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Posted: over 2 years ago

Seadrill positions for future with key executive changes

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has elected a new CFO and a new COO as well as a new d...

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  • Business & Finance
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Equinor awards well intervention gig to Maersk rig

Equinor has exercised an option to add well intervention work at the Martin Linge to the previously ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor adds third Odfjell rig to drilling fleet

Equinor has awarded a drilling contract to Odfjell Drilling for the use of the sixth-generation semi...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Keppel’s digital asset lifecycle solution gets DNV nod

DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle to Keppel O&M for its suite of digital services to supp...

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  • Certification & Classification
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Serica frustrated as Columbus well expected to take longer and cost more

UK oil and gas company Serica Energy is frustrated after encountering difficulties while drilling it...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill Partners sheds $2.8bn debt, emerges from Chapter 11

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has emerged from bankruptcy after successfully comple...

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  • Business & Finance
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Santos kicks off Bayu-Undan drilling campaign

Santos has started the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field, in Timor-Leste offs...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Karish first gas delayed over Covid-19 restrictions, Energean says

Energean has postponed again the first production from its Karish gas field amid new Covid-19-relate...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Lundin cleared to drill well near Ivar Aasen field

Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat wel...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Norwegian unions and offshore drillers going to mediation as wage talks fail

Three Norwegian unions broke off negotiations with the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and w...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Maersk Drilling boasts largest quarterly backlog addition since 2017

Maersk Drilling has added hundreds of millions to its contract backlog, its largest quarterly backlo...

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  • Market Outlooks
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  • long read
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Seadrill racks up over $400 million in contracts during 1Q

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has won over $400 million in new deals during the firs...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Wintershall Dea makes new discovery near Dvalin field

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has made a gas/condensate and oil discovery near the Dvalin fiel...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Valaris jack-up wins Gulf of Mexico job

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract for one of its jack-up rigs in the ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Maersk Drilling gets rid of two jack-ups, wins new rig gig

Maersk Drilling is getting rid of two jack-up drilling rigs in addition to securing a new job for an...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. weekly offshore rig count up to 15

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill JV lands 12-well drillship contract in Angola

A new, twelve-well drillship contract has been awarded to a joint venture between Seadrill Limited a...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Union working to avoid downsizing of 200 rig workers

A Norwegian union is working to avoid the downsizing of 200 workers of the West Mira rig following a...

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  • Human Capital
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Maersk rig lands more Suriname work with Total

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract extension for one of it...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Canada backs project on floating wind-powered drilling rigs

Canadian government has awarded funding to several projects that could help reduce greenhouse gas em...

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  • Technology
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Dolphin rig to drill HPHT well for Wellesley

Dolphin Drilling has secured a Letter of Intent with Wellesley Petroleum for the drilling of an HPHT...

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  • Exploration & Production
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  • long read
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Shelf Drilling sees encouraging signs of improving jack-up market

Shelf Drilling is seeing encouraging signs of an improving jack-up market with an increase in the gl...

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  • Market Outlooks
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Seadrill Partners scoops $43M deal for drillship in Malaysia

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has secured a contract for one of its drillships with...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Valaris secures more jack-up work with Mubadala

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a contract extension for one of its jack-up dr...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Diamond elects ex-Pacific Drilling and Noble exec as new CEO

Diamond Offshore has named a former boss of Pacific Drilling and a former executive of Noble Corpora...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 2 years ago

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