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Posted: about 1 year ago

Vantage and ADES taking their relationship to the next level

Vantage Drilling and ADES are taking their relationship to the next level following an agreement und...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Two new jobs to keep Island Drilling busy in UK and Mauritania

Island Drilling has secured two new contracts, one with Petrofac in the UK North Sea and another wit...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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PGNiG secures Odfjell rig for drilling ops off Norway

PGNiG has awarded a one-well contract to the offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling for drill...

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

Valaris rig finally en route to drill for Carnarvon

Carnarvon Energy has informed that the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig is currently en route to ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Maersk Drilling inks rig renewal deal worth around $1 bln with Aker BP

Maersk Drilling and Aker BP have agreed to renew a frame agreement for two jack-up rigs. The estimat...

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

U.S. offshore rig count continues inching upward

According to Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. is conti...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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New jobs for two Borr rigs

Borr Drilling has secured more work for two of its jack-up rigs, which will see one of them return f...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Fresh extension for Shelf Drilling rig in Italy

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for a jack-up rig for o...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Drilling costs swell for Guyana exploration well

Drilling costs for an exploration well located off Guyana are expected to increase as drilling opera...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Santos getting ready for two wells near Dorado field

Santos is preparing to start drilling operations on two exploration wells near the Dorado field. wit...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Stena rig arrives in Morocco for Chariot wells

A Stena Drilling-owned rig has arrived in waters offshore Morocco to carry out drilling operations o...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Shell spuds Namibian wildcat

Oil major Shell has started drilling an exploration well in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia using ...

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

Noble rig gearing up for IOG well after two-month hiatus but first gas late

Following a two-month drilling hiatus over an issue with Noble’s rig, IOG plc is preparing to ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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ADC Energy bags three contract extensions for rig inspection services

ADC Energy has secured three global contract extensions for the delivery of its rig inspection, sele...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Petrobras books third Seadrill drillship for Brazilian field

Seadrill has secured a contract with Brazil’s oil and gas giant Petrobras for work in the Búzi...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Excitement over Buffalo well continues to grow despite rig delays

Carnarvon has experienced further delays in its planned drilling operations in the Timor Sea where t...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Vaalco starts Gabon drilling campaign

Vaalco has spudded the first well in its new 2021/2022 drilling campaign focused on the Etame field,...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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U.S. offshore rig count goes up a notch

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. is slowly starting its upward climb by increasing to 14 unit...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Toil and trouble for Transocean drillship while on Shell job

A Transocean-owned drillship has experienced two operational incidents while working in the U.S. Gul...

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  • Safety
Posted: about 1 year ago
  • long read
Posted: about 1 year ago

John Fredriksen firm takes interest in Valaris

Billionaire John Fredriksen’s Seatankers Group has acquired an interest in Seadrill’s ri...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Lundin gets green light for exploration drilling off Norway

Lundin has received consent from the offshore regulator to use the Deepsea Stavanger rig for explora...

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  • Safety
Posted: about 1 year ago
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No traces of petroleum for PGNiG in Norwegian Sea well

PGNiG is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, as the we...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Dibowitz goes from interim to permanent CEO role at Valaris

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed Anton Dibowitz as President and Chief Executive O...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Stena Drilling mulls drillship option with Samsung Heavy

Stena Drilling has revealed an agreement with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries related t...

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  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 year ago
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FAR sees Gambian well costs go up after issue with fluid losses

Australia’s FAR Ltd has temporarily stopped drilling the Bambo-1 well located off The Gambia a...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 year ago

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