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3 months ago

UAE’s energy giant claims new world record for the longest well

UAE’s ADNOC has announced a new world record for the longest oil and gas well has been set at ...

3 months ago

Seadrill closes sale of seven jack-up rigs in Saudi Arabia

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has completed the sale of seven jack-up rigs to ADES in Saudi ...

3 months ago

Equinor gearing up for two North Sea wells

Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities to drill two wildcat wells in the ...

3 months ago

Keppel readies four rigs for Saudi work

Keppel O&M has completed the modification works for four jack-up rigs, which will be deployed on...

3 months ago

Transocean adds more work to its backlog

Transocean has secured more work for its fleet of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Suriname, Norw...

3 months ago

Borr Drilling offloads stacked jack-up rig

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has sold one of its warm-stacked jack-up rigs for a price...

3 months ago

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World’s largest semi-sub rig on its way to UK

A semi-submersible drilling rig considered to be the largest of its type in the world is heading to ...

3 months ago

ADNOC gets two jack-up rigs for nearly $1 bln

UAE’s energy giant ADNOC has awarded a contract worth $980 million to ADNOC Drilling to hire t...

3 months ago

Keppel and Borr Drilling change up delivery terms for five jack-up rigs

Keppel has entered into an amended and restated framework deed with Borr Drilling to accelerate deli...

3 months ago

Seadrill returning to New York Stock Exchange

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill is returning to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) following a...

3 months ago

Fresh extension for Deepsea Yantai semi-sub

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-su...

3 months ago

Industry Contribution

Counting down to Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021

In less than two weeks, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 will open its doors! The in...

about 1 year ago

Industry Contribution

Severstal keeps focus on Offshore Projects

Author of the Article: Konstantin BarabashHead of the Technical Sales Department for Export markets,...

about 1 year ago

3 months ago

Shelf Drilling wins five-year deal for recently acquired jack-up rig

Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for the recently acquired jack-up rig Shelf Drilling Victory f...

3 months ago

ADNOC books 12 jack-up and 2 island rigs

ADNOC has awarded a contract worth $1.53 billion to ADNOC Drilling to support the expansion of its o...

3 months ago

Disappointing result from North Sea appraisal well

UK-based oil and gas company i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal w...

3 months ago

Industry Contribution

Buzzing networking drinks at OEEC!

Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is coming close! Following the press conference by ...

about 1 year ago

3 months ago

Energean hits gas discovery offshore Israel

Energean has made a gas discovery with the Hermes exploration well offshore Israel and has moved on ...

3 months ago

Shelf Drilling buys five Noble rigs, gets two-year extension for one

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has completed the acquisition of five jack-up rigs from ...

3 months ago

4 months ago

Offshore drillers set for strike action over pay terms

UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that over 300 offshore drilling and contract maintenance wo...

4 months ago

Industry Contribution

Registration open for Offshore Energy 2021

The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is now live! The event, to be ...

about 1 year ago

4 months ago

Canadian operator charters jack-up rig for Gulf of Thailand campaign

Valeura Energy has agreed with Petrovietnam Drilling and Well Service to charter a jack-up drilling ...

4 months ago

New rig inspection deal for ADC Energy with Petronas

ADC Energy has secured a long-term contract for the provision of rig integrity and inspection servic...

4 months ago

Dolphin Drilling confirms rig contract in Nigeria

Dolphin Drilling has confirmed the award of a 12-month contract for Blackford Dolphin by General Hyd...

4 months ago

Lamprell cheers key milestone on second jack-up for Saudi yard

Lamprell and International Maritime Industries (IMI) have announced the completion of the load-out a...

4 months ago

New batch of contracts for Valaris rigs

Valaris has secured new contract extensions for a drillship and four jack-up rigs with a contract ba...

4 months ago

Rig kicks off drilling ops offshore South Africa

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has started drilling an exploration well on Block 2B offshore South Afr...

4 months ago

Scaffolder dies after falling from rig at Texas yard

A worker has died after falling off a rig at a Kiewit Offshore Services’ yard near Corpus Chri...

4 months ago

Equinor getting ready to spud North Sea well in December

Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an appraisal well in the No...

4 months ago

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