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Posted: over 2 years ago

Aker BP secures drilling permit for North Sea well trio

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for three wells in t...

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  • Authorities & Government
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CGX Energy moving forward with demobilisation activities off Guyana

CGX will continue with the demobilisation of exploration drilling off Guyana, according to the Guyan...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Borr ponders equity offering of $30 million to bring its refinancing strategy to life

Borr Drilling is contemplating an equity offering of $30 million in its quest to successfully comple...

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  • Business & Finance
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Offshore watchdog spots 18 irregularities on Transocean rig

The Petroleum Safety Authority has issued an order to Transocean after discovering a total of eighte...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Shelf Drilling bags fresh extensions with Chevron for ops in Gulf of Thailand

Shelf Drilling has secured long-term contract extensions with Chevron for two jack-up rigs for opera...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Borr firms up deal to defer $1.4 bln of debt maturities to reap benefits from market recovery

Borr has reached agreements in principle with creditors to defer $1.4 bln debt maturities to benefit...

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  • Business & Finance
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Odfjell Drilling replaces Seadrill as rig manager for Northern Ocean

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has reached an agreement with Odfjell Drilling for the m...

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  • Outlook & Strategy
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U.S. offshore rig count comes to a halt

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has lost its upward traction and came to a stop, based on Ba...

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  • Exploration & Production
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ExxonMobil kicks off drilling operations offshore Cyprus

Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling the Glaucus-2 appraisal well located in Block 10 offshore ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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FAR finds no moveable oil in Gambian well

FAR is encouraged by oil shows and potential reservoirs encountered in its well off The Gambia despi...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Maersk Drilling to expand industry digitalisation horizons

Maersk Drilling has launched Horizon56 to support and drive forward the digitalisation of offshore d...

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  • Innovation
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Vantage and ADES taking their relationship to the next level

Vantage Drilling and ADES are taking their relationship to the next level following an agreement und...

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  • Business & Finance
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Two new jobs to keep Island Drilling busy in UK and Mauritania

Island Drilling has secured two new contracts, one with Petrofac in the UK North Sea and another wit...

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  • Project & Tenders
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PGNiG secures Odfjell rig for drilling ops off Norway

PGNiG has awarded a one-well contract to the offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling for drill...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Valaris rig finally en route to drill for Carnarvon

Carnarvon Energy has informed that the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig is currently en route to ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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  • long read
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Maersk Drilling inks rig renewal deal worth around $1 bln with Aker BP

Maersk Drilling and Aker BP have agreed to renew a frame agreement for two jack-up rigs. The estimat...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. offshore rig count continues inching upward

According to Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. is conti...

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  • Exploration & Production
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New jobs for two Borr rigs

Borr Drilling has secured more work for two of its jack-up rigs, which will see one of them return f...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Fresh extension for Shelf Drilling rig in Italy

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for a jack-up rig for o...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Drilling costs swell for Guyana exploration well

Drilling costs for an exploration well located off Guyana are expected to increase as drilling opera...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Santos getting ready for two wells near Dorado field

Santos is preparing to start drilling operations on two exploration wells near the Dorado field. wit...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Stena rig arrives in Morocco for Chariot wells

A Stena Drilling-owned rig has arrived in waters offshore Morocco to carry out drilling operations o...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Shell spuds Namibian wildcat

Oil major Shell has started drilling an exploration well in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia using ...

Categories:
  • Exploration & Production
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Noble rig gearing up for IOG well after two-month hiatus but first gas late

Following a two-month drilling hiatus over an issue with Noble’s rig, IOG plc is preparing to ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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ADC Energy bags three contract extensions for rig inspection services

ADC Energy has secured three global contract extensions for the delivery of its rig inspection, sele...

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  • Project & Tenders
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