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Posted: over 3 years ago

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...

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  • Exploration & Production
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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...

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  • Business & Finance
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Irregularities found during ‘Maersk Inspirer’ AoC audit

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities d...

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  • Safety
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Keppel starts arbitration process against Awilco

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

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Lukoil begins drilling Caspian Sea prospects

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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Spirit preparing for North Sea wildcat

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill shares starts trading on OTC Markets

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

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  • Business & Finance
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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...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor gears up for North Sea well

Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for exploration drilling in t...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Shelf Drilling hit by another early termination

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

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  • Business & Finance
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Perenco starts Pickerill decommissioning process

Decommissioning services specialist Petrodec has completed skidding operations for the topside remov...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Equinor gets drilling permit for North Sea wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wells located in t...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Wintershall Noordzee starts gas production from second Sillimanite well

Wintershall Noordzee, a joint venture of Wintershall Dea and Gazprom, has started gas production fro...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Premium

Paving the way for restructuring of offshore drilling market

There is a case to be made that the coronavirus crisis has been setting the stage for the restructur...

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  • Market Outlooks
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Mubadala adds extra well to Manora campaign

Mubadala Petroleum has added another development well to its Manora drilling campaign in the Gulf of...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Saudi Aramco suspends Shelf Drilling jack-up rig charter

Saudi Arabian oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco has suspended its contract for the Shelf Drilling-owned...

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  • Business & Finance
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U.S. weekly offshore rig count stuck at 13

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged over the last week, according to a Friday...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Neptune set to drill two North Sea wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for two wildcat wel...

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  • Exploration & Production
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GoM operations returning to normal following storm Cristobal

Offshore oil and gas operators are resuming operations on platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico f...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Keppel rejects Awilco's contract termination

Keppel has denied and rejected the termination of a rig construction contract by Awilco. ...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Awilco cancels rig order with Keppel

Awilco Drilling has decided to cancel a semi-submersible rig order with rig builder Keppel due to br...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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U.S. weekly offshore rig count up a notch

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. is up by one unit over the last week, according to a weekly ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Worldwide offshore rig count in May drops by 54 Y-o-Y

The worldwide offshore rig count in May 2020 dropped 54 rigs year-over-year and 37 rigs sequentially...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Hokchi opts for early termination of Grupo R contract

Mexico’s Grupo R has received an early termination of a drilling contract with Hokchi Energy d...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Borr Drilling delays deliveries of five jack-up rigs

Borr Drilling has postponed deliveries of five jack-up rigs until mid-2022. ...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago

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