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Posted: over 3 years ago

West Mira rig 'good to go' on Wintershall Dea's Vega field

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleu...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Seadrill gets termination for drillship deal

Seadrill has been hit by early termination of a drilling contract for a drillship operating in South...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Shelf Drilling books loss

Shelf Drilling booked a loss of $185 million in the first quarter of 2020 due to rig impairment cha...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Prosafe contract hangs in the balance

The future of Prosafe’s contract for the Safe Zephyrus flotel with Shell is uncertain followin...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Mubadala to kick-off Manora drilling campaign

UAE-based Mubadala Petroleum has decided to drill, complete, and put on production three wells in th...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Odfjell 1Q profit up despite oil price turmoil and COVID-19

Due to the limited impacted of the COVID-19 outbreak during the first quarter of 2020, offshore dril...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Neptune in world's first dual drilling from subsea template

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has conducted ‘the world’s first’ dual drilling operation f...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Spirit Energy gets go-ahead for Barents Sea drilling

Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7321/8-2 S well in t...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Borr Drilling facing NYSE delisting

Borr Drilling has joined a growing list of offshore drilling contractors facing a possibility of bei...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
  • long read
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Ghana pushing for field unitization for Eni & Springfield

The government of Ghana is pushing for a fast-track development of a new oil discovery made by domes...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Lundin cleared to drill Barents Sea well

Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7219/11-1 well in th...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Vantage Drilling cuts losses

Offshore drilling company Vantage Drilling International saw its net loss shrink in the first quarte...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Serica seals the deal for Awilco rig

Serica Energy and drilling contractor Awilco have signed a contract for the provision of WilPhoenix ...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Equinor granted drilling permit for North Sea well

Norwegian oil major Equinor has been given a drilling permit to drill the 30/2-5 S well in the North...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 3 years ago
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OMV cleared to use Island Innovator rig in Norwegian Sea

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum S...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Demand for remote inspections of offshore rigs skyrockets

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification ...

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  • Operations & Maintenance
Posted: over 3 years ago
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U.S. weekly offshore rig count down to 15 units

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

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 3 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago

PHOTO: U.S. warship 'says hi' to West Capella drillship

The USS Montgomery combat ship and the dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez checked out the West Capella...

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  • Vessels
Posted: over 4 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago

Maersk Drilling in new round of layoffs

Offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has decided to take another swing with the job axe and lay...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 4 years ago
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Saudi Aramco suspends Noble Scott Marks jack-up rig

Oil giant Saudi Aramco has suspended the contract for one of Noble Corporation’s offshore drilling r...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 4 years ago
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Pacific Drilling improves in 1Q, challenging times ahead

Despite posting a loss in the first quarter of the year, offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilli...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 4 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago

Rig impairments take Noble deeper into the red

Noble Corporation saw its quarterly net loss deepen after being negatively affected by rig impairmen...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 4 years ago
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Deepsea Yantai cleared to drill North Sea wells for Neptune

Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to Neptu...

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  • Safety
Posted: over 4 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago

Eni fails in Mexican well

Italian oil and gas company Eni has failed to find hydrocarbons in an exploration well located in th...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 4 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago

Repsol hits two oil discoveries in Mexico

Repsol has made two significant offshore oil discoveries in Mexico’s deepwater with its Polok-1 and...

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  • Exploration & Production
Posted: over 4 years ago

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