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ADES scores new jack-up rig deal offshore Egypt

ADES International, an oil & gas drilling and production services provider in the Middle East an...

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  • Business & Finance
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Diamond Offshore hammers out restructuring plan

Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has entered into a restructuring agreement to delevera...

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  • Business & Finance
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Tullow kicking off drilling ops offshore Suriname

Oil and gas company Tullow Oil is starting drilling operations at its Goliathberg-Voltzberg North pr...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Petrofac hires Stena rig for UK operations

Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has signed a new drilling contract with Petrofac for ope...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Lundin eyes Odfjell rig for one firm well

Oil and gas company Lundin Energy and Odfjell Drilling have signed a letter of intent for the use of...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 16 units

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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Dolphin rig lands new deal in Norway

Dolphin Drilling has secured another rig contract with a new Norwegian operator. This time with INEO...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX buys two Valaris rigs to build rocket launchpads

Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly bought two Valaris rigs last year to convert them into floating ...

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  • Business & Finance
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Third Island Offshore vessel starts operating for Lundin

Offshore vessel provider Island Offshore now has three hybrid platform supply vessels (PSVs) in serv...

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  • Vessels
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Equinor awards one more well to Odfjell rig

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has been awarded more work for its Deepsea Atlantic ri...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Shelf Drilling hit with two early contract terminations

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received early contract terminations from ADNOC Dril...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. offshore rig count up by one unit

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased by one unit last week, according to weekly rig cou...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Petronas takes Pacific drillship for Mexico well

Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has secured a contract for a drillship with Malaysian ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Lundin set to drill North Sea well

Norway’s offshore safety regulator has given Lundin consent for exploration drilling of an off...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Maersk rig gets early termination from Dana

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has received notice of early termination for convenienc...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Total makes fresh discovery offshore Suriname

Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1...

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  • Exploration & Production
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BP plugs and abandons disappointing Ironbark well

Rig working on BP’s Ironbark-1 well offshore Australia has completed the work scope on the well and ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Stena to deploy automated reporting tech across its fleet

Independent Data Services (IDS) has been awarded a fleet-wide deal with Stena Drilling for the fully...

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  • IT & Software
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Spirit Energy hires Maersk rig for North Sea well

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Spirit Energy for the jack-up rig Maersk Resolve to...

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  • Project & Tenders
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ExxonMobil gearing up to spud wildcat well off Brazil

Oil major ExxonMobil is preparing to drill an exploration well in waters offshore Brazil, using Sead...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Final stages of Buchan Alpha decommissioning completed

John Lawrie Decom, a metal recycling specialist, has completed the final stages of the Buchan Alpha ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Ocyan and Petrobras seal new drillship deal

Brazilian oil and gas services provider Ocyan has been awarded a contract for an ultra-deepwater dri...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Chrysaor granted permits for two North Sea wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Chrysaor drilling permits for two wells locate...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Borr Drilling adds $35 million to backlog

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has added about $35 million to its backlog following new ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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U.S. offshore rig count stays flat for another week

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged last week, according to the latest rig co...

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  • Exploration & Production
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