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After Shell, TotalEnergies also strikes oil in Namibia

TotalEnergies has made a significant oil discovery with associated gas on the Venus prospect, locate...

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'The road to emergence from Chapter 11 has been a long one'

Seadrill has emerged from Chapter 11, a little over a year after filing for it. This was its second ...

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Almost there – Seadrill heading for bankruptcy exit

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has revealed a timeline for its expected emergence from the Ch...

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Over $400 million of Valaris backlog hangs in the balance after TotalEnergies abandons project

Valaris has secured new contracts for its rigs, however, over $400 million of backlog related to a d...

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ExxonMobil kicks off drilling ops in Brazil with Seadrill drillship

ExxonMobil has started drilling an exploration well on the Cutthroat prospect, located in the Sergip...

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Odfjell Drilling to replace Seadrill as manager for another rig

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling will be taking over the management of a jack-up drilli...

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TotalEnergies encouraged by latest oil find in Suriname

TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have a significant new oil and associated gas discovery at in the ...

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Severe weather hampers UK gas project start-up for IOG

IOG is experiencing a further delay in the start-up of its Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1 due to sto...

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FAR uncovers further exploration opportunities in Gambian blocks

FAR and Petronas have completed a review of the prospectivity of blocks offshore The Gambia, opening...

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U.S. offshore rig count takes a nosedive

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. took a steep downward plunge last week and went down by 4 un...

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ADNOC dishes out drilling deals worth nearly $2 bln for thousands of new wells

UAE’s ADNOC has awarded framework agreements to four oilfield services providers valued at $1....

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Brazil: Enauta replaces pump and restarts Atlanta’s second well

Enauta has restarted production from the second well on the Atlanta field, located offshore Brazil, ...

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Fire breaks out on drillship in Sri Lanka

A drillship owned by Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has caught fire while docked at...

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Noble counts on meaningful growth ahead as rigs secure more work

Noble Corporation has secured more work for its rigs, including a conditional award for four drillsh...

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Borr Drilling believes rig day rates will increase

Borr Drilling has converted several LOAs into contracts, secured a couple of new deals, and postpone...

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Three suppliers to bag $900 million from drilling contracts with Equinor

Equinor has extended existing drilling contracts, covering 19 assets on the Norwegian continental sh...

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Aker BP adds four development wells to Odfjell rig’s backlog

Aker BP will use a semi-submersible rig from Odfjell Drilling to drill four wells for its project in...

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Equinor sets sights on two North Sea wildcats

Norway’s Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two wildcat wells located in the North Sea ...

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Neptune secures drilling permit for North Sea well

Neptune Energy has received a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities for a well located in the N...

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Transocean rigs land new jobs with better day rates

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for its fleet of drilling rigs, pushin...

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A change of heart for Guyana drilling plans

Frontera Energy and CGX Energy will not be moving forward with its previous plans for exploration dr...

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ConocoPhillips books jack-up rig for Sarawak operations

Malaysia’s Icon Offshore has secured a drilling contract with oil major ConocoPhillips for ope...

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U.S. offshore rig count hits the breaks

After taking a downturn and falling down to 16 units, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. came t...

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Stena rig bags new UK contract with TotalEnergies

Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with TotalEnergies for operatio...

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ConocoPhillips set to deploy Prosafe unit at Norway’s first producing field

ConocoPhillips has received consent from a regulator to use one of Prosafe’s semi-submersible units ...

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