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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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Havila divests Maersk Drilling of rig for $373M in eagerly anticipated sale

Maersk Drilling has sold one of its jack-up rigs – Mærsk Inspirer (now named Inspirer) –...

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  • Business & Finance
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Baker Hughes to start trading on Nasdaq

Baker Hughes is set to change its listing from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to Nasdaq Global S...

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  • Business & Finance
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Neptune comes up dry in North Sea well

Neptune has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well near the Snorre field in the Norwegian North Se...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill attains court approval for its plan of reorganization

Seadrill has received a confirmation for its reorganisation plan from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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ExxonMobil takes Valaris drillship for ops offshore Angola

Valaris has been awarded a two-year contract for a drillship with Esso Exploration Angola, an affili...

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  • Project & Tenders
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OKEA buoyed up as first oil flows from Repsol’s Yme field

OKEA has confirmed the first oil production achievement at the Repsol-operated Yme field in the Norw...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Neptune kicks off final drilling campaign on Fenja field

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling operations on four production wells on the F...

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  • Exploration & Production
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BW Energy getting Aquadrill’s semi-sub for $14 million

BW Energy has signed an agreement with Aquadrill to buy a semi-submersible drilling rig, Leo, for $1...

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  • Business & Finance
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ADC spots rig upgrade for significant carbon footprint reduction

ADC Energy has revealed an upgrade to dynamically positioned (DP) rigs power systems, leading to car...

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  • Innovation
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Lamprell scores rig conversion deal with BW Energy

Lamprell has been awarded a major rig conversion contract by BW Energy, turning a jack-up rig into a...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. offshore rig count inches its way up

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. continues its slow and steady upward progress, based on Bake...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor preparing for wildcat well off Norway

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor for a wildcat well...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Lundin comes up dry in North Sea well

Lundin Energy is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well southeast of the Johan ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Wellesley secures licence for North Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Wellesley Petroleum for a ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Valaris to reactivate stacked drillship for Petrobras

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract with Petrobras offshore Brazil for ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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FAR sets spud date for Gambian well

Australia’s FAR Limited has set the date for the drilling of Bambo-1 well, offshore The Gambia, sche...

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  • Exploration & Production
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No more rigs in Northern Drilling’s fleet after second drillship gets cancelled

John Frederiksen’s Northern Drilling has now cancelled resale contracts for both of its newbuild dri...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Fresh North Sea well on the horizon for Aker BP

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Aker BP for a wildcat well...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Saudi Arabia unveils plans for extreme park - "THE RIG"

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has revealed its plans for THE RIG, a tourism project in...

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  • Business & Finance
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U.S. offshore rig count moves up a notch

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased again last week, according to Baker Hughes’ weekly...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Maersk drillship to drill for a new world record in Angola

Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension from Total...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Stena rig plotting a course to final Kinsale location

PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing to move a Stena Drilling-owned rig to a final location as part of th...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Maersk secures right to all drilling work on Greensand

Maersk Drilling has entered a framework agreement with the Nini Joint Venture for the supply of rigs...

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  • Carbon Capture Usage & Storage
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Aquadrill seals the deal for drillship in Indonesia, sells semi-sub rig

Aquadrill and a subsidiary of Vantage Holdings have reached an agreement to provide the Capelladrill...

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  • Project & Tenders
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