadian well

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has signed a contract for one of its drillships with Exx...

10 months ago

With Chapter 11 emergence in sight, Seadrill reveals new board members

Seadrill Limited has revealed its new board structure as the company is preparing to emerge from the...

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10 months ago

TotalEnergies’ well flow test off Suriname supports hopes for oil development hub

TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have completed a flow test at an appraisal well off Suriname, conf...

10 months ago

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