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Posted: about 1 year ago

Two oil & gas firms ready to drill North Sea wells this month

Two oil and gas players have been granted drilling permits by Norwegian authorities for wildcat well...

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

TAQA all done with large-scale North Sea decom project

UAE’s oil and gas giant Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has wrapped up a major decommission...

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

Italian contractor to bring Nabors’ suite of tech options to Europe and Africa

Hydro Drilling will deploy Nabors’ technologies and services in Europe and Africa to improve h...

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  • Collaboration
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Transocean rig gets the go-ahead for ops at Equinor’s North Sea field

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use a Transocean-owned rig for well interve...

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

Borr needs more time to put in place financing solution

Borr Drilling is still engaged in talks with creditors to find a financing solution to extend its 20...

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

Aker BP all set to deploy Maersk rig on North Sea field

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Maersk Drilling-owned rigs on a f...

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

Rig gearing up to kick off Kuwait’s first offshore drilling campaign

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has revealed that Kuwait will be embarking on its first offshore ...

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

Sembcorp Marine delivers giant world’s first 8th generation drillship to Transocean

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has handed over a newbuild drillship, described as the world’s first eig...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Shell adds high-impact gas prospect in North Sea to Maersk rig’s backlog

Shell has hired a Maersk Drilling-owned rig to drill a prospect in the North Sea, which is expected ...

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

Fatal incident: Four dead in the wake of chopper’s emergency landing in Arabian Sea

After a helicopter, carrying personnel from India’s ONGC, was forced to land in the Arabian Sea, fou...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

India’s Aban closes sale of jack-up rig to ADES

India’s offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has completed the sale of a jack-up drilling rig ...

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

Stamp of approval for ConocoPhillips to drill North Sea wildcat

ConocoPhillips has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for a wildcat well locat...

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

Borr Drilling laying the groundwork to divest three rigs for $320 million

Borr Drilling has entered into a deal for the sale of three jack-up rigs, which are currently under ...

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

Equinor cleared to spin the drill bit in Norwegian Sea

Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities for the drilling of a wildcat well, loca...

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

Five Noble rigs to join Shelf Drilling’s fleet for $375 million

Shelf Drilling has inked a deal with Noble to buy five jack-up rigs, which are being sold to address...

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

Seadrill rigs rake in $361 million in extension deals

Seadrill has won contract extensions with a total value of approximately $361 million in aggregate f...

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

UK operator sees last rig in its fleet off to scrap yard

After completing the sale of a rig, which has been stacked for years, Awilco Drilling is left with n...

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

Valaris rig on its way to Angola to start work for ExxonMobil

Valaris has revealed that one of its drillships has set off towards Angola to embark on its new assi...

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

After missiles hit Black Sea platforms, reports indicate fire still burning

Following an alleged missile strike on three platforms in the Black Sea, satellite images indicate t...

Categories:
  • Environment
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Spud date for exploration well off South Africa draws near

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and its partners are planning to start drilling an exploration well off...

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

TotalEnergies’ latest flow test in Suriname to shape future activity

TotalEnergies and its partner APA Corporation have completed a flow test on an exploration well in B...

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

Beach Energy makes plans for infill drilling off Australia to meet gas demand

Beach Energy has submitted an environment plan to the Australian offshore regulator for infill drill...

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

Ithaca hires Well-Safe for North Sea decom ops

Delek’s Ithaca Energy has picked Well-Safe Solutions to undertake well decommissioning operati...

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

Energean to drill more wells with Stena drillship

Energean has exercised its options with Stena Drilling for two more wells offshore Israel as part of...

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

New addition for Shelf Drilling’s fleet as India’s Aban offloads another rig

UAE’s Shelf Drilling has inked a deal with India’s Aban Offshore to buy one of the latter’s ja...

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

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