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about 1 year ago

Equinor prepares for test well on North Sea discovery

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety re...

about 1 year ago

Seadrill gets jack-up contract suspension

Seadrill has received a contract suspension for the jack-up drilling rig AOD II operating in the Mid...

about 1 year ago

Petronas hires Maersk rig for Suriname well

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer, which will be e...

about 1 year ago

Aker BP gears up for Norwegian Sea drilling

Aker BP is set for drilling operations in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Nordkapp rig following ...

about 1 year ago

U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 11 units

The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week, but it remains stuck at 11 un...

about 1 year ago

over 2 years ago

Norway's tax relief to boost rig demand

Norway’s recent tax relief package for the oil and gas industry is expected to cut breakeven p...

over 2 years ago

Dolphin Drilling eyes 3-well campaign in Norway

Dolphin Drilling has secured a letter of intent with a Norwegian operator for a three-well P&A o...

over 2 years ago

ONGC suspends work on 2 rigs due to 54 positive corona cases

India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) has temporarily suspended operati...

over 2 years ago

Petrobras gives Sete more time to fulfill settlement terms

Brazilian oil major Petrobras has prolonged the deadline for certain conditions of an agreement and ...

over 2 years ago

Aker BP gets licence to drill two Norwegian Sea wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells locate...

over 2 years ago

Samsung Heavy ducks $250M damage claim by Petrobras

The US District Court of Texas has rejected a $250 million damage claim filed by Petrobras America a...

over 2 years ago

Irregularities found during ‘Maersk Inspirer’ AoC audit

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities d...

over 2 years ago

Keppel starts arbitration process against Awilco

Keppel has started an arbitration process to resolve a dispute with Awilco Drilling related to a ter...

over 2 years ago

Lukoil begins drilling Caspian Sea prospects

Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has started drilling of an exploration well at the Shirotno-Rakus...

over 2 years ago

Spirit preparing for North Sea wildcat

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Spirit Energy a drilling permit for a wildcat well i...

over 2 years ago

Seadrill shares starts trading on OTC Markets

Seadrill has transitioned to quotation on OTC Capital Markets following its delisting from the NYSE ...

over 2 years ago

U.S. weekly offshore rig count down to 11 units

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped by two units over the last week, according to a week...

over 2 years ago

Equinor gears up for North Sea well

Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in t...

over 2 years ago

Shelf Drilling hit by another early termination

Shelf Drilling has received an early termination of a drilling contract for a jack-up rig operating ...

over 2 years ago

Perenco starts Pickerill decommissioning process

Decommissioning services specialist Petrodec has completed skidding operations for the topside remov...

over 2 years ago

Equinor gets drilling permit for North Sea wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wells located in t...

over 2 years ago

Wintershall Noordzee starts gas production from second Sillimanite well

Wintershall Noordzee, a joint venture of Wintershall Dea and Gazprom, has started gas production fro...

over 2 years ago

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over 2 years ago

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Paving the way for restructuring of offshore drilling market

There is a case to be made that the coronavirus crisis has been setting the stage for the restructur...

over 2 years ago

Mubadala adds extra well to Manora campaign

Mubadala Petroleum has added another development well to its Manora drilling campaign in the Gulf of...

over 2 years ago

Saudi Aramco suspends Shelf Drilling jack-up rig charter

Saudi Arabian oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco has suspended its contract for the Shelf Drilling-owned...

over 2 years ago

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