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IOG halts North Sea ops after issue found on Noble rig’s leg

While moving to start drilling ops in the UK North Sea for IOG, an issue has been found on one of th...

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Transocean sets target for emissions reduction across its rig fleet

Transocean has committed to reducing operating Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensit...

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Valaris drillship first in the world to get new ABS electrical system notation

Valaris DS-12 has become the first vessel in the world to receive the ABS Enhanced Electrical System...

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Aker BP spuds North Sea prospect with Maersk rig

Aker BP has started drilling operations on its Mugnetind exploration well located offshore Norway, u...

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Vår Energi’s new discovery at lower end of pre-drill forecast

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has made a discovery at the Rødhette exploration well, loca...

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Seadrill gets support from lenders for reorganisation plan

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has seen its reorganisation plan overwhelmingly accepted by al...

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U.S. offshore rig count losing traction

After two weeks of steady growth, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has lost its momentum and ...

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Stena rig wraps up North Sea well for Tailwind

Tailwind has revealed that the Evelyn development well, in the UK North Sea, has been drilled, compl...

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Turkish drillship gearing up for Black Sea mission – gallery

Turkey’s TPAO is preparing its drillship Yavuz for a mission in the Black Sea with the vessel ...

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No oil for Lundin after drilling in North Sea

Lundin Energy is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea after ...

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ExxonMobil's resource estimate for Guyana block soars

ExxonMobil has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block ...

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Equinor books COSL rig to drill up to nine wells

Equinor has awarded COSL Offshore Management a contract to drill on Statfjord Øst field off Norway w...

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Valaris rig bags fresh extension

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded an extension to its bareboat charter agreement...

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Lamprell secures loan to help cover costs of building two rigs

UAE-based Lamprell has secured funding to cover the costs for the continuation of the construction o...

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Empyrean employs COSL for Jade well site survey ahead of spud

Empyrean Energy has awarded a contract for a well site survey over the Jade prospect offshore China ...

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U.S. offshore rig count up by three units

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has seen a steady increase for two weeks in a row, based on ...

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Poland’s PGNiG spins drill bit at Fat Canyon prospect

PGNiG has started drilling an exploration well offshore Norway following a takeover of Ineos’ ...

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Velesto jack-up to drill five firm wells for Petronas

Velesto has secured more work for one of its jack-up drilling rigs for operations in Malaysia with P...

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Ithaca selects COSL Drilling rig for North Sea gig

COSL Drilling Europe has been awarded a contract from Ithaca Energy for wells in the central North S...

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Neptune starts drilling exploration well targeting Dugong Tail prospect

Neptune Energy has started drilling on the Dugong Tail exploration well, located in the North Sea, u...

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Bristow names retired military man as area manager in Guyana

Bristow Group has named a retired Guyana Defence Force Air Corps commanding officer as the area mana...

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TotalEnergies runs out of luck in latest Suriname well

French energy giant TotalEnergies has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in its latest well loca...

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Icon Offshore’s jack-up rig adds four more wells to backlog

Malaysia’s oilfield services provider Icon Offshore has secured more work for a jack-up rig fo...

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IOG boasts successful flow test at Blythe development well

IOG has flow tested the Blythe development well in the North Sea with gas in place and recoverable v...

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ADNOC completes ADNOC Drilling IPO bookbuild, raising over $1.1 bln

ADNOC has raised more than $1.1 billion after completing the bookbuilding and public subscription pr...

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