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Apache Makes Major Discovery Offshore Suriname

Jan 07, 2020

Apache Corp and Total SA said on Tuesday they had made a major oil discovery in a closely watched area off the coast of South America's Suriname, sending Apache's shares surging nearly 27%.The discovery, dubbed 'among the most anticipated in the world' by one brokerage…

Activists Climb Jackup in Dundee

Jan 06, 2020

Activists on Monday boarded a jackup drilling rig in Dundee harbor, in Scotland, aiming to prevent the rig from departing for scheduled drilling operations for Shell in the North Sea.The 'occupied' rig, Valaris' KFELS Super A jackup Valaris Ju-122…

Turkey, Libya May Contract Drillers in Eastern Med

Jan 06, 2020

Turkey and Libya could work with international companies to search for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, following a deal between Ankara and the Tripoli-based government on maritime borders…

Borr Drilling Appoints Neil Glass as Director

Jan 05, 2020

International drilling contractor to the oil and gas industry Borr Drilling Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Neil Glass as a new director of the Board.Glass graduated from the University of Alberta in 1983 with a degree in Business.…

Sapura Esperanza Extended in Malaysia

Jan 03, 2020

Oil and gas services firm Sapura Energy said it has been awarded a contract extension by Sarawak Shell Berhad / Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited, for the provision of a semi-submersible tender assist drilling rig, Sapura Esperanza.The contract…

New Year’s Lift for Rig Owners

Jan 02, 2020

Norway’s bevy of oilfield supplier had a terrific day on the stock market Thursday, the first day back from holiday riding a buoyant oil price and news Chinese and Norwegian orders for oilfield items was on-again.Drilling contractor Seadrill led the pack…

i3 Plots 2020 Drilling

Jan 02, 2020

Following i3 Energy's 2019 drilling campaign at Serenity and Liberator, the company announced Thursday it is now preparing for a mid-2020 appraisal program to delineate the fields believed to contain more than 600 million barrels P50 STOIIP…

LEKOIL Secures Funding for Ogo Field Drilling

Jan 02, 2020

West Africa focused exploration and production company LEKOIL announced on Thursday that it has secured funding for the appraisal drilling and initial development program activities on the Ogo field within OPL 310 offshore Nigeria.Lekoil 310 Limited…

Shelf Drilling Wins ME Gig Extension

Dec 31, 2019

Shelf Drilling, the contractor of jack-up rigs, has secured long-term contract extensions for four of its jack-ups working offshore the Arabian Peninsula.The rigs High Island II, High Island IV and Main Pass I will each be employed for a further…

SHI Pays Valaris $200 Million

Dec 30, 2019

UK headquartered offshore drilling contractor Valaris announced on Monday that it has received a $200 million cash payment resulting from a settled dispute with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).Earlier this year, an arbitration…

Seadrill Wins Extensions for Jackup Pair

Dec 30, 2019

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill announced on Monday it has secured a three-year contract for the jackup drilling rigs AOD II and AOD III in the Middle East, in direct continuation of their current contracts.Total contract value is expected…

Greece Proposes World Court if Maritime Dialogue with Turkey Fails

Dec 30, 2019

Greece's Prime Minister said in remarks published on Sunday that if Athens and Ankara cannot solve their dispute about maritime zones in the Mediterranean they should turn to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to settle the disagreement…

Saipem Tallies $1.7 Bln Drilling Contracts

Dec 27, 2019

Italian oilfield services firm Saipem announced Friday it has secured approximately $1.7 billion in new and extended drilling contracts for its offshore and onshore divisions.The offshore drilling contracts relate to activities to be executed in Norway and in Angola…

In Norway, Balder Signals Party Still On

Dec 26, 2019

Norway at years’ end is marking “50 years of oil” and ushering in decades more oil wealth with the go-ahead of the Balder-Ringhorn life extension project along with dozens of other life-extenders.The North Sea oilfield was the first discovered off Norway in 1967…

Petrobras Approves Sete Brasil Plan

Dec 26, 2019

Petrobras reports that its Executive Board and Board of Directors have approved the final terms of an agreement with Sete Brasil subject to the fulfillment of precedent conditions.The Agreement preserves the terms previously announced: (i) maintenance…

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