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Posted: about 1 year ago

TotalEnergies and Eni to embark on hydrocarbon exploration in Mediterranean’s gas-rich waters

TotalEnergies and Eni are gearing up to launch exploration activities in an offshore block located i...

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

Jack-up rig spuds exploration well off Oman

In a bid to bolster hydrocarbon production and reserves, Masirah Oil has started drilling an explora...

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

Norway spearheading low-emission rig adoption, says Westwood

Westwood has found that Norway leads the way in the adoption of emission-reducing modifications for ...

Categories:
  • Market Outlooks
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Shelf Drilling lands five-year deal for another jack-up rig

Shelf Drilling has been awarded a long-term contract for one of its jack-up rigs, which will carry o...

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

Second well in Black Sea drilling campaign days away from being back on stream

Trillion Energy is anticipating the restart of production from the second well in its 2022 – 2023 dr...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Probe underway after worker suffers ‘serious injury’ on jack-up rig

Norway’s safety regulator is investigating an incident involving “serious personal injur...

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

Keppel gets jobs for two more jack-up rigs

Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured assignments for two additional jack-up rigs, which will be ...

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

Offshore drilling confirms CO2 storage capacity in North Sea

Northern Lights has confirmed the storage capacity of at least 5 million tonnes of CO2 per annum in ...

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

Saudi yard hands out deal for new jack-up rigs to U.S. player

International Maritime Industries (IMI) has awarded a detailed design engineering contract for the c...

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

Green light for Aker BP to kick off North Sea drilling ops with Saipem rig

Aker BP has secured two types of permits from Norwegian authorities for drilling operations in the N...

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

ExxonMobil makes new discovery in Angola’s waters

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made a discovery in waters offshore Angola after drilling an explorati...

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

Diamond Offshore secures long-term deal in Brazil

Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has been awarded a new drilling programme with Petrobr...

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

Aker BP cleared to drill wildcat well in North Sea

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well i...

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

New gas discovery off Israel for Energean

Oil and gas company Energean has made another commercial gas discovery in an exploration well offsho...

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

Hess hires Velesto rig for Malaysian gas project

Hess has picked Malaysia’s rig owner Velesto Energy to carry out the drilling work on a project loca...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Semi-submersible rig heading to Namibia to drill for Shell

Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig is on its way to Namibia where it wil...

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

Neptune spuds exploration well in Norwegian Sea

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling the Calypso exploration well located in the ...

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

Jack-up rig moves to second gas well in Black Sea

Trillion has started the work planned for the second well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a ...

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

Strong rig demand to boost Transocean’s day rates and fleet utilisation

Transocean is expecting the demand for its rigs to remain high, leading to a further improvement in ...

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

Seadrill JV lands 12-well job for drillship in Angola

Sonadrill, a 50:50 joint venture between Seadrill and Sonangol, has secured a 12-well extension in A...

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

Partners to evaluate North Sea gas-condensate discovery

After completing a sidetrack well and a DST, OMV will work with its partners to evaluate a gas-conde...

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

New spud window for exploration well in Guyana as Noble rig gets delayed

CGX and Frontera have revised the spud window for their second exploration well in the Corentyne blo...

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

Dolphin Drilling cleared to take part in Petrobras rig tenders

Dolphin Drilling has been re-approved as an official rig supplier and will be invited to take part i...

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

Flow test for first gas well in Black Sea drilling campaign in line with expectations

Trillion has revealed flow test results for the first well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a...

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

Valaris expects Australian contract suspension to have no impact on earnings

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed that some more work has been awarded to its rigs b...

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

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