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  • long read
Posted: about 1 year ago
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How Noble rigs fare and what are they up to?

Read about Noble Corporation’s financial update and new contracts and extensions for its rig f...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Posted: about 1 year ago
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New vessel joins Türkiye’s fleet as Black Sea project nears first gas

Türkiye’s new vessel will soon be going on its first mission in the Black Sea, working on giant proj...

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  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Noble rig spuds exploration well offshore Guyana

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy have started drilling an exploration well offshore Guyana with one of...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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U.S. offshore rig count takes a downward plunge

Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report says that the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. took a nosed...

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

Equinor all set to deploy Transocean rig at North Sea field

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rig...

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

Borr Drilling’s jack-up rig wins work in Latin America

Borr Drilling has received a letter of award (LOA) for one of its premium jack-up drilling rigs with...

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

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...

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  • Carbon Capture Usage & Storage
Posted: about 1 year ago
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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...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Equinor gearing up to drill Norwegian Sea prospect

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea, ...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: about 1 year ago
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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...

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

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...

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

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

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Shell hires Stena drillship for Mediterranean drilling campaign

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new drilling contract with Shell’s subsidi...

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

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...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Fresh gas discovery for Chevron

U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron has made a new gas discovery in the Eastern Mediterranean Se...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Posted: about 1 year ago
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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...

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

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 ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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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...

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  • Outlook & Strategy
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Posted: about 1 year ago

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 ...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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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...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago

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