Stena Drilling, dCarbonX in “Decarbonization
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has signed a strategic framework agreement with dCarbonX, for what…
Drilling
Biden to Target Drilling, Fossil Fuel Subsidies in
President Joe Biden was set on Wednesday to sign executive actions to combat climate change,…
Keppel to Exit Offshore Rig Building Business
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, a company famous for its offshore rig construction, is set…
Biden Pauses Federal Oil & Gas Leasing, Eyes
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a new raft of executive actions to combat climate…
Eidesvik’s PSV to Support Aker BP’s Drilling
Viking Prince – Image by Len Duevel/MarineTraffic.com Norwegian offshore vessel operator Eidesvik Offshore has secured…
Diamond Offshore, Creditors Agree Debt
U.S. offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2020,…
BP’s Oil Exploration Team Swept aside in Climate
Nothing escapes the winds of change now sweeping through BP, not even the exploration team…
Tullow Starts Drilling Ops at GVN-1 Exploration
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil is set to start drilling at its Goliathberg Voltzberg…
Stage is Set for Oil Demand
Schlumberger on Friday joined rivals in predicting a steady recovery in the oil industry this…
Beacon Offshore Energy Finds Oil in U.S. Gulf of
Beacon Offshore Energy has made an oil discovery at the Winterfell offshore well in the…
Norway to Award Arctic Offshore Drilling Permits
Norway’s Oil and Energy Minister Tina Bru – Photo: OED – NTB Scanpix Norway expects…
OMV Petrom Spuds Two New Wells in Black Sea
OMV Petrom’s Black Sea Platform – Credit: OMV Petrom/Flickr Romanian oil and gas firm OMV…
Equinor Adds One More Well to Deepsea Atlantic Rig
The Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig. (Photo: Marit Hommedal / Equinor ASA) Norwegian energy company Equinor…
ADNOC Cuts Short Two Shelf Drilling Rig Contracts
Compact Driller – Capt. Tony Powell UAE-based firm ADNOC Drilling has decided on the early…
Energean Sanctions Karish North Gas Field Project.
Mediterranean Sea-focused oil and gas company Energean has taken Final Investment Decision (“FID”) on the…
Total, Apache Make Another Oil Find Offshore
French oil giant Total and its partner Apache said Thursday they’d made a new significant…
Exxon Strikes Out at Hassa-1 Offshore Guyana
© Graham Buchan Innes / MarineTraffic.com Exxon Mobil Corp said on Friday that its latest…
Equinor, BHP, Chevron Get Gov’t Approvals
The Government of Canada has this week approved three offshore drilling projects in the Atlantic…
20 High Impact O&G Exploration Wells to Watch in
High impact exploration has weathered a perfect storm of a pandemic, an oil price crash,…
Coretrax Deploys Expandable Liner Tech in Norway.
Well integrity and production optimization firm Coretrax, has marked the first deployment of its expandable…
Constellation Nets Long-Term Drillship Deal with
Brava Star drillship – Credit: V. Tonic/MarineTraffic.com Brazilian oil and gas drilling company Constellation has…
Neptune Energy Extends Deepsea Yantai Offshore Rig
Image: CIMC (File Photo) Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for…
Santos Makes $235M FID for Bayu-Undan Infill
Bayu Undan – Credit: ConocoPhillips Australia (File Photo) Australian oil and gas company Santos, the…
Offshore Drilling Firm Emerges from Chapter 11
Pacific Drilling drillships – Credit: Rab Lawrence/Flickr under CC BY 2.0 license Offshore drilling firm…
Lundin Gets Nod to Drill North Sea Well
West Bollsta – Credit: Daniel Seljebø/Lundin Energy Norway Lundin Energy has been granted a permit…
BP’s Closely Watched Ironbark Offshore
BP’s closely watched Ironbark exploration well offshore W. Australia, which partners had hoped could unearth…
Borr Drilling Names New CFO
Illustration only – Prospector 5 drilling rig – Image by Huw Gibby – MarineTraffic Offshore…
Shell Completes Acquisition of Offshore Blocks in
Illustration; Deepwater drillship – Image by nikkytok – AdobeStock Colombian oil and gas company Ecopetrol…
Santos Nabs Exploration Permit Offshore W.
