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Posted: about 1 year ago

Dolphin Drilling and IKM Gruppen sign drilling and well services deal

Dolphin Drilling has entered into a master frame agreement with Norway’s IKM Gruppen for drilling an...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Neptune all done with drilling on Norwegian field

In preparation for production start-up, Neptune Energy ha completed drilling four development wells ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Valaris drillship starts new chapter in Brazil

Valaris has revealed that one of its drillships has started working on its new assignment offshore B...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Funds secured for upcoming exploration well in Guyana

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy, partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, have announced a tr...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Woodside abandons Sangomar sale plans

Woodside has abandoned its previous plans related to the sell-down of equity interest in its operate...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Valaris rig getting ready for Santos campaign

Valaris has prepared one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs for a drilling campaign with Santos i...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Equinor to occupy Odfjell rig well into 2023

Equinor decided to add more wells to the backlog of an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, which now has eig...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Norwegian giant obtains permit for North Sea well duo

Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities to drill two wells in the North Sea off ...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Saipem rig wraps up drilling ops on Norwegian North Sea field ahead of first oil

Wintershall Dea has finished the drilling campaign at a field in the Norwegian North Sea with Saipem...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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UAE’s ADNOC Drilling expands its fleet as India’s Aban unloads another rig

India’s Aban Offshore has closed the sale of one of its jack-up drilling rigs to the UAE-headquarter...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Island Drilling’s rig gets started on its next gig

Island Drilling has completed its work with Dana Petroleum on the UKCS and moved to its next assignm...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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SEE MONSTER embarks on its transformation prior to opening doors in August – gallery

After arriving at its new home, a decommissioned North Sea platform is about to start its transforma...

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  • Innovation
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Borr lines up new rig assignment with UAE player

Borr Drilling has been awarded a deal by Mubadala Petroleum for a jack-up rig, which is expected to ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Rig utilisation ramps up in Asia Pacific, reveals Westwood

Rig activity in Asia Pacific has been stepped up this year, but most stacked jack-ups are being reac...

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  • Market Outlooks
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Saipem’s board endorses first sustainability plan with ‘challenging objectives’

Saipem’s first sustainability plan, combining business and financial objectives with ESG criteria, h...

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  • Outlook & Strategy
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Potential delay looms over first oil from Gabon project due to rig availability

BW Energy has revealed that the first oil from its project off Gabon may be delayed due to a potenti...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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After getting its hands on Aban’s rig, Shelf Drilling changes its name

Following the delivery of a jack-up rig from India’s Aban, Shelf Drilling has renamed this latest ad...

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

Another Aban rig joins ADES fleet

India’s offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has closed the sale of another jack-up drilling r...

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  • Business & Finance
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Beach de-risks Otway with largest drilling campaign in basin’s history

Beach Energy has completed its drilling campaign in Australia’s Otway Basin, describing it as ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Jack-up rig joins Saipem fleet ahead of five-year gig

A 400-ft jack-up drilling rig built by CIMC Raffles has joined the fleet of Italy’s contractor...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Fresh gas find for Aker BP in Norwegian Sea

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a gas discovery off Norway near the Skarv field in th...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Serica spuds ‘exciting’ HPHT well in North Sea

Upstream oil and gas company Serica Energy has spudded the North Eigg exploration well located off t...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Vaalco plans to keep Borr rig for two more wells

Houston-based Vaalco Energy plans to add two more wells to the work scope of a Borr Drilling-owned j...

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  • Exploration & Production
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BP selects Stena drillship to drill Canadian well

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new drilling contract from BP for operatio...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Transocean rig in the clear for gig on Equinor’s North Sea field

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use Transocean’s rig for production drilling...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: about 1 year ago

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