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Posted: about 1 year ago

Polish firm nearly set to spin the drill bit in Norwegian Sea

PGNiG has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea by Norway’s offshore pe...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor bites the dust in North Sea well despite ‘play opener’ expectations

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has found no traces of a hydrocarbon reservoir after drilling a ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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No pay for Western Gas in Australia

Australia’s Western Gas has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in its long-awaited high-im...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Australian well comes up dry

SapuraOMV has found no commercial hydrocarbons after drilling an exploration well located offshore W...

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  • Exploration & Production
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ConocoPhillips to spud Norwegian well with Transocean rig

ConocoPhillips has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea by Norway̵...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Valaris disappointed as Equinor terminates drillship contract

Valaris is disappointed following the receipt of a drilling contract termination for a drillship whi...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Saipem sells onshore drilling business to focus on offshore

Saipem has decided to sell its onshore drilling business to KCA Deutag for $550 million in cash plus...

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  • Business & Finance
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Vantage closes sale of three jack-up rigs

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has completed the sale of its subsidiary holding three...

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  • Business & Finance
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Aquadrill to reactivate two rigs for new jobs

Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Aker BP hits minor oil and gas find in North Sea

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas and oil discovery near the Valhall field ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Saudi yard teams up with Keppel LeTourneau to design and build rigs

Keppel LeTourneau has joined forces with Saudi yard IMI to help it strengthen its rig building capab...

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  • Collaboration
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UK player to use Stena rig for North Sea well

i3 Energy has inked a deal with Petrofac for the drilling of an appraisal well in the UK North Sea w...

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  • Exploration & Production
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UAE’s drilling giant adds two more jack-up rigs to its fleet

UAE-based ADNOC Drilling has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two premium offshore jack-...

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  • Project & Tenders
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ConocoPhillips curbs resource estimate for Norwegian oil discovery

ConocoPhillips has delineated its Slagugle oil discovery located in the Norwegian Sea, constraining ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Neptune gets green light for North Sea drilling

Norwegian regulator has granted Neptune Energy consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea, us...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Gabon project still on track for first oil, but risk of delay remains

E&P company BW Energy is still on track for the first oil from its Hibiscus/Ruche development of...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Western Gas spuds high-impact exploration well off Australia

Western Gas has informed that a Valaris-owned semi-submersible rig has started drilling its operated...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Three new executives added to Valaris leadership

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed three new members of the executive management com...

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  • Business & Finance
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Equinor’s new oil discovery could add ‘valuable volumes’ to Barents Sea project

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has made a new oil discovery in Snøfonn Nord with the exploratio...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Eni goes full speed ahead with drilling plans off Cyprus

Following the arrival of a Vantage Drilling-owned drillship from Egypt, Eni and TotalEnergies are ki...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Keppel finds work for two more jack-up rigs

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has signed contracts for the bareboat charter of anot...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Aker BP all set to get Norwegian Sea drilling ops underway

Aker BP has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a wildcat well located in the ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Two Norwegian operators cleared for offshore drilling ops

Equinor and Aker BP have secured permits from Norwegian authorities for three wildcat wells off Norw...

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  • Exploration & Production
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New long-term job for Shelf Drilling in India

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a long-term deal for one of its jack-up rigs...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Turkey welcomes arrival of fourth drillship

Following a recent report that Turkey is about to welcome the fourth addition to its fleet of drills...

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  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 year ago

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