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Eni to tie-in new oil discovery in Angola to FPSO

Italian oil and gas company Eni has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, which is located ...

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Tullow kicks off multi-year drilling campaign off Ghana

Tullow Oil has started a multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign off Ghana following the beginning ...

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Masirah Oil wraps up drilling program in Oman

Masirah Oil has completed drilling three exploration prospects that were located near to the Yumna o...

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Seadrill asks creditors to write-off $4.8 billion of debt

Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill has asked creditors to write off more than 85 per cent of ...

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Well-Safe preparing for rig acceptance audits

Well-Safe Solutions has completed the intake of its new asset, the Well-Safe Protector, and is now p...

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U.S. weekly offshore rig count up by two

The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is up by two units over the last week, according to a...

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Cosco delivers fifth jack-up newbuild

China’s Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has delivered the second jack-up drilling rig to China N...

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Stena drillship arrives in Mexico ahead of new gig

A Stena Drilling-owned drillship has arrived in Mexico ahead of its offshore contract with the Spani...

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Axess to continue providing periodic surveys for Odfjell rigs

Axess Group and rig owner Odfjell Drilling have signed an extension of a frame agreement held betwee...

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Vår Energi granted permits for four wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for four wells located ...

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Neptune amends volume estimate for Dugong discovery

Neptune Energy has reduced its volume estimate for the Dugong discovery, located in the North Sea, f...

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U.S. offshore rig count down by one unit

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased by one unit last week, according to weekly rig cou...

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Another Maersk rig coming back from warm-stack for new job

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with Aker BP for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig...

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Equinor picks up permit for Barents Sea appraisal well

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

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Velesto rig lands ConocoPhillips gig

Malaysian contractor Velesto Drilling has received a letter of award from ConocoPhillips for the pro...

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West Mira rig returning to work in April after dropping X-mas tree on seabed

Following an equipment failure on the West Mira rig while it was working for Wintershall Dea in Norw...

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Total takes Jacktel’s Haven rig for Tyra job

Offshore accommodation provider Jacktel has won a contract from Total E&P for the use of the acc...

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Lundin makes minor oil discovery in North Sea

Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has made a minor oil discovery near the Solveig field in th...

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Eni and Novatek kicking off drilling ops off Montenegro

Italy’s Eni and Russia’s Novatek are starting drilling operations in waters offshore Montenegro, usi...

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Noble Corp. to combine with Pacific Drilling

Noble Corporation and Pacific Drilling have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which N...

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Equinor to use Transocean rig on Gullfaks well duo

Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety...

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Shelf Drilling clinches two-year extension in Egypt

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for one of its jack-up ...

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Equinor makes largest NCS discovery so far this year

Norwegian oil major Equinor has made the biggest discovery so far this year on the Norwegian contine...

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Borr Drilling adding $48 million to contract backlog

Borr Drilling has entered into agreements potentially adding a total of $48 million over approximate...

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Offshore drilling set for two consecutive years of growth, Rystad says

After a challenging 2020, oil and gas demand recovery – supported by vaccinations and OPEC+ cuts – i...

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