Credit: NOPTA Australian oil and gas company Santos has been granted an offshore exploration license…
Eni, PTTEP Grab Hold of Giant Offshore Block in
Italian oil and gas firm Eni and Thailand’s national oil company PTTEP have been awarded…
MHWirth to Deliver $80M Drilling Equipment Package
Drilling solutions provider MHWirth has secured an order to deliver a drilling equipment package for…
Weir to Deliver 1,800 Sets of Wellheads and Trees
Credit: Weir Oil &Gas Oilfield equipment supplier Weir Oil & Gas has signed a five-year…
UK, Norway Offshore O&G Sectors to See Modest Rise
After a turbulent 2020 for the oil and gas industry, 2021 is expected to see…
Odfjell Drilling Nets Four-year Term on
Image Credit: Wintershall DEA Offshore drilling services company Odfjell Drilling has won a four-year extension…
Without Sharp Rise in Exploration, World Will Face
Image Credit: Mike Mareen/AdobeStock Inadequate investment in exploration and new drilling may leave the world…
Awilco Drilling’s Rig on Zero Day Rate after
Awilco Drilling said Tuesday its WilPhoenix offshore drilling rig – on contract with Serica in…
Neodrill Pens Neptune Contract for CAN Tech
Norwegian pre-rig technology company Neodrill, known for its Conductor Anchor Node (CAN) technology, has signed…
Keppel Suspends Drilling Package Order with
Credit: MHWirth Singapore-based offshore drilling rig builder Keppel has sent a notice to MHWirth to…
CNOOC Starts Infill Drilling at Weizhou
Chinese oil giant CNOOC has kicked off infill drilling operations at its Weizhou 6-12 Fields…
Maersk Drilling Names New CFO
A Maersk Drilling Jack-Up / Credit; Maersk Drilling Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling on Wednesday…
EU to Toughen Sanctions on Turkish
TPAO’s Yavuz drillship – Credit: RETAY . / MarineTraffic The European Union will impose sanctions…
VIDEO: Floating Offshore Wind: Opportunities &
The floating offshore wind industry, still considered nascent with around 100MW installed capacity – and…
Denmark to End Oil and Gas Exploration and
Offshore drilling rig – Credit: ThomasBang/AdobeStock Denmark’s government on Thursday agreed with a majority in…
Keppel Hits Awilco with Another Arbitration
Singapore-based offshore drilling rig builder Keppel has terminated a construction contract with Awilco Drilling for…
Borr Drilling Warns of Financial Challenges, Eyes
Borr Drilling, a Norwegian contractor of shallow-water drilling rigs, warned on Monday that the company…
Equinor Cleared to Drill Exploration Well in Johan
Transocean Enabler/ Image by Geir Frits Myklebust/MarineTraffic.Com Norwegian oil giant Equinor has been cleared to…
CGX, Partners Get More Time to Drill
Oil and gas company CGX, the operator of the Corentyne offshore block in Guyana, has,…
Melbana Energy Expands Offshore Acreage
Australian oil and gas Melbana Energy has been awarded two additional petroleum exploration permits offshore…
Foxtrot to Spend $315M to Increase
Credit: Foxtrot International Ivory Coast-based energy firm Foxtrot International will invest $315 million to increase…
Odfjell Drilling, Equinor Firm Up Offshore
The Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig. (Photo: Marit Hommedal / Equinor ASA) Norwegian offshore drilling contractor…
E&P Spending in 2021 Could Reach $380B.
Investments from the global oil and gas exploration and production companies (E&P) in 2021 are…
Archer in 5-Year Drilling Services Deal with Aker
Ula field – Credit: Aker BP Oslo-listed oilfield services provider Archer has won a five-year…
Last U.S. Offshore Oil Lease Under Trump to Test
The Trump administration on Wednesday will offer all available areas in the Gulf of Mexico…
Norway to Offer 136 New Offshore Exploration
Norway will offer oil firms exploration blocks in nine frontier areas in its latest licensing…
Petrobras Extends Charters for Transocean
Transocean Mykonos – Credit: Ana/AdobeStock Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contract extensions for two…
Noble Energy Drops Colombia Offshore Drilling
Maersk Valiant drillship – Image source: Maersk Drilling Oil company Noble Energy, now owned by…
Offshore Drilling Market to Remain
A Seadrill drillship – Credit: Seadrill Offshore oil drilling contractor Seadrill expects the market for…
Lundin’s Polmak Well in Barents Sea Comes Up Dry
Credit: Lundin Energy Lundin Energy has failed to find hydrocarbons at its Polmak exploration well…
Oil and Gas Exploration Activity in 2020
Norwegian energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has said that oil and gas exploration activity in…
Aker BP Makes Minor Oil and Gas Discovery in
Norwegian oil and company Aker BP has made a minor oil and gas discovery in…
Shell Committed to Drill High Impact North Sea
Credit: Deltic Energy Oil and gas major Shell has reiterated its commitment to the drilling…
Apache Plots Fifth Wildcat, Appraisals for
After a string of offshore oil discoveries in Suriname’s Block 58 in the past year,…
Top Court Starts Hearing on Arctic
Norway’s top court began to hear arguments on Wednesday on the legality of awarding offshore…
Shell Farms Into South Africa Offshore Block Near
Privately-owned oil firm Impact Oil & Gas has signed a farm-out agreement with Shell for…
Gazprom Reports ‘Record-high’ Gas Inflow
Drilling rig at Leningradskoye field / Credit: Gazprom Following a recently announced gas discovery at…
BP Spuds Ironbark-1 Well Offshore Australia
Ocean Apex – Image by Paul Ling/MarineTraffic.com BP has started drilling at the Ironbark-1 exploration…
Hibiscus Wraps Infill Drilling Campaign Offshore
Credit: Hibiscus Petroleum Malaysia’s Hibiscus Petroleum completed the St Joseph minor sands infill and major…
Equinor Gets OK to Use Deepsea Atlantic Rig on
The Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig. (Photo: Marit Hommedal / Equinor ASA) Norwegian energy company Equinor…
Seabed Drilling
South America contains some of the largest deepwater oil reserves in the world, with Brazil…
Offshore Driller Launches “Wide range of
The UK-based offshore drilling company Awilco Drilling on Monday said it would launch a “wide…
Wintershall Dea Starts Development Drilling at
West Mira – Credit: Wintershall Dea Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has started drilling…
Submersible Linear Position Sensors for Offshore
Image: NewTek Sensor Solution NewTek Sensor Solutions offers new, custom designs of Submersible Linear Position…
Total Makes Another Major Discovery Offshore South
French oil major Total has struck another major gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa. The company…
Floaters Set for Another Round
Up to a quarter of the active floating drilling rig fleet – drillship and semi-submersibles…
Archer Nets Two-Year Extension with ‘Major’ North
Credit: Archer Oilfield and drilling services firm Archer said Thursday it had secured a two-year…