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Posted: about 1 month ago

Masirah Oil spuds exploration well off Oman

Oil and gas company Masirah Oil has spudded the Zakhera 1 well, located offshore Oman, using the She...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Transocean bleeds red ink in fourth quarter

Transocean sank to a net loss in the last quarter of 2020 compared to the prior quarter but managed ...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Masirah Oil brings third Yumna well online

Oil and gas company Masirah Oil has started production from the third development well drilled in th...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

U.S. weekly offshore rig count down a notch

The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is down by one unit over the last week, according to ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Chrysaor spuds North Sea well with COSL rig

Drilling operations on the Chrysaor-operated Jerv exploration well, located offshore Norway, started...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
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Posted: 2 months ago

Stena Drilling orders MPD system for another drillship

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has ordered a fourth managed pressure drilling (MPD) sys...

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  • Equipment
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Transocean adds more work to backlog, retires Leiv Eiriksson rig

Transocean has secured new contracts for its fleet, bringing the total backlog to $7.8 billion, but ...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

U.S. offshore rig count up by one unit

After three flat weeks, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased by one unit last week, acc...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Vantage to manage deepwater floaters for Seadrill Partners

Vantage Drilling has entered into an agreement to manage Seadrill Partners’ drilling rigs foll...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 2 months ago
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Posted: 2 months ago

Harland & Wolff taking over BiFab Methil, Arnish sites

Owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata, is acquiring the assets of Scotland’s...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Maersk Drilling adds more work to backlog with new Shell and NAM deals

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has won new contracts for two of its drilling rigs. One...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Beach gears up to drill up to six wells with Diamond rig

Beach Energy’s environment plan for development drilling and well abandonment in the Otway Bas...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Transocean deploys safety system for protection on rig drill floor

Transocean has deployed the HaloGuard technology on a drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico with p...

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  • Equipment
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Wintershall Dea completes Nova top holes

Oi and gas company Wintershall Dea has completed the top hole drilling campaign on the Nova field lo...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Maersk rig gets one more Martin Linge well

Equinor has exercised the option to add development drilling of one additional well at the Martin Li...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

MOL hits dust in North Sea well

Oil and gas company MOL Norge has drilled a dry well located at Mandal High in the southern North Se...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Noble Corp. emerges from Chapter 11 with renewed balance sheet

Noble Holding Corporation has completed its financial restructuring and its debtor-affiliates have e...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Valaris one step closer to emerging from Chapter 11

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris is one step closer to emerging from the Chapter 11 process foll...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Equinor granted Isflak well drilling permit

Norwegian oil major Equinor has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat well in the Bare...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

BPC finds oil in Bahamas well but no commercial volumes

Bahamas Petroleum Company has encountered hydrocarbons at its Perseverance #1 well off The Bahamas, ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Seadrill files Chapter 11 for Asia Offshore Drilling

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has been forced to file Chapter 11 cases for several o...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Maersk drillship lands new gig in South Korea

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) for the drillship ...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Energy Drilling to manage three tender rigs for Seadrill

Energy Drilling Management has entered into a management agreement with Seadrill Partners to maintai...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Equinor strikes oil and gas near Troll field

Equinor and partners have struck gas and oil in production licence 923, the first discovery this yea...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Aker BP adds two new wells to Maersk rig backlog

Maersk Drilling has secured an additional two-well contract for the low-emission rig Maersk Integrat...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: 2 months ago