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Noble finds work for two idle drillships
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has been awarded contracts for two of its idle drillships.
Fairfield brings in Solstad Offshore PSV duo for North Sea ops
Fairfield Betula Limited has awarded Solstad Offshore long-term contracts for two platform supply vessels.
AF Gruppen scoops North Sea decom job
Norwegian engineering and construction company AF Gruppen has been awarded a new offshore decommissioning project with a client in the UK sector of the North Sea.
BP charters Safe Zephyrus flotel for Clair Ridge support
BP has chartered Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus offshore accommodation rig for gangway connected operations at the Clair Ridge platform west of Shetland in the UK sector of the North Sea
Environmental assessment of Husky’s Canadian drilling campaign underway
The CEAA si conducting a federal environmental assessment for the proposed Husky Energy Exploration Drilling Project off Canada.
Ensco-Rowan: All water depths with truly global footprint
Offshore drillers Ensco and Rowan earlier this week announced they would merge to create an offshore drilling company with the broadest geographic presence of any offshore driller in the market. Norwegian oil and gas intelligence firm Rystad Energy agrees. In a comment following the Ensco-Rowan merg
Cox Oil-Energy XXI merger postponed
Energy XXI Gulf Coast (EGC) and Cox Oil LLC have agreed to postpone the closing date of the merger between the two companies by one week.
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Østensjø Rederi keeps ‘Edda Fauna’ busy with DeepOcean
Norwegian offshore vessel supplier Østensjø Rederi has a contract for its Edda Fauna light construction vessel which will keep the vessel employed until end 2020.
Workers evacuated from 89 GoM platforms ahead of hurricane
Oil and gas operator in the U.S Gulf of Mexico have continued evacuating personnel from its offshore platform ahead of the Hurricane Michael. According to the latest statistics shared on Wednesday afternoon, workers from 89 platforms and three drilling rigs were removed in preparation for the landfa
AET names two LNG dual-fueled tankers for Shell
AET has named its first LNG dual-fueled aframax vessels, Eagle Brasilia and Eagle Bintulu for Shell.
Operations to re-start Erskine taking longer than expected, Serica says
Operations to re-start production at Chevron-operated Erskine field, located in the UK Central North Sea, are taking longer than expected.
NOCs and independents address North Sea exploration at Offshore Energy
Executives from Tulip Oil, Discover Exploration, and Nordsøfonden will present their views on exploration in a mature basin at OEEC 2018.
No pay at Byron’s Bivouac Peak test well
Oil and gas company Byron Energy has deemed the Bivouac Peak East Prospect test well off the U.S. as non-commercial.