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Equinor gets go-ahead to drill North Sea well duo
Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), has given Equinor con...
Petrodec reactivates decades-old jack-up rig for decommissioning jobs
Petrodec has reactivated Haeva jack-up rig to DNV standards and the unit is now reporting for duty a...
Seadrill facing coercive fine as serious breaches of regulations come to light
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Seadrill two orders and a decision on a coercive fine a...
Equinor strikes oil near Johan Castberg field
Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has made an oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field, located...
Total stops drilling Suriname well before reaching deeper targets
Total has decided to conclude drilling operations on the Keskesi East-1 discovery well off Suriname ...
SWS delivers two jack-ups for operation offshore China
Chinese ship and rig builder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) delivered two JU2000E jack-up ri...
Aban Offshore selling four jack-ups and two drillships
Aban Offshore is selling two jack-up rigs, a drillship, and a floating production unit owned by Aban...
ExxonMobil set to spud new Guyana well
Oil major ExxonMobil is nearly ready to start drilling the second of three exploration wells at the ...
Samsung to pay $411 million to Stena Drilling after losing rig dispute
Samsung Heavy will have to pay $411 million to rig owner Stena Drilling after losing a dispute relat...
Erria to handle marine warranty surveys for Maersk Drilling’s rigs
Danish maritime services provider Erria and Maersk Drilling have entered into a three-year agreement...
Saudi Arabian investment fund to buy ADES International
Innovative Energy has made an all-cash $12.5 per share offer to take UAE-based oil & gas drillin...
U.S. weekly offshore rig count drops to 14
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is down by three units over the last week, according ...
Maersk to reactivate jack-up rig for Dutch North Sea job
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract by Petrogas E&P Netherlands, which will emp...
Saipem to pay up for overtime work violation on rig
Saipem will have to pay compensation to two offshore workers in Norway due to the violation of worki...
Mixed results for Shelf Drilling rig fleet
Shelf Drilling has revealed a mixed bag of results for its jack-up rig fleet with several of its rig...
ExxonMobil comes up dry in Guyana wildcat
Oil major ExxonMobil has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons at the Bulletwood-1 wildcat well in ...
Valaris gets court approval for Chapter 11 plan, delays drillship deliveries
Valaris has obtained court approval for its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and agreed with a ship...
Noble rig hired to drill two wells near Dorado
Santos has hired the Noble Corporation-owned Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig to drill two exp...
Lundin and Odfjell firm up rig contract worth $33 million
Lundin Energy and Odfjell Drilling have now signed a contract for the Deepsea Stavanger rig followin...
U.S. weekly offshore rig count up by one
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is up by one unit over the last week, according to a ...
Neptune kicks off appraisal drilling at Dugong discovery
Neptune Energy and its partners in the Dugong licence have started drilling on the Dugong appraisal ...
DNO gets nod to plug North Sea wells with Dolphin rig
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given DNO Norge consent for the use of the Borgland Dolphin r...
Borr Drilling nets new deals for jack-up rigs
Borr Drilling has won a new contract and signed four letters of intent and one letter of award for i...
Shelf Drilling delivers sold rig to ADNOC Drilling
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has completed the previously announced sale of a jack-up...
Transocean lands higher day rate for drillship and more work for idle rig
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for a drillship in the Gulf of Mexico ...