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about 1 month ago

New loan of up to $300 million for BW Energy

BW Energy has increased its liquidity thanks to a long-term debt facility, which will be used for th...

about 1 month ago

Equinor cleared to deploy Transocean rig for well workover

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s safety regulator to use one of Transocean’s rigs for well...

about 1 month ago

Keppel cancels three contracts

Keppel has terminated contracts with three clients related to orders for a jack-up drilling rig, a t...

about 1 month ago

2 months ago

Repsol’s Guyana well hits water-bearing targets

Repsol has found good quality reservoir at its exploration well off Guyana but both targets are wate...

2 months ago

Borr rig heading to West Africa

Borr Drilling has been awarded a new deal for one of its jack-up drilling rigs with an undisclosed o...

2 months ago

Aker BP receives the all-clear to use Maersk rig in North Sea

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Maersk Drilling’s rigs for ...

2 months ago

Westwood sees signs of recovery in high-impact exploration activity

Westwood is seeing a rebound in high-impact exploration this year with expectations for it to pick u...

2 months ago

New CFO joins Valaris to ‘build on the positive momentum’ in offshore drilling

Valaris has revealed that the new CFO has now started working for the company after being appointed ...

2 months ago

Equinor sets its sights on Norwegian Sea wildcat

Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities for the drilling of a wildcat well, loca...

2 months ago

Transocean lands two new drillship deals

Transocean has secured new long-term contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships to operate ...

2 months ago

New partner joins North Sea block ahead of September well spud

i3 Energy and Europa Oil & Gas have completed a farm-in agreement ahead of the drilling of an ap...

2 months ago

Industry Contribution

Pon Power: “Our retrofit IMO III solution makes sustainability possible”

It had been discussed in the market for some years and on 1 January 2021, it became a fact that newl...

11 months ago

Industry Contribution

Keeping renewable offshore energy in motion, non-stop

Lubrication specialist TrustLube, with its pay-off ‘Keeping your world in motion.non-stop’ promises ...

11 months ago

2 months ago

With clearance in hand, Equinor set to use Transocean rig for North Sea drilling

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Se...

2 months ago

New gas discovery in Colombia's deep waters

Petrobras has confirmed the discovery of natural gas accumulation in the Uchuva-1 exploratory well, ...

2 months ago

Austria’s OMV spuds large gas prospect in Norway

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has started drilling operations on the Oswig exploration well locat...

2 months ago

Industry Contribution

Taking the maritime and offshore industries by Storm

August Storm Group offers comprehensive, cost-efficiency for offshore life extension August Storm, s...

11 months ago

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How things stand for Valaris rigs

A deep dive into Valaris fleet of rigs with details about latest contracts and extensions as well as...

2 months ago

Shell books Stena rig for North Sea work

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has signed a new contract with oil major Shell in the UK...

2 months ago

Jack-up rig getting ready for Black Sea campaign

After wrapping up its previous job, a jack-up rig is preparing to embark on its 2022 – 2023 drilling...

2 months ago

Industry Contribution

Cable protection- and hang-off systems are now ready for new offshore industries

Engineered initially for the wind turbine industry, over the past few years the VPI Cable Hang-off s...

11 months ago

2 months ago

Indian operator awards fresh long-term gig to Shelf Drilling rig

UAE-headquartered Shelf Drilling has won a long-term deal for one of its jack-up rigs for operations...

2 months ago

'Excellent results' from Ivory Coast well for Eni

Eni has drilled and tested an exploration well in waters offshore Ivory Coast, delivering a 25 per c...

2 months ago

Two more wells join Exxon's string of discoveries

ExxonMobil has made two new discoveries offshore Guyana to the southeast of the Liza and Payara deve...

2 months ago

New contracts worth $2 bln for ADNOC Drilling

UAE’s giant ADNOC has awarded two substantial contracts totalling $2 billion to ADNOC Drilling...

2 months ago

Drill bit spins at exploration well in North Sea

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling the Ofelia exploration well in the Norwegian...

2 months ago

As rig day rates grow, Transocean adds $650 million to backlog

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured new contracts and extensions for its rigs with n...

2 months ago

Dolphin Drilling and IKM Gruppen sign drilling and well services deal

Dolphin Drilling has entered into a master frame agreement with Norway’s IKM Gruppen for drilling an...

2 months ago

Neptune all done with drilling on Norwegian field

In preparation for production start-up, Neptune Energy ha completed drilling four development wells ...

2 months ago

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