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Vår Energi granted permit to drill Barents Sea wildcat
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat wel...

ADNOC to float drilling unit in Abu Dhabi IPO
Abu Dhabi’s energy giant ADNOC is planning on selling a minimum 7.5 per cent stake in its dril...

Western Gas finds partner to help with drilling costs for Australian well
Western Gas has reached an agreement with Global Oil and Gas to help with the financing for the Sasa...

Chariot books Stena rig for Moroccan appraisal well
Africa-focused energy company Chariot has hired a Stena Drilling-owned semi-submersible rig for its ...

Seadrill on track for Chapter 11 emergence
Seadrill Limited is on track for Chapter 11 emergence following court approval of its disclosure sta...

Wintershall Dea confirms oil discoveries in Norwegian Sea
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has completed the drilling of an appraisal well on the Bergknapp...

Neptune to drill North Sea prospect
Neptune Energy has received consent from Norwegian authorities for exploration drilling in the North...

Noble declares force majeure on damaged drillship
Noble Corporation has declared force majeure on the Noble Globetrotter II drillship following damage...

BW Energy sees lower volumes than expected in new Gabon oil find
Preliminary results from BW Energy’s Hibiscus North well off Gabon indicate reserves below the...

Countdown begins for Jade prospect drilling
Empyrean has awarded an Integrated Drilling Contract for the drilling of the Jade prospect offshore ...

Noble to bring drillship to port due to hurricane damages
Noble Corp. is working on a plan to bring its drillship Noble Globetrotter II into port for repairs ...

Carnarvon books Valaris rig for Buffalo well
Carnarvon Petroleum has contracted the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig for the Buffalo-10 drilli...

Borr secures more work for jack-up rigs
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured more work for its jack-up drilling rigs, incr...

Third Rhum well goes online for Serica
Serica Energy has started production from the Rhum R3 well in the UK North Sea, some 16 years after ...

Eni hits major oil find off Ivory Coast
Italian oil and gas player Eni has made a major oil discovery in block CI-101, located offshore Ivor...

Nearly 94 pct of Gulf of Mexico oil output still offline after Hurricane Ida
While some of the oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has been brought online after Hurricane ...

Appraisal well cuts Aker BP’s resource estimate for North Sea discovery
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has concluded the drilling of an appraisal well on the Liatårn...

ExxonMobil spuds Sapote-1 well off Guyana
ExxonMobil has started drilling the Sapote-1 well located on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana. This ...

Operators shut in 96 pct of oil output in Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ida slams coast
Nearly 96 per cent of oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has been shut in as Hurricane Ida sl...

U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 15
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged last week, according to weekly rig count ...

Saudi yard inks deal to localize rig product manufacturing
International Maritime Industries (IMI), the largest maritime yard in the MENA region, has signed a ...

Transocean clinches $252 million contract for newbuild drillship
Transocean has been awarded a $252 million firm contract by BOE Exploration & Production for a n...

Noble to sell four jack-up rigs for $292 million
Noble Corporation has reached a definitive agreement to sell four jack-ups to ADES International for...

Spirit Energy prolongs North Sea field life with new gas find
Spirit Energy has found more gas at its Grove field located in the UK North Sea, which will prolong ...

ExxonMobil gearing up to spud third well in Canje block
ExxonMobil is nearly set to spud a new exploration well located in the Canje block offshore Guyana, ...
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