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Lundin Energy cleared to drill North Sea wildcat well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Swedish oil firm Lundin Energy a drilling perm...

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Valaris scores drillship deal brace with Shell

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded two one-well contracts for one of its drillshi...

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Lukoil starts drilling first well in Block 12 off Mexico

Russian independent oil company Lukoil has started drilling its first exploration well at Block 12 l...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count flat for two weeks in a row

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged for the second week in a row, according t...

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Repsol cleared to start production from Yme field offshore Norway

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol the consent for the start-up of the Yme field in the N...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Borr Drilling scores more work for Gunnlod jack-up rig

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured a letter of award (LOA) for one of its jack-u...

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DNO spuds Gomez well offshore Norway

Norwegian oil and gas company DNO has spud the Gomez exploration well in production license 006C in ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count unchanged for the week

After a three-unit drop the week before, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged ...

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Noble secures new work for ex-Pacific rigs

Noble Corporation has secured new contracts for legacy Pacific rigs but it has also retired two of i...

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Fresh start for Valaris with new contracts and three stacked rigs returning to work

Valaris is seeing early signs of recovery in rig demand evidenced by new contracts for its fleet of ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Transocean cuts losses, sees utilisation and day rates improving

Transocean reduced its quarterly losses despite lower revenues and is encouraged by the current upcy...

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IOG spuds Blythe development well ahead of first gas

UK gas company IOG plc has started drilling the Blythe development well located in the UK North Sea ...

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Eni cheers new oil find offshore Mexico

Eni has made an oil find in Upper Miocene sequences on the Sayulita Exploration Prospect in Block 10...

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U.S. offshore rig count down by three units

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased to 14 last week, according to Baker Hughes weekly ...

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Turkey’s TPAO conducts first flow test on Sakarya gas field

Turkey’s oil and gas company TPAO has successfully completed the first flow test of the Türkal...

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  • Exploration & Production
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TotalEnergies hits another oil target offshore Suriname

TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have encountered oil in the Sapakara South-1 well on Block 58 off ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Two Transocean drillships get new Gulf of Mexico gigs

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won two contracts which, in aggregate, contribute approx...

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  • Business & Finance
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ExxonMobil’s fresh oil find off Guyana could form basis for future development

Oil major ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at Whiptail well off Guyana, which could form the bas...

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  • Exploration & Production
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BW working to tie in Gabon wells for first oil later this year

BW Energy has completed the final horizontal production well in Gabon and is now working to tie in t...

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  • Business developments & projects
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Petrobras renews drillship contract in Brazil

Brazilian contractor Etesco has been awarded a contract extension for a drillship with the state-own...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Longboat says Equinor gearing up for a spud as exploration activity in Norway picks up

Equinor will start drilling a well off Norway in late August. This is the first of seven wells plann...

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Seadrill hammers out plan to cut debt by $5 billion and raise $350 million

Seadrill Limited has hammered out a reorganization plan with its consenting lenders, which will allo...

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  • Business & Finance
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Santos boasts record production rate after first oil from Van Gogh phase 2

Santos has produced the first oil from the Van Gogh Phase 2 infill development, located offshore Aus...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count stays flat for two straight weeks

The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. remained stuck at 17 for the second week in a row, ac...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Awilco to challenge tribunal decision over UK tax bill

Awilco Drilling has lost an appeal over a £6.8 million tax bill, arising from the termination of a d...

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  • Authorities & Government
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