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Odfjell rig heads to South Africa for Total campaign
Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Stavanger has mobilized from Norway t...

Worldwide offshore rig count in June down 65 units Y-o-Y
The worldwide offshore rig count in June 2020 dropped by 65 rigs year-over-year and 2 rigs sequentia...

Wellesley ready to use Dolphin rig for Norwegian well
Wellesley Petroleum has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety authority for exploratio...

Eversendai to buy liftboat operator Vahana
Eversendai has decided to acquire a 100 per cent equity interest in service provider Vahana Offshore...

Vantage secures gig with Eni
Vantage Drilling has entered into a contract with Eni for its premium jack-up rig, the Topaz Driller...

Equinor prepares for test well on North Sea discovery
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety re...

Seadrill gets jack-up contract suspension
Seadrill has received a contract suspension for the jack-up drilling rig AOD II operating in the Mid...

Petronas hires Maersk rig for Suriname well
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer, which will be e...

Aker BP gears up for Norwegian Sea drilling
Aker BP is set for drilling operations in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Nordkapp rig following ...

U.S. offshore rig count stuck at 11 units
The U.S. weekly offshore rig count has not changed over the last week, but it remains stuck at 11 un...

Norway's tax relief to boost rig demand
Norway’s recent tax relief package for the oil and gas industry is expected to cut breakeven p...

Dolphin Drilling eyes 3-well campaign in Norway
Dolphin Drilling has secured a letter of intent with a Norwegian operator for a three-well P&A o...

ONGC suspends work on 2 rigs due to 54 positive corona cases
India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) has temporarily suspended operati...

Petrobras gives Sete more time to fulfill settlement terms
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has prolonged the deadline for certain conditions of an agreement and ...

Aker BP gets licence to drill two Norwegian Sea wells
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells locate...

Samsung Heavy ducks $250M damage claim by Petrobras
The US District Court of Texas has rejected a $250 million damage claim filed by Petrobras America a...

Irregularities found during ‘Maersk Inspirer’ AoC audit
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities d...

Keppel starts arbitration process against Awilco
Keppel has started an arbitration process to resolve a dispute with Awilco Drilling related to a ter...

Lukoil begins drilling Caspian Sea prospects
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has started drilling of an exploration well at the Shirotno-Rakus...

Spirit preparing for North Sea wildcat
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Spirit Energy a drilling permit for a wildcat well i...

Seadrill shares starts trading on OTC Markets
Seadrill has transitioned to quotation on OTC Capital Markets following its delisting from the NYSE ...

U.S. weekly offshore rig count down to 11 units
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped by two units over the last week, according to a week...

Equinor gears up for North Sea well
Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in t...

Shelf Drilling hit by another early termination
Shelf Drilling has received an early termination of a drilling contract for a jack-up rig operating ...

Perenco starts Pickerill decommissioning process
Decommissioning services specialist Petrodec has completed skidding operations for the topside remov...
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