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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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Diamond rig set to leave Ironbark well location

Ocean Apex, a Diamond Offshore-owned drilling rig, is working on plug and abandonment activities at ...

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Neptune adds more work to Deepsea Yantai rig backlog

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has won more work for its Deepsea Yantai drilling rig ...

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Saipem drillship resuming Coral Sul drilling after Covid-19 pause

Saipem 12000, a Saipem-owned drillship, is resuming drilling operations at the Coral Sul project off...

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ExxonMobil spuds Bulletwood-1 well off Guyana

Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 well site on the Canje Block located o...

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Lundin picks up drilling permit for North Sea well

Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 16/4-13 S well in th...

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Petronas firms up contract award for mobile offshore production unit

Tanjung Offshore Services has won a contract from Petronas Carigali for the Bayan Redevelopment Proj...

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Yme project moves into hook-up phase following rig installation

Repsol has moved into the hook-up phase of the Yme development project located offshore Norway follo...

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U.S. offshore rig count remains flat

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over this week, according to a weekly rig...

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Awilco Drilling terminates rig building deal with Keppel

Offshore driller Awilco Drilling has terminated its offshore rig construction order with Singapore&#...

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Long-awaited 'world-class' Ironbark prospect disappoints

After the completion of the drilling operations, one of BP’s more important wells in 2020 – the Iron...

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Borr Drilling picks new CFO

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has named a new chief financial officer (CFO), with effec...

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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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