Popular offshore industry news in 4Q 2018

These were the most read news on Offshore Energy Today during the fourth quarter of 2018.

Most read articles in October

• Ensco and Rowan merger to create world’s biggest offshore drilling company by fleet size
• Transocean cheers new rig deals
• Equinor buys Chevron out of Rosebank field
• Former CEO of SBM Offshore gets jail time for paying bribes
• FAR spuds first Gambian offshore well in 40 years
• Woodside picks KBR for work on Browse FPSOs concept
• Borr Drilling activating four rigs on speculation as customer inquiries rise
• Eni contracts MODEC to provide new FPSO for project off Mexico
• Ensco finds work for one of its drillships with Total
• Fred Olsen. Energy to scrap two rigs

Most read articles in November

• Saudi Aramco makes it rain for suppliers as it signs $27.5 B in deals
• Borr Drilling reveals a batch of new jack-up contracts
• CGG to ditch most of its acquisition business in effort to move to asset-light model
• Maersk Drilling sells Maersk Giant jack-up rig to Australasian company
• Struggling Heerema Fabrication to sell two yards amid insufficient project volume
• E. Guinea minister orders operators to cut ties with Subsea 7
• Near fatal near-miss incident at Exxon-run rig off Nova Scotia
• SBM Offshore orders 2nd Fast4ward FPSO hull citing industry uptick
• Ensco confirms drillship deal with Total

Most read articles in December

• Pirates board offshore vessel in Nigeria
• ‘West Mira’ to become world’s first hybrid offshore rig
• COSL buys 42-year-old drilling rig Stena Clyde for $11 million
• ExxonMobil makes its 10th discovery offshore Guyana, boosts resource estimate
• Bassoe: Whatcha gonna do with all those rigs, China?
• Noble Corp nabs work for one drillship and four jack-up rigs
• European Parliament calls for Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to be stopped
• We’re ready to compete, Pacific Drilling’s new CEO says
• Petrobras to spend $68.8 billion on E&P. Plans to order seven new FPSOs
• Alpha Petroleum takes Stena Spey rig on a long-term deal

All images taken from Equinor.