Popular offshore industry news in 2Q 2018

The most popular news at Offshore Energy Today during the second quarter of 2018.

Most read articles in April

• Two injured, one missing after drilling vessel catches fire off Malaysia
• Ensco sees one contract terminated as three rigs go to scrapyard
• Transocean secures work for four semi-submersibles
• Heerema to axe 350 jobs following decision to exit offshore pipelay activities
• McDermott rejects Subsea 7’s takeover offer
• Bassoe: Borr and Paragon kick off “Jackup Scrapfest 2018”, and the party’s just getting started
• PHOTO: Taking apart BP’s Miller platform in North Sea
• Saudi Aramco awards another offshore gig to consortium of Subsea 7 and L&T
• Borr Drilling sheds 14 jack-up rigs
• Bassoe: You’re not an idiot if you believe in deepwater drilling
• BP to develop two new North Sea projects

Most read articles in May

• Transocean buys interest in former Seadrill rig
• Shell sends giant deepwater platform to Gulf of Mexico
• Bassoe: Borr Drilling takes jackup rig hoarding to a new level
• Maersk confident of selling Maersk Drilling, Maersk Supply by 2018 end. Finds optimism in rising oil price
• Borr buying 5 newbuild jack-up rigs from Keppel for $745 million
• Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling to buy two new drillships with option for third
• UK oil & gas industry to need 40.000 new workers over next 20 years
• World’s largest construction vessel en route to Norway
• 100 offshore projects could be sanctioned in 2018, Rystad Energy says
• Where next for jack-up rates?
• Saipem starts laying Norway’s largest oil pipeline

Most read articles in June

• GE decides to sell Baker Hughes stake just one year after acquisition
• Oil price growth won’t last, BP CEO says
• Transocean retires four floaters. Takes $520M charge
• Pirates attack Vroon’s vessel off Yemen
• Shell hands out Penguins award to Subsea 7
• Pioneering Spirit installs 22,000 t Johan Sverdrup topsides in a single lift
• Saipem lands new deal in Middle East worth $1.3 billion
• Bassoe: This is why jackup rig dayrates will double
• National Oilwell Varco buys GustoMSC
• Equinor awards ‘biggest ever’ drilling and well service contracts
• Dutch workers to stage protest as Borr Drilling wants to close Beverwijk office
• Borr Drilling: No long-term rig deals at breakeven rates

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