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Posted: about 1 year ago

TotalEnergies finds ‘signs of hydrocarbons’ in North Sea well

TotalEnergies has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in an appraisal well in the Central North S...

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  • Exploration & Production
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2022 in review: Some of the major incidents related to offshore oil & gas

Action has been taken to minimise the risks of accidents and improve safety of offshore oil & ga...

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  • Safety
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  • video
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UK port ends 2022 on a high note thanks to rig projects

Due to several ongoing projects, the UK’s Kishorn port (KPL) is currently playing host to giant semi...

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  • Ports & Logistics
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  • video
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Breathing new life into oil rigs

While the oil & gas infrastructure needs to be retired at the end of service life, does this hav...

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  • Innovation
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  • video
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Re-evaluation and new discovery push Türkiye’s Black Sea natural gas reserves up

Türkiye’s natural gas reserves in the Black Sea have been increased, following a new gas discovery a...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Following upgrades, two jack-up rigs kick off their new drilling gigs

Arabian Drilling has completed the upgrades on its new offshore rigs, which have now embarked on the...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Two jack-up rigs win long-term drilling assignments

Borr Drilling has secured long-term deals for two jack-up rigs with undisclosed oil and gas companie...

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  • Project & Tenders
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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
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  • long read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...

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  • Human Capital
Posted: about 1 year ago

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