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Vietnamese player completes first phase of TGT infill development drilling

HLJOC has completed the first phase of the TGT field infill development drilling programme offshore ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Empyrean executes drilling contract with COSL

Empyrean Energy and COSL have executed the integrated drilling contract for the drilling of the Jade...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Noble shareholders voice concerns over Maersk merger plans

Following an announcement that Maersk Drilling and Noble Corporation are merging, certain shareholde...

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  • Business & Finance
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Shelf Drilling expects improvement in global jack-up demand and pricing

Shelf Drilling has revealed that 27 of its jack-up rigs are under contract and it expects to see an ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Maersk Drilling to merge with Noble

Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has entered into a definitive agreement to combi...

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  • Business & Finance
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Aquaterra to support BW Energy’s rig conversion job

Offshore energy engineering solutions provider Aquaterra Energy has been awarded a $4.4 million cont...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Vantage trims losses amid increased activity

Vantage Drilling has managed to cut its quarterly loss on the back of higher revenues driven by grow...

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  • Business & Finance
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Disappointing results for Aker BP in North Sea

Aker BP has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea and encountered a minor oil di...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Japanese jack-up rig begins Vietnamese drilling job

A Japan Drilling Company-owned jack-up rig has started drilling operations in waters offshore Vietna...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count remains flat for two weeks

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remains unchanged at 13 for two weeks in a row, as revealed ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Noble confirms consistent signs of recovery in rig market as new deals come in

Echoing the sentiment of its rivals Transocean and Valaris, Noble has said it is seeing consistent s...

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  • Project & Tenders
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With 17 rigs now booked, Borr hopes to fully contract fleet by 2022

Borr Drilling now has 17 rigs contracted or committed amid strong demand for offshore rigs and is on...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Wintershall Dea embarks on last part of Nova campaign ahead of first oil

Wintershall Dea has begun the last part of the Nova drilling campaign from the Scarabeo 8 rig after ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Noble sells four Saudi rigs to ADES

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has completed the sale of four jack-up rigs to a subs...

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  • Business & Finance
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Maersk wins new gig for warm-stacked rig, boasts second-highest quarterly revenue since listing

Maersk Drilling has revealed a new contract award for one of its jack-up rigs as well as details on ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Empyrean gearing up to drill ‘first exciting exploration well in China’

Empyrean Energy has made significant operational progress towards spudding of an exploration well at...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Offshore drillers see meaningful improvement in market environment

Two giant offshore drilling contractors are encouraged by meaningful signs of improvement in the mar...

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  • Business & Finance
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Fresh contracts pour in for offshore rig owners

Offshore rig owners are reaping the benefits of market recovery with more and more players hiring ri...

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  • Project & Tenders
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No luck for ExxonMobil in third Canje well

Following two previous dry wells, ExxonMobil has also failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in its ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor confirms sixth discovery on Norwegian shelf this year

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has confirmed oil discovery in the Egyptian Vulture exploration ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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U.S. offshore rig count comes to a standstill

After slowly climbing up for two weeks, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. stopped its upward m...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Aker BP’s Mugnetind well does not live up to pre-drill expectations

Aker BP has found a minor oil discovery on its Mugnetind exploration well, however, the findings are...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Longboat reports on Equinor’s ‘material light oil’ discovery at Egyptian Vulture

Longboat Energy has announced ‘a material light oil’ discovery at the Egyptian Vulture exploration w...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Dana awards North Sea well contract to Island Drilling

Dana Petroleum has signed a contract with Island Drilling Company to drill one well on the UK Contin...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Lamprell taps banks for $45 million loan to build two jack-ups

Lamprell has signed a $45 million revolving trade loan facility with two banks to cover the costs fo...

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  • Business & Finance
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