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about 1 month ago

Fresh batch of drilling contracts for Saipem

Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in the Middle East and in West Africa for...

about 1 month ago

Equinor finds ‘high-value barrels’ in North Sea

Equinor has made a significant hydrocarbon discovery with excellent reservoir quality in the Kveikje...

about 1 month ago

Borr Drilling secures work for five jack-up rigs

Offshore rig owner Borr Drilling has been awarded new contracts and extensions for five of its jack-...

about 1 month ago

IOG sorting out mechanical issue on Blythe platform

After identifying a mechanical issue on a platform, IOG is experiencing a further delay in fixing th...

about 1 month ago

Noble rig gearing up to drill second well for Santos

Following an oil discovery in the first, Santos is preparing to start drilling operations on its sec...

about 1 month ago

One-year gig with Shell for Maersk drillship

Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts with Shell for the provision of a drillship for drilling ...

about 1 month ago

Aker BP to gauge remaining oil potential of North Sea field

After concluding the drilling of two wells, Aker BP will be working on evaluating the remaining oil ...

about 1 month ago

Green light for North Sea project with first oil this year

Ithaca Energy has secured consent for the development of a subsea tie-back to its FPF-1 facility in ...

about 1 month ago

Increase in net gas pay off Morocco for Chariot

Post-well analysis of Chariot’s gas discovery offshore Morocco has confirmed excellent quality...

about 1 month ago

Another delay for Empyrean off China

Empyrean is anticipating a short wait until the start of drilling off China after rig mobilisation w...

about 1 month ago

Transocean goes into seabed minerals exploration

Offshore rig owner Transocean is now investing in the exploration of seabed minerals to support the ...

about 1 month ago

Industry Contribution

Keeping renewable offshore energy in motion, non-stop

Lubrication specialist TrustLube, with its pay-off ‘Keeping your world in motion.non-stop’ promises ...

6 months ago

Industry Contribution

Taking the maritime and offshore industries by Storm

August Storm Group offers comprehensive, cost-efficiency for offshore life extension August Storm, s...

7 months ago

about 1 month ago

IOG nearly ready to resume North Sea drilling

A Noble Corporation-owned jack-up rig is nearly ready to come back offshore and resume drilling for ...

about 1 month ago

ExxonMobil comes out empty-handed in Brazil

ExxonMobil has completed its drilling operations on the Cutthroat prospect, located in the Sergipe-A...

about 1 month ago

U.S. offshore rig count picks up the pace

After climbing back to 12 units, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. upped the ante last week an...

about 1 month ago

Industry Contribution

Cable protection- and hang-off systems are now ready for new offshore industries

Engineered initially for the wind turbine industry, over the past few years the VPI Cable Hang-off s...

7 months ago

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about 1 month ago

Saipem board adopts rescue plan

The board of directors of Saipem has approved a rescue plan to strengthen the company’s financ...

about 1 month ago

New CEO takes over from Jackson at Seadrill helm

Following its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, Seadrill has appointed a new President and...

about 1 month ago

Diamond making a comeback to NYSE

Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has revealed it will be returning to the New York Stoc...

about 1 month ago

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Bachmann: generating software standards throughout the shipbuilding industry

There is a paradox facing today’s shipbuilding industry. While modularity is increasing in the struc...

7 months ago

about 1 month ago

Empyrean days away from spudding exploration well off China

After firming up a rig slot, Empyrean is looking forward to drilling the Jade prospect well, located...

about 1 month ago

2 months ago

Santos unveils ‘significant oil discovery’ near Dorado field

Santos has revealed that the Pavo-1 exploration well has confirmed a significant oil discovery 46 ki...

2 months ago

Equinor adds more work to Odfjell rig’s backlog

Equinor has decided to exercise its option for additional wells in Norway to be drilled by the Odfje...

2 months ago

ExxonMobil’s Cyprus well confirms presence of high-quality gas – gallery

ExxonMobil has completed drilling operations on its Glaucus-2 appraisal well off Cyprus, confirming ...

2 months ago

Neptune finds hydrocarbons in North Sea well

Neptune Energy and its partners have encountered hydrocarbons at the Hamlet exploration well in the ...

2 months ago

U.S. offshore rig count goes up a notch

After slipping down to 11 units, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. went back up to 12 units la...

2 months ago

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Stena Drilling preparing for Evolution

UK-based offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling is preparing for the latest addition to its fle...

2 months ago

Eifler to lead new company’s management team after Noble-Maersk merger

Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling are setting up a management team to run the new company follow...

2 months ago

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