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Aker BP adds four development wells to Odfjell rig’s backlog

Aker BP will use a semi-submersible rig from Odfjell Drilling to drill four wells for its project in...

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Equinor sets sights on two North Sea wildcats

Norway’s Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two wildcat wells located in the North Sea ...

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Neptune secures drilling permit for North Sea well

Neptune Energy has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a well located in the N...

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Transocean rigs land new jobs with better day rates

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for its fleet of drilling rigs, pushin...

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A change of heart for Guyana drilling plans

Frontera Energy and CGX Energy will not be moving forward with its previous plans for exploration dr...

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ConocoPhillips books jack-up rig for Sarawak operations

Malaysia’s Icon Offshore has secured a drilling contract with oil major ConocoPhillips for ope...

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U.S. offshore rig count hits the breaks

After taking a downturn and falling down to 16 units, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. came t...

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Stena rig bags new UK contract with TotalEnergies

Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with TotalEnergies for operatio...

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ConocoPhillips set to deploy Prosafe unit at Norway’s first producing field

ConocoPhillips has received consent from a regulator to use one of Prosafe’s semi-submersible units ...

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Thumbs-up to OMV for Norwegian Sea ops

OMV has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling of a pilot...

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Here’s what the industry says about Shell’s oil discovery in Namibia

Here’s what the industry says about Shell’s oil discovery in Namibia ...

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Enauta hires rig for Brazilian field ops

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has signed a drilling rig contract for operations on its Atlant...

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Noble rig preparing to drill surface hole for Santos well

The Noble Tom Prosser rig has arrived at the site and is about to drill the Santos-operated Pavo-1 w...

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ADC Energy’s third Asia-Pacific deal in 2022 spurs hopes for further growth

ADC Energy has inked its third contract for rig inspection services in Asia-Pacific, paving the way ...

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Drilling costs swell for Gulf of Mexico well

A Seadrill-owned drillship has completed drilling operations on a well located in the deepwater Gulf...

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Serica renews North Sea deal with Sparrows

Serica Energy has awarded a crane operations and maintenance services contract on one of its platfor...

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Vaalco brings online the first of four wells in Gabon drilling campaign

Vaalco Energy has completed its first well of four wells in the 2021/2022 drilling campaign offshore...

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Ex-Qatari Investors Group CFO joins GMS

GMS has appointed a former CFO of the Qatari Investors Group as its new CFO, since, its current CFO...

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U.S. offshore rig count slips down a few notches

After remaining unchanged for two weeks in a row, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. fell down ...

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‘A new dawn’ for Namibia as Shell finds oil in deepwater well

Oil and gas giant Shell has made an oil discovery in its exploration well in the Orange Basin offsho...

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Noble rig on the move to drill Santos wells

The Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig is currently mobilising to drill the Pavo-1 well in the B...

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Turkish drillship wraps up all planned well tests on Black Sea gas field

Turkish oil and gas operator TPAO has completed all planned flow tests in the Sakarya gas field loca...

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All systems go for Western Gas well

Western Gas has now secured all necessary government approvals required to drill the Sasanof-1 explo...

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Equinor fails to find hydrocarbons in Norwegian Sea well

Equinor has failed to find hydrocarbons in the stacked Ginny/Hermine exploration prospects in the No...

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Odfjell rig starts Equinor gig

An Odfjell Drilling-owned semi-submersible rig has started its contract with Equinor, making it the ...

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