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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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Dibowitz goes from interim to permanent CEO role at Valaris
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed Anton Dibowitz as President and Chief Executive O...

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

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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