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Posted: about 1 year ago

Maersk drillship to continue working in Malaysia

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension with Sarawak Shell Berhad and Sabah Shell Petroleum...

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  • Business & Finance
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Equinor all set for drilling in Norwegian Sea

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

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  • Authorities & Government
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Oil & gas player sanctions North Sea project and hires Maersk rig for drilling ops

Ineos and its partners have made a final investment decision (FID) on the development of an oil and ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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OMV confirms gas and condensate in North Sea well

OMV has confirmed a gas-condensate discovery at its Oswig exploration well located in the North Sea ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Transocean rig lands a deal to drill 17 wells

Two oil and gas companies, OMV and Wintershall Dea, have awarded a drilling contract to Transocean t...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Two Barents Sea wells lined up for Transocean rig

Vår Energi has secured two types of permits from the Norwegian authorities for two exploration wells...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Stena rig spuds UK player’s North Sea asset

i3 Energy has started drilling an appraisal well in the North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig in...

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  • Exploration & Production
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TotalEnergies adds another well to the work scope of Maersk drillship

A Maersk Drilling-owned drillship has been awarded a one-well extension with TotalEnergies in Surina...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Barossa drilling suspended after court revokes permit

A court in Australia has ruled against Santos but in favour of an indigenous group in a case related...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Shell books semi-sub rig for P&A ops on two North Sea fields

Oil major Shell has secured a semi-submersible rig for plug and abandonment operations on two of its...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Chevron, partners prepare investment for Aphrodite gas field

Oil major Chevron and its partners in the Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus have allocated funds for th...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Stena rig days away from spudding North Sea well in search of more hydrocarbons

UK-headquartered i3 Energy is gearing up to start drilling an appraisal well this week in the North ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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More North Sea work for Deepsea Yantai rig

OMV Norge has contracted the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig for drilling operations in the Nort...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Jack-up rig kicks off Black Sea drilling campaign

Following delays, Trillion Energy has started its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas fie...

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  • Exploration & Production
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New gig for Stena drillship off Gabon

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new drilling contract from CNOOC for opera...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Dolphin Drilling returning to the public markets

Harsh environment and deepwater drilling contractor, Dolphin Drilling, has confirmed that it is bein...

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  • Business & Finance
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No hydrocarbons for Polish firm in Norwegian Sea well

PGNiG has completed the drilling of a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea but came up empty as no hydr...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Extra five-well drilling gig for Maersk rig in North Sea

Maersk Drilling has secured five more wells with Petrogas for one of its rigs, which will carry out ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Rig equipment failure causes delays for North Sea well

UK-based Serica Energy is frustrated after encountering technical issues on its North Eigg explorati...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Two North Sea wildcats come up dry

Two oil and gas operators have completed the drilling of wildcat wells in the North Sea offshore Nor...

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  • Exploration & Production
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All systems go for Aker BP to deploy Maersk rig on North Sea field

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Maersk Drilling’s rigs for ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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New development plan handed over for Indonesian project with first gas slated for 2025

The Duyung PSC partners have submitted an updated plan of development (PoD) for a gas project off In...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Eni seeks approval for development drilling on gas project off Australia

Eni has submitted an environment plan to Australia’s regulator for development drilling on a g...

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  • Exploration & Production
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More work for Odfjell rig with Aker BP

Aker BP has decided to exercise its option for additional wells to be drilled by one of the Odfjell ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Valaris rig gearing up for BP campaign in Trinidad

Following a drilling campaign in Mexico, a Valaris-owned jack-up drilling rig has arrived in Trinida...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago

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