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BP nears primary target at Ironbark well

BP is only about 460 meters shy of its primary reservoir target at the giant Ironbark prospect locat...

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Borr Drilling devises plan to strengthen financial footing

Borr Drilling has come up with a liquidity improvement plan with the support of creditors as part of...

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U.S. offshore rig count goes up a notch

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased by one unit over this week, according to a weekly ...

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Norwegian court’s ruling in favour of Arctic drilling sparks outrage

Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled against environmental groups and in favour of the government follo...

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Pacific Drilling to emerge from bankruptcy by year-end

Pacific Drilling expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by year-end following the confirmation...

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PetroRio buys semi-submersible rig for one dollar

PetroRio has bought a semi-submersible drilling rig for a symbolic price of $1. The rig will be used...

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ConocoPhillips makes ‘significant’ oil discovery off Norway

ConocoPhillips has made a new oil discovery in production license 891 located 14 miles north-northea...

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BPC spuds Perseverance well off Bahamas

Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has started drilling its eagerly anticipated Perseverance #1 well of...

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GMS snaps up two vessel extensions in UAE

Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels to the offsh...

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Shelf Drilling sells jack-up rig to ADNOC Drilling

Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has agreed to sell a jack-up drilling rig to UAE-based ADNOC D...

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U.S. weekly offshore rig count up to 16

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

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Vantage jack-up scores new job off E. Guinea

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has been awarded a contract for one of its jack-up dri...

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Equinor cleared to use Odfjell rig in North Sea

Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety watchdog to use the Deepsea At...

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Green light to Neptune for Gjøa expansion start-up

Norwegian authorities have granted consent for the start-up of two new wells on the Neptune Energy-o...

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Odfjell rig adds two more Equinor wells to backlog

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has secured more work for its Deepsea Atlantic drillin...

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Seadrill makes two senior management changes

Seadrill Limited has appointed Reid Warriner as Chief Operating Officer and Leif Neilson as Chief Te...

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Promising results from Maersk Drilling’s first low-emission rig

After being converted to a low-emission rig, Maersk Intrepid has entered operations as the first Mae...

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Seadrill left vulnerable due to lack of new agreement with lenders

Forbearance agreements between Seadrill Limited and its creditors related to senior secured credit f...

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Serica suffers Rhum delays due to Awilco rig downtime

Serica Energy has encountered difficulties while conducting a well intervention project on the Rhum ...

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Masirah Oil spuds second well in Oman

Masirah Oil has started drilling a second development well in the Yumna field located offshore Oman,...

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Dolphin rig kicks off Pemex gig in Mexico

A semi-sub rig owned by Dolphin Drilling has started working for Pemex in Mexico following the rig p...

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Solstad wins supply vessel work in Norway

Norwegian supply vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured contracts for its platform supply vessels...

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U.S. weekly offshore rig count flat

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

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Well-Safe Protector rig arrives home

Well-Safe Solutions has welcomed home its new rig the Well-Safe Protector for preparations ahead of ...

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over 3 years ago

Petronas cheers first discovery off Suriname

Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has made its first hydrocarbon discovery in Suriname with the...

over 3 years ago

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