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over 2 years ago

BPC picks Stena instead of Seadrill for Bahamas well

Bahamas Petroleum has signed a drilling contract with Stena Drilling for the provision of a rig for ...

over 2 years ago

ConocoPhillips to use Valaris rig for Ekofisk wells

ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Rowan Norway rig ...

over 2 years ago

U.S. weekly offshore rig count stuck at 12

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over the last week, according to the late...

over 2 years ago

Archer firms up TAQA job

Archer has secured a formal contract award for the provision of a modular drilling unit and associat...

over 2 years ago

Noble Corp. CEO transitions to chairman role

CEO of Noble Corporation has transitioned to the role of executive chairman of the board while a new...

over 2 years ago

First steel cut for ARO Drilling's new jack-up

International Maritime Industries (IMI) has cut the first steel on the first of two newbuild rig ord...

over 2 years ago

Borr Drilling working to secure liquidity runway until 2022

Borr Drilling is working to secure a liquidity runway until 2022 even in an unlikely low scenario wi...

over 2 years ago

Odfjell Drilling to idle rig prior to Total gig

Odfjell Drilling and Total have agreed to keep Odfjell’s semi-sub rig Deepsea Stavanger idle i...

over 2 years ago

Repsol gets green light for use of 'Maersk Inspirer' on Yme

Spanish oil company Repsol has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petrole...

over 2 years ago

Jotun has got Deepsea Stavanger covered

Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Stavanger is preparing for drilling o...

over 2 years ago

Equinor bites dust in North Sea

Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway. ...

over 2 years ago

U.S. weekly offshore rig count down

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has dropped for the third week in a row and now stands at ju...

over 2 years ago

West Mira rig 'good to go' on Wintershall Dea's Vega field

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleu...

over 2 years ago

Seadrill gets termination for drillship deal

Seadrill has been hit by early termination of a drilling contract for a drillship operating in South...

over 2 years ago

Shelf Drilling books loss

Shelf Drilling booked a loss of $185 million in the first quarter of 2020 due to rig impairment cha...

over 2 years ago

Prosafe contract hangs in the balance

The future of Prosafe’s contract for the Safe Zephyrus flotel with Shell is uncertain followin...

over 2 years ago

Mubadala to kick-off Manora drilling campaign

UAE-based Mubadala Petroleum has decided to drill, complete, and put on production three wells in th...

over 2 years ago

Odfjell 1Q profit up despite oil price turmoil and COVID-19

Due to the limited impacted of the COVID-19 outbreak during the first quarter of 2020, offshore dril...

over 2 years ago

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over 2 years ago

Neptune in world's first dual drilling from subsea template

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has conducted ‘the world’s first’ dual drilling operation f...

over 2 years ago

Spirit Energy gets go-ahead for Barents Sea drilling

Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7321/8-2 S well in t...

over 2 years ago

Borr Drilling facing NYSE delisting

Borr Drilling has joined a growing list of offshore drilling contractors facing a possibility of bei...

over 2 years ago

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over 2 years ago

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Ghana pushing for field unitization for Eni & Springfield

The government of Ghana is pushing for a fast-track development of a new oil discovery made by domes...

over 2 years ago

Lundin cleared to drill Barents Sea well

Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7219/11-1 well in th...

over 2 years ago

Vantage Drilling cuts losses

Offshore drilling company Vantage Drilling International saw its net loss shrink in the first quarte...

over 2 years ago

Serica seals the deal for Awilco rig

Serica Energy and drilling contractor Awilco have signed a contract for the provision of WilPhoenix ...

over 2 years ago

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