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Dutch firm gets work on Perenco’s rig conversion project off Congo

Wagenborg Foxdrill has secured a contract for offshore derrick removal in Congo with a turnkey contr...

about 1 month ago

Drillship secures more work in U.S. Gulf of Mexico with BP

Aquadrill has extended the charter hire agreement with a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling for...

about 1 month ago

Equinor all set to drill North Sea wildcat

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the ...

about 1 month ago

Murder on rig: Criminal inquiry into death of British worker off Qatar ongoing

Qatari authorities have launched a probe into the murder of one of the workers and the attack on ano...

about 1 month ago

BP hires Noble rig for North Sea work

Noble Corporation has secured a long-term contract for one of its jack-up rigs with BP for operation...

about 1 month ago

TotalEnergies picks semi-submersible rig for multi-country drilling programme

Northern Ocean has secured a contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs for multi-countr...

about 1 month ago

More work lined up for semi-sub rig in Norway

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the use of a semi-submersible drillin...

about 1 month ago

Rig moves to fourth well in Black Sea drilling campaign

Trillion Energy has spudded the fourth well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas fi...

about 1 month ago

Odfjell asked to address nonconformities on semi-submersible rig

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Odfjell Drilling and its risk manage...

about 1 month ago

Chinese shipyard bags orders for two offshore platforms

China Merchants Jingling Weihai has received orders for two additional self-propelled, self-elevatin...

about 1 month ago

Offshore oil worker medevacked from Transocean rig

U.S. Coast Guard has performed an emergency evacuation of a male worker from an oil rig located 189 ...

about 1 month ago

Industry Contribution

voestalpine Grobblech’s next generation Carbon Manganese steel “F 550 TMCP toughcore®” to replace expensive Ni steel for LCO2 cargo

Safe and efficient LCO2 shipping – voestalpine Grobblech and HB Hunte Engineering offer the solution...

8 months ago

Industry Contribution

Decom market re-shuffled by Ukraine war: postponement and delay

What effect will the situation have on the energy market according to 4 AYOP-members The war in Ukra...

8 months ago

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Semi-submersible rig kicks off its drilling gig with Shell in Namibia

Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived in Namibia where it start...

about 1 month ago

Wheels in motion to pick rig for drilling in Mediterranean waters

TotalEnergies and Eni have embarked on a rig selection process for exploration activities in a block...

about 1 month ago

Guyana partners wrap up deal to fund upcoming exploration well

Partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana have completed the previously announced agreement fo...

about 1 month ago

Industry Contribution

Validating a Certificate of Competence

MTCS are the industry-leading and internationally trusted company for assisting in the development a...

11 months ago

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Transocean drillships rake in $1.04 bln thanks to new gigs

Transocean has won new long-term contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships, adding around ...

about 1 month ago

Shelf Drilling finds work for two jack-up rigs in Italy

Shelf Drilling has secured long-term deals for two jack-up rigs with Italy’s energy giant Eni for op...

about 1 month ago

Recent oil discovery off Congo seen as ‘potential play opener’

Perenco has made an oil discovery in an exploration well located in the shallow water Pointe Noire G...

about 1 month ago

Industry Contribution

Electrifying the offshore market

The world is changing. We’re rapidly moving away from fossil fuels as our main source of energy. The...

about 1 year ago

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‘Significant’ new oil & gas discovery offshore Malaysia

Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has made a new oil and gas discovery in Bloc...

about 1 month ago

Saipem buying drillship from Samsung Heavy

Saipem has decided to buy an ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung Heavy Industries to strengthen i...

about 1 month ago

2 months ago

Valaris rig kicks off its gig with Eni

Valaris has revealed that one of its jack-up rigs has embarked on its new assignment in Australia wi...

2 months ago

Seadrill tasked with addressing nonconformities on jack-up rig

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of maintenance management on one of Sea...

2 months ago

Hydrocarbons present in HPHT well, but not the result North Sea operator ‘had hoped for’

Serica Energy has found hydrocarbons in an exploration well in the North Sea off the UK, but the com...

2 months ago

TotalEnergies embarking on North Sea infill drilling campaign with Shelf Drilling rig

TotalEnergies has greenlighted the two-well infill drilling programme in the Danish North Sea to ram...

2 months ago

Tie-back potential on the horizon for new Norwegian Sea discovery

Neptune Energy has confirmed a new discovery in the Norwegian Sea, which appears to have commercial ...

2 months ago

Brazilian field on track for first oil in 1Q 2023

Karoon Energy has completed the drilling of two wells at a field, located in the Santos Basin offsho...

2 months ago

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