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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...
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...
Seadrill Partners sheds $2.8bn debt, emerges from Chapter 11
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has emerged from bankruptcy after successfully comple...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Maersk rig lands more Suriname work with Total
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract extension for one of it...
Canada backs project on floating wind-powered drilling rigs
Canadian government has awarded funding to several projects that could help reduce greenhouse gas em...
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...
Seadrill Partners scoops $43M deal for drillship in Malaysia
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has secured a contract for one of its drillships with...
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...
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...
Equinor adds extra well to Odfjell rig backlog
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has exercised one additional well for the Odfjell Drilling-owned...
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...
Vantage finds more work for its rigs
Vantage Drilling has been awarded several new contracts, which will see its rigs operate in South Ea...