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about 1 year ago

Borr Drilling sells cold-stacked jack-up rig

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has entered into an agreement to sell its cold stacked ja...

about 1 year ago

Neptune in minor oil discovery near Fenja field

Neptune Energy has made a minor oil discovery and delineated the Bue oil discovery near the Fenja fi...

about 1 year ago

Total boasts second 'significant discovery' off South Africa

French oil major Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, loca...

about 1 year ago

One quarter of floating rig fleet could face scrapping

An analysis by Rystad Energy has revealed that one quarter of the global floater rig fleet could be ...

about 1 year ago

Wintershall Dea in last phase of Nova project

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has started drilling the first of six wells on the operated Nova...

about 1 year ago

Oil and gas operators brace for impact ahead of storm Zeta

Oil and gas operators are evacuating their offshore personnel from facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Me...

about 1 year ago

Prosafe gets $13.6 million worth job from ConocoPhillips

Prosafe has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips to provide accommodation support on the Ekofis...

about 1 year ago

Awilco braces for cost-cutting measures

Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling is preparing for cost-cutting measures amid a challengi...

about 1 year ago

Green light to Lundin for North Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Lundin Energy Norway for a...

about 1 year ago

U.S. offshore rig count down a notch

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased by one unit last week and by eight units year over...

about 1 year ago

Turkey may work with foreign firms to develop Sakarya field

Turkey stated that there is a possibility that it would cooperate with foreign companies to develop ...

about 1 year ago

Equinor gains drilling permit for Barents Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located i...

about 1 year ago

Maersk Drilling gets extra work for drillship in Angola

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-well contract from Total for the 7th generation drillship M...

about 1 year ago

PSA launches probe into serious incident on West Bollsta rig

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has begun an investigation of the incident on the West Bollsta...

about 1 year ago

Stena Drilling finds more work for Stena Forth drillship. Pens deal with Intebloc

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has won a deal from Chinese oil company CNOOC for the u...

about 1 year ago

Shelf Drilling gets another rig suspension from Saudi Aramco

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received a suspension notice for one of its jack-up ...

about 1 year ago

Erdoğan: Tuna-1 Black Sea discovery holds 405 bcm of gas

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the Fatih drillship to announce an increase in di...

about 1 year ago

U.S. offshore rig count flat for fourth week straight

The number of active rigs in the U.S. remained flat for the fourth week in a row, according to weekl...

about 1 year ago

GoM offshore rigs ops back to normal after Hurricane Delta

All rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico have begun operating normally following the passing of Hurr...

about 1 year ago

Africa Energy gets shareholder approval for S. African deal

Africa Energy has received approval from shareholders for a transaction which will see it increase i...

about 1 year ago

Seadrill scores extension for West Vela drillship from BP

Oil major BP has awarded a new contract for Seadrill Partners’ West Vela drillship for work in the U...

about 1 year ago

West Bollsta rig drills Lundin's Polmak well

Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has spudded the Polmak well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway, u...

about 1 year ago

Northern Offshore's jack-up kicks off drilling ops in Qatar

Northern Offshore’s drilling rig Energy Enticer has started drilling operations with Qatargas....

about 1 year ago

ABS to offer remote surveys for "majority" of world’s MOPUs

Maritime and offshore classification company ABS has expanded remote survey technologies which can n...

about 1 year ago

Equinor to use West Hercules rig for North Sea drilling

Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety...

about 1 year ago

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