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Keppel’s digital asset lifecycle solution gets DNV nod

DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle to Keppel O&M for its suite of digital services to supp...

about 1 year ago

Serica frustrated as Columbus well expected to take longer and cost more

UK oil and gas company Serica Energy is frustrated after encountering difficulties while drilling it...

about 1 year ago

Seadrill Partners sheds $2.8bn debt, emerges from Chapter 11

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has emerged from bankruptcy after successfully comple...

about 1 year ago

Santos kicks off Bayu-Undan drilling campaign

Santos has started the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field, in Timor-Leste offs...

about 1 year ago

Karish first gas delayed over Covid-19 restrictions, Energean says

Energean has postponed again the first production from its Karish gas field amid new Covid-19-relate...

about 1 year ago

Lundin cleared to drill well near Ivar Aasen field

Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat wel...

about 1 year ago

Norwegian unions and offshore drillers going to mediation as wage talks fail

Three Norwegian unions broke off negotiations with the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and w...

about 1 year ago

Maersk Drilling boasts largest quarterly backlog addition since 2017

Maersk Drilling has added hundreds of millions to its contract backlog, its largest quarterly backlo...

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Seadrill racks up over $400 million in contracts during 1Q

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has won over $400 million in new deals during the firs...

about 1 year ago

Wintershall Dea makes new discovery near Dvalin field

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has made a gas/condensate and oil discovery near the Dvalin fiel...

about 1 year ago

Valaris jack-up wins Gulf of Mexico job

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract for one of its jack-up rigs in the ...

about 1 year ago

Maersk Drilling gets rid of two jack-ups, wins new rig gig

Maersk Drilling is getting rid of two jack-up drilling rigs in addition to securing a new job for an...

about 1 year ago

U.S. weekly offshore rig count up to 15

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased by two units over the last week, according to a Fr...

about 1 year ago

Seadrill JV lands 12-well drillship contract in Angola

A new, twelve-well drillship contract has been awarded to a joint venture between Seadrill Limited a...

about 1 year ago

Union working to avoid downsizing of 200 rig workers

A Norwegian union is working to avoid the downsizing of 200 workers of the West Mira rig following a...

about 1 year ago

Maersk rig lands more Suriname work with Total

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract extension for one of it...

about 1 year ago

Canada backs project on floating wind-powered drilling rigs

Canadian government has awarded funding to several projects that could help reduce greenhouse gas em...

about 1 year ago

Dolphin rig to drill HPHT well for Wellesley

Dolphin Drilling has secured a Letter of Intent with Wellesley Petroleum for the drilling of an HPHT...

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Shelf Drilling sees encouraging signs of improving jack-up market

Shelf Drilling is seeing encouraging signs of an improving jack-up market with an increase in the gl...

about 1 year ago

Seadrill Partners scoops $43M deal for drillship in Malaysia

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has secured a contract for one of its drillships with...

about 1 year ago

Valaris secures more jack-up work with Mubadala

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract extension for one of its jack-up dr...

about 1 year ago

Diamond elects ex-Pacific Drilling and Noble exec as new CEO

Diamond Offshore has named a former boss of Pacific Drilling and a former executive of Noble Corpora...

about 1 year ago

Equinor adds extra well to Odfjell rig backlog

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has exercised one additional well for the Odfjell Drilling-owned...

about 1 year ago

No oil for Harbour Energy after two-well North Sea campaign

Harbour Energy has drilled a dry exploration well on the Ilder prospect off Norway, ending a two-wel...

about 1 year ago

Vantage finds more work for its rigs

Vantage Drilling has been awarded several new contracts, which will see its rigs operate in South Ea...

about 1 year ago

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