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Posted: about 1 year ago

Update: Search suspended for four missing in chopper incident in Gulf of Mexico

The search for four people aboard a downed helicopter, which went down in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, h...

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  • Human Capital
Posted: about 1 year ago
  • long read
Posted: about 1 year ago

Four missing after chopper goes down in Gulf of Mexico while departing from oil rig

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has launched a search and rescue (SAR) mission for four people aboard a ...

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  • Safety
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Seadrill enters $958 million deal to acquire Aquadrill

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has entered into an agreement to acquire Aquadrill, formerly k...

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

Shelf Drilling to keep jack-up rigs busy in Q2 2023

UAE-based Shelf Drilling has secured three-year contracts for two of its jack-up rigs for work offsh...

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

Rig workers evacuated following issue on Noble jack-up

Noble Corporation has evacuated all rig personnel after an issue was found on one of the legs of a N...

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

Offshore drilling contractor taps Scana company for deep-water riser system

Scana-owned PSW Technology has signed an agreement with offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean ...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
  • long read
Posted: about 1 year ago

Valaris’ new rig deals bring total backlog of $275 million

Valaris has been awarded new contracts for a drillship and three jack-up rigs and contract extension...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Dutch firm gets work on Perenco’s rig conversion project off Congo

Wagenborg Foxdrill has secured a contract for offshore derrick removal in Congo with a turnkey contr...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Drillship secures more work in U.S. Gulf of Mexico with BP

Aquadrill has extended the charter hire agreement with a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling for...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Equinor all set to drill North Sea wildcat

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the ...

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

Murder on rig: Criminal inquiry into death of British worker off Qatar ongoing

Qatari authorities have launched a probe into the murder of one of the workers and the attack on ano...

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  • Human Capital
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

BP hires Noble rig for North Sea work

Noble Corporation has secured a long-term contract for one of its jack-up rigs with BP for operation...

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

TotalEnergies picks semi-submersible rig for multi-country drilling programme

Northern Ocean has secured a contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs for multi-countr...

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

More work lined up for semi-sub rig in Norway

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the use of a semi-submersible drillin...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Rig moves to fourth well in Black Sea drilling campaign

Trillion Energy has spudded the fourth well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas fi...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Odfjell asked to address nonconformities on semi-submersible rig

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Odfjell Drilling and its risk manage...

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

Chinese shipyard bags orders for two offshore platforms

China Merchants Jingling Weihai has received orders for two additional self-propelled, self-elevatin...

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

Offshore oil worker medevacked from Transocean rig

U.S. Coast Guard has performed an emergency evacuation of a male worker from an oil rig located 189 ...

Categories:
  • Human Capital
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Semi-submersible rig kicks off its drilling gig with Shell in Namibia

Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived in Namibia where it start...

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

Wheels in motion to pick rig for drilling in Mediterranean waters

TotalEnergies and Eni have embarked on a rig selection process for exploration activities in a block...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Guyana partners wrap up deal to fund upcoming exploration well

Partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana have completed the previously announced agreement fo...

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

Transocean drillships rake in $1.04 bln thanks to new gigs

Transocean has won new long-term contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships, adding around ...

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

Shelf Drilling finds work for two jack-up rigs in Italy

Shelf Drilling has secured long-term deals for two jack-up rigs with Italy’s energy giant Eni for op...

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

Recent oil discovery off Congo seen as ‘potential play opener’

Perenco has made an oil discovery in an exploration well located in the shallow water Pointe Noire G...

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

‘Significant’ new oil & gas discovery offshore Malaysia

Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has made a new oil and gas discovery in Bloc...

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

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