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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 ...

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  • 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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Petrobras books third Seadrill drillship for Brazilian field

Seadrill has secured a contract with Brazil’s oil and gas giant Petrobras for work in the Búzi...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Excitement over Buffalo well continues to grow despite rig delays

Carnarvon has experienced further delays in its planned drilling operations in the Timor Sea where t...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Vaalco starts Gabon drilling campaign

Vaalco has spudded the first well in its new 2021/2022 drilling campaign focused on the Etame field,...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count goes up a notch

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. is slowly starting its upward climb by increasing to 14 unit...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Toil and trouble for Transocean drillship while on Shell job

A Transocean-owned drillship has experienced two operational incidents while working in the U.S. Gul...

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  • Safety
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John Fredriksen firm takes interest in Valaris

Billionaire John Fredriksen’s Seatankers Group has acquired an interest in Seadrill’s ri...

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  • Business & Finance
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Lundin gets green light for exploration drilling off Norway

Lundin has received consent from the offshore regulator to use the Deepsea Stavanger rig for explora...

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  • Safety
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No traces of petroleum for PGNiG in Norwegian Sea well

PGNiG is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, as the we...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Dibowitz goes from interim to permanent CEO role at Valaris

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed Anton Dibowitz as President and Chief Executive O...

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  • Business & Finance
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Stena Drilling mulls drillship option with Samsung Heavy

Stena Drilling has revealed an agreement with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries related t...

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  • Vessels
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FAR sees Gambian well costs go up after issue with fluid losses

Australia’s FAR Ltd has temporarily stopped drilling the Bambo-1 well located off The Gambia a...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count slips down to 13

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. went down to 13 units last week, according to Baker Hughes’ ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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OMV books Maersk rig for HPHT well in North Sea

Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract with OMV (Norge) for a high-pressure, high-temperatu...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Iran starts drilling ops in Persian Gulf in search of fresh reserves

POGC has started drilling operations in an attempt to find new hydrocarbon reserves at the South Par...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Samsung Heavy gets rid of ex-Ocean Rig drillship with hopes to sell three more

South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has agreed to sell a former Ocean Rig drillship t...

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  • Vessels
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  • long read
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UK port set for revival with plans to recycle old rigs into foundations for floating wind farms

UK’s Ardersier Port, which was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, is n...

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  • Transition
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Vysus to inspect Well-Safe’s rig ahead of upcoming North Sea decom gigs

ModuSpec has been chosen to verify whether the Well-Safe’s rig is fit for purpose to complete the up...

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  • Project & Tenders
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TotalEnergies spuds Namibian ultra-deepwater well

TotalEnergies has started drilling the Venus-1X exploration well located offshore Namibia, using a M...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Lundin adds extra well to Odfjell rig’s backlog

Oil and gas company Lundin has decided to exercise its option for an additional well for an Odfjell ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Stena rig moving out of North Sea to Morocco for Chariot well

Africa-focused Chariot has revealed that the Stena Drilling-owned Stena Don rig has started its mobi...

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  • Exploration & Production
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