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Beach denies Diamond's invalid contract termination claim
Diamond Offshore has filed a complaint against Australia’s Beach Energy claiming that the oil ...

Neptune kicks off Fenja campaign
Neptune Energy has kicked off its Fenja drilling campaign, located offshore Norway, following the sp...

NYSE to delist Diamond shares
Following its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Diamond Offshore Drilling has received a ...

Wellesley hires Dolphin rig for North Sea
Dolphin Drilling will carry out a programme of North Sea drilling work for Wellesley Petroleum. ...

Diamond seeks Chapter 11 protection
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has started voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings to restru...

Petronas denies claims of shutting down 14 rigs
Petronas has refuted allegations in news reports stating the company has deactivated 14 rigs and shu...

U.S. weekly offshore rig count flat
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged with 17 active units last week, according...

Maersk Drilling to reduce offshore crew
Maersk Drilling has decided to stack a number of its North Sea drilling rigs to adapt to the changin...

Offshore drilling impairments drag Saipem into the red
Italian oilfield contractor Saipem sank into the red in the first quarter of the year dragged down b...

Neptune drills dry well
Neptune Energy has drilled a dry well near the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. ...

Ineos delays Floatel charter
A charter for a Floatel International-owned flotel with Ineos in the UK North Sea has been postponed...

Early terminations and rate reductions for Valaris rigs
Valaris has seen a number of its drilling contracts terminated and day rates slashed as oil and gas ...

Borr takes rig delivery from Keppel
Singapore’s offshore rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered a newbuild jack-up...

Fugro secures work on Well-Safe Guardian rig
Fugro has won an initial three-year contract with UK-based decommissioning service provider Well-Saf...

Valaris may face NYSE delisting
Another offshore drilling contractor, Valaris, has seen its share value fall below $1 as its operati...

World’s two largest pipelay vessels meet in Rotterdam
Two giant pipelay vessels owned by offshore contractor Allseas are now, for the first time ever, bot...

Beach Energy ends Diamond rig contract
Beach Energy has terminated a drilling contract with Diamond Offshore for the Ocean Onyx drilling ri...

U.S. offshore rig count drops down a notch
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased by one unit over the last week, according to a wee...

Shell and Aker BP cancel Maersk Drilling's contracts
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has received notices of termination for two dril...

Contract cancellation for Transocean's drillship
Transocean has received a contract termination for a drillship operating in Egypt. ...

Total delays North Sea gig for Prosafe’s accommodation rig
Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe and oil major Total have agreed to delay Total’s 202...

Saipem's Scarabeo 9 rig crosses Bosphorus
Saipem’s Scarabeo 9 semi-submersible offshore drilling rig has crossed the Bosphorus Strait fo...

OMV makes discovery off New Zealand
OMV has discovered hydrocarbons at an exploration well offshore New Zealand. ...

Borr Drilling gets early terminations and new contracts
Borr Drilling has received notices of early termination for several of its drilling rig contracts, b...

Vaalco releases Vantage rig
Houston-based oil and gas company Vaalco Energy has completed workover operations on the South East ...
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