
Noble Corporation has secured more work for two of its drilling rigs while one jack-up unit has been warm stacked in the UK.

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has been awarded a three-year contract with North Oil Company offshore Qatar.

Offshore rig operator Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) has been awarded a drilling contract for a jack-up rig for operations offshore Qatar.

Controls technology company Proserv Controls has bought the trade and assets of Dron & Dickson Electromechanical Contracting (DDEC).

Qatar Petroleum has warned that depriving the oil & gas sector of new investments amid energy transition could result in big spikes in prices.

Global petrostates can forget trillion-dollar from oil & gas tax revenues as the accelerating energy transition bites, Rystad Energy said.

Market research provider and consultancy Westwood Global Energy Group has estimated that 30 floating, production, supply, and offloading (FPSO) vessels will become available by the end of 2022.

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) has announced the world’s first comprehensive study on how to transition to a net-zero energy system by 2050.

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has signed a contract worth $1.78 billion with compatriot Petropars Group for the development of Farzad B gas field in the Persian Gulf.

In this edition of In focus, we’ll be looking at ways through which the offshore energy sector is working to reduce carbon emissions.

The toll of the Covid-19 on upstream investments in the first two years of the downturn is estimated at $285bn, Rystad Energy reports.

Chevron has shut down production at its Tamar field located offshore Israel amid escalating violence and tensions in the region.

Shelf Drilling is seeing encouraging signs of an improving jack-up market with an increase in the global number of contracted jack-ups.

Vantage Drilling has been awarded several new contracts, which will see its rigs operate in South East Asia, Middle East, and Africa.