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Wellesley bites the dust in Norwegian well
Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has drilled a dry well north of the Gjøa field offshore Norw...

Equinor picks up drilling permit for North Sea well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor for a wildcat well...

Sapura Energy nets over $203M in new contracts
Oil and gas services provider Sapura Energy has announced two major project wins in South America, a...

Seadrill agrees debt payment suspension with creditors
Seadrill has entered into an agreement with some of its lenders for the suspension of debt payments ...

Equinor cleared to use Askeladd Phase 1 facilities
Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Equinor consent to use Ask...

Seadrill to take full control of Asia Offshore Drilling
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has bought from Mermaid Maritime the minority holding of the s...

Apache kicks off drilling ops on fresh well off Suriname
Apache has gathered further reservoir and technical data from its Kwaskwasi-1 discovery well located...

Turkey bringing in another drillship for Black Sea ops
Turkey is bringing in another drillship for operations in the Black Sea only weeks after announcing ...

Neptune Energy gets nod to drill Norwegian Sea well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Neptune Energy for well 64...

Shelf Drilling cancels charter for two jack-up rigs
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has terminated a bareboat charter agreement with China M...

Well-Safe buys Seadrill rig
Well-Safe Solutions has acquired the West Epsilon jack-up rig from Seadrill sparking another job boo...

U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 15 units
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week and remains flat at 15 units, ...

JDC lands new job for jack-up rig in Japan
Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Mitsui Oil for the provision of a jack-up ri...

Noble Corp. secures more rig work but day rates suffer
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. has won more work for some of its drilling rigs but has als...

Equinor hires Noble rig for Valemon campaign
Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract by Equinor for drilling three wells at the Valemon fie...

Neptune Energy starts drilling Bue well off Norway
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling the Bue well on the offshore Fenja field in ...

ExxonMobil boasts new oil discovery offshore Guyana
Oil major ExxonMobil has made its 18th discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 exploration well. ...

Equinor to drill fresh Martin Linge wells
Equinor has decided to drill new wells on its operated Martin Linge field, located offshore Norway, ...

Worldwide offshore rig count in August down 74 units Y-o-Y
The worldwide offshore rig count in August 2020 dropped by 74 rigs year-over-year but is up 3 rigs s...

Borr Drilling hit with fresh NYSE listing warning
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received its second continued listing standard warnin...

Shell keeps Prosafe rig but defers Shearwater job for 2021
Prosafe and oil major Shell have agreed to defer and amend the contract for the Safe Zephyrus to pro...

Dolphin Drilling clinches new rig deal in Mexico
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has been awarded an $83 million worth contract with Me...

Stena Drilling finds two new rig gigs
Stena Drilling has won two contracts, one for a semi-submersible rig and the other for a drillship i...

Neptune Energy to keep Deepsea Yantai rig until late 2021
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible...

Maersk Drilling gets long-term rig extension with Shell
Offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured a 20-month extension for the Maersk Convincer ...
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