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Maersk Drilling's Drillship to Drill More Wells for Total in Angola

Oct 21, 2020

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured more work for its Maersk Voyager drillship with Total in Angola.The contract is for three development wells, to be drilled at Total's offshore Block 17. According to Maersk Drilling…

Ireland: Providence Pens Barryroe Field Farmout Deal with SpotOn

Nov 30, 2020

Ireland-based oil and gas company Providence Resources has signed a farm-out deal with SpotOn Energy for the offshore block in Ireland containing the Barryroe oil and gas discovery.Providence Resources, together with its partner Lansdowne Oil…

Danish Offshore Driller Investing in 'Carbon-Negative' Tech

Jul 29, 2020

Danish offshore oil and gas drilling company Maersk Drilling is stepping up its efforts to reduce emissions associated with its drilling operations.It in June joined a consortium whose aim is to develop an offshore storage solution for CO2 captured in Danish onshore facilities…

Maersk Drilling CFO to Step Down

Jul 31, 2020

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling said Friday its Chief Financial Officer Jesper Ridder Olsen would step down from the position by January 2021.The offshore drilling contractor said that Ridder Olsen had 'decided to pursue another…

Aker Carbon Capture, Vatenfall in Carbon Capture MoU

Oct 22, 2020

Norwegian carbon capture firm Aker Carbon Capture has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sweden’s power company Vattenfall to accelerate the evaluation of future carbon capture plants in Sweden and Northern Europe.Aker Carbon Capture…

Outgoing Ørsted CEO Poulsen to Join AP Moller

Oct 19, 2020

Henrik Poulsen, CEO of offshore wind giant Ørsted, who recently announced his decision to step down after eight years with the firm, will join Denmark's maritime giant AP Moller Holding.The A.P. Moller Group comprises of A.P. Moller - Maersk…

Maersk Integrator Jack-Up to Drill Another Well for Aker BP in 2021

Aug 20, 2020

Danish drilling company Maersk Drilling has won more work for its low-emission, harsh-environment jack-up drilling rig Maersk Integrator.The Norwegian oil company Aker BP has awarded the rig an additional one-well contract, to drill the Ula F – Producer 1 well at the Ula field…

Norway: Offshore Drilling Firms, Workers Agree Wage Deal Averting Strike

Sep 24, 2020

Three Norwegian labor unions agreed on a wage deal with the owners of floating offshore oil rigs, preventing a strike that could eventually have halted the exploration for new oil and gas reserves, the unions, and companies said in separate statements on Thursday…

Maersk Drilling Bags Long-Term Jack-Up Extension with Shell in Brunei

Aug 31, 2020

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won a long-term contract extension for its jack-up rig Maersk Convincer with Brunei Shell Petroleum in Brunei.Brunei Shell Petroleum has exercised its contract extension option that will see the jack-up drilling unit extend its stay in Brunei…

Wintershall Noordzee Wraps Sillimanite Drilling. Calls for Dutch Gov't to Boost E&P Sector

Sep 28, 2020

Wintershall Noