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Brazilian Offshore Drilling Firm Launches Start-Up Challenge

Apr 15, 2020

Brazilian offshore drilling services provider Ocyan has launched Ocyan Waves program, where start-ups can register and provide their solutions for Ocyan's internal challenges.Startups should seek innovative solutions to the challenges selected…

Qatar Starts 80-well Offshore Drilling Campaign at NFE Project

Apr 15, 2020

Qatar Petroleum has kicked off the development drilling campaign for the offshore North Field East project, or NFE previously known as the North Field Expansion Project.The first of 80 North Field East development wells was spudded on March 29…

OMV Strikes Oil and Gas Offshore New Zealand

Apr 14, 2020

Austrian energy firm OMV has said it has struck oil and gas in the Taranaki Basin offshore New Zealand.  OMV, as the operator of the Petroleum Exploration Permit (PEP) 60093, started drilling at the Toutoiwai-1 well in early March 2020.The oil…

Early Terminations for Borr Drilling Offshore Rigs

Apr 14, 2020

Jack-up drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received early contract terminations for five offshore drilling rigs, and has warned that more terminations might be forthcoming. On the bright side, the company has been awarded letters of award for two premium jack-ups…

Offshore Oil Trio in NYSE Listing Warning

Apr 13, 2020

Offshore oil and gas contractors Seadrill, Pacific Drilling, and Hermitage Offshore have in the past week received listing warnings from the New York Stock exchange.All three companies have been warned by the New York Stock Exchange (the 'NYSE')…

Singapore Readies 'Floating Hotels' for Workers as Coronavirus Spreads

Apr 13, 2020

Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly…

Noble Corp. Withdraws Guidance as Offshore Drilling Outlook Turns Bleak

Apr 10, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has backtracked on its 2020 guidance announced in February, citing the recent sharp decline of oil price due to the oil oversupply and drop in demand caused by COVID-19, as the reason.Noble Corp…

Turkish Drillship Gearing Up for Black Sea Drilling

Apr 10, 2020

Turkish national oil company TPAO's drillship Fatih is being prepared to move to the Black Sea to start drilling operations.The news was shared on social media both by TPAO and the country's energy minister Fatih DonmezDonmez on Thursday tweeted…

Offshore Drillers to Lose $3B Due To COVID-19, Low Oil Prices

Apr 09, 2020

Offshore drillings contractors leasing drilling rigs to oil and gas companies are set to lose contracts worth $3 billion in combined revenue in 2020 and 2021, Rystad Energy said Thursday, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices…

Prosafe in Talks over Flotel Contracts. Some Units Might Go Off-Hire

Apr 09, 2020

The article was updated on April 27, 2020, with a statement by EnQuest which explained that the contract for the Safe Zephyrus had been terminated due to COVID-19-related safety concerns and not due to the low oil price.Offshore accommodation…

Wintershall Dea Discovers Oil at Bergknapp Prospect Off Norway

Apr 07, 2020

Wintershall Dea Norge has made an oil discovery at the Bergknapp prospect in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway.The wildcat well 6406/3-10 (as it is formally named) is located in the production license 836 S, about eight kilometers west of the…

Dubai Petroleum Shortens Another Shelf Drilling Rig Contract

Apr 06, 2020

Jack-up drilling rig contractor Shelf Drilling has been slapped with another early rig contract termination, its third in the past month.Shelf Drilling on Monday said that it had entered into a mutual agreement with the client 'to amend the…

Aker BP Makes Small Gas Discovery off Norway

Apr 06, 2020

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has made a minor gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, 210 kilometers west of Brønnøysund.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reported on Monday that Aker BP had completed the drilling of the wildcat well 6506/5-1 S…

Apache Makes 'Significant' Discovery Offshore Suriname

Apr 02, 2020

U.S. oil company Apache has said it has made a significant oil discovery at the Sapakara West-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. This is the company's second large oil discovery in the country this year. The first was struck in January…

Huisman Crane for Penta-Ocean's Wind Turbine Installation Rig

Mar 31, 2020

Dutch offshore equipment manufacturer Huisman has signed a contract with PaxOcean Engineering for the delivery of a 1,600mt Leg Encircling Crane. The crane will be installed on the new self-elevated platform (SEP) of Japanese company Penta-Ocean Construction…

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