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Posted: over 3 years ago

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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  • Project & Tenders
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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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  • Exploration & Production
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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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  • Project & Tenders
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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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  • Market Outlooks
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Drilling stops on Wintershall Dea field after serious rig incident

An investigation has been launched following a serious incident on the West Mira rig, which happened...

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  • Safety
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Disappointing results for Chrysaor in North Sea well

Chrysaor has concluded the drilling of the Jerv exploration well located in the North Sea off Norway...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Odfjell to drill one more well for Equinor

Norwegian oil major Equinor has awarded more work to a semi-submersible rig owned by offshore rig ow...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Offshore vessel owner buys 1 per cent of Noble Corp.

Cyprus-based offshore vessel operator S.D Standard Drilling has secured a 1 per cent ownership in of...

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  • Business & Finance
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OMV cleared to use Maersk rig for North Sea well

Norway’s regulator Petroleum Safety Authority has granted OMV consent to drill an exploration ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Beach Energy in another exploration success with fresh gas discovery

Australian Beach Energy has made a gas discovery at the Artisan 1 well located in licence VIC/P43 of...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Petronas hires two Velesto rigs in $21 million deal

Offshore drilling contractor Velesto Drilling has won a drilling services contract worth nearly $21 ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Aker BP to use another one-year option for Odfjell rig

Aker BP has exercised the second 12-month option for the Deepsea Nordkapp rig under a contract enter...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 13 units

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained steady last week but dropped six units year over ye...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Court allows Vantage to manage four Seadrill Partners’ floaters

A bankruptcy court has approved an agreement between Seadrill Partners and Vantage Drilling under wh...

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  • Business & Finance
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Valaris gets safety order over incident with BOP ram door

Norwegian offshore safety authority has found serious breaches of regulations on a Valaris rig follo...

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  • Safety
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Equinor to use Transocean rig for Oseberg well ops

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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Kinsale decommissioning preparations in full swing

PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing for the decommissioning campaign of its Kinsale area gas field locat...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Vantage Drilling cuts quarterly loss but sees red ink in 2020

Vantage Drilling managed to cut its losses in the last quarter of 2020 when compared to the same per...

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  • Business & Finance
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New job to Zentech from BW Energy

Houston-based Zentech has been awarded a contract by BW Energy related to a conversion of a jack-up ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Only minor oil shows for Tullow in Suriname well

Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has encountered good quality reservoir but only minor oil shows at it...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Serica Energy spuds Columbus well off UK

Oil and gas company Serica Energy has started drilling the Columbus well located in the North Sea us...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Odfjell rig lands more work with Equinor

Offshore rig owner Odfjell Drilling has been awarded more work for one of its semi-sibmersible rigs ...

Categories:
  • Project & Tenders
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Chrysaor finds hydrocarbons in North Sea well, but final results still not in

Chrysaor has encountered hydrocarbons in the Jerv exploration well located in the North Sea offshore...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill handed safety order over rig incident

Norway’s safety watchdog has completed its investigation of an incident on the Seadrill-operat...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Wintershall Dea gets permit for appraisal well west of Maria

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge a drilling permit for an...

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  • Exploration & Production
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