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U.S. offshore rig count stays at 13 for another week
The U.S. offshore rig count has not changed for the second week in a row, according to a Friday repo...

Borr Drilling sees early signs of recovery despite 2Q loss
Borr Drilling booked a loss in the second quarter of the year as its revenues dropped, but the drill...

Gulf of Mexico operators returning after Hurricane Laura
Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are slowly returning to their offshore facilities f...

Total spuds South African well
French oil major Total has started drilling the Luiperd-1X well, the second exploration well on Bloc...

IOG to award North Sea rig contract in coming weeks
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to award a contract for a drilling rig for its Core Project lo...

Odfjell Drilling acquiring stake in Norwegian floating wind
Odfjell Drilling is investing in Oceanwind AS with an aim to acquire a stake that would ensure a con...

NYSE to delist Valaris stock following Chapter 11 filing
Valaris has received a notice of immediate suspension of trading and delisting of common stock from ...

Melbana upgrades Beehive prospect reserves
Melbana Energy has reported a modest increase in the best estimate prospective resource of the Beehi...

GoM operators evacuating workers due to storm Marco
Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have evacuated over 40 per cent of production platf...

U.S. offshore rig count steady at 13 units
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. stayed unchanged over the course of last week, according to ...

Equinor, ConocoPhillips cleared to drill wells off Norway
Oil and gas firms Equinor and ConocoPhillips have been cleared to drill wells by Norway’s Petroleum ...

Turkey makes significant gas discovery in Black Sea
Turkey has found significant gas resources in the Black Sea, a discovery which could help the countr...

Maersk Drilling picks up another extension from Aker BP
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won another one-well contract from Aker BP for ...

Valaris declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Valaris, offshore drilling contractor with the world’s largest fleet, has filed for bankruptcy...

COSL rig to drill wells off Norway for Chrysaor
Offshore drilling contractor COSL has signed a drilling rig contract with oil company Chrysaor, form...

Equinor hires Odfjell rig for three more wells
Norwegian oil major Equinor has chosen to use Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic semi-submers...

Total restarts Angola drilling. Two more rigs to join soon
French oil major Total has resumed oil drilling offshore Angola with the Skyros rig while two more a...

JDC rig duo stays at giant Al Shaheen oilfield off Qatar
Qatari North Oil Company (NOC) has extended drilling contracts for a Japanese jack-up rig duo at the...

Beach, Diamond end Ocean Onyx dispute. New deal in place
Beach Energy has signed a new offshore drilling agreement with Diamond Offshore for the use of the O...

Tullow extends Maersk drillship charter despite cancellation
London-listed oil and gas company Tullow Oil has extended the contract with Danish offshore drilling...

U.S. offshore rig count climbs to 13 units
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. climbed up by one unit over the last week, according to a re...

KrisEnergy hires PV Drilling jack-up for Cambodia
Singapore’s KrisEnergy has hired a jack-up drilling rig operated by PV Drilling for drilling o...

Maersk drillship to restart Total ops after suspension
A Maersk Drilling-owned drillship is expected to restart operations in Africa for French oil major T...

Total nears South African well spud
French oil major Total expects to spud the Luiperd-1 well located offshore South Africa by the end o...

Equinor to use Odfjell rig for Gullfaks drilling
Equinor has received safety consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Atl...
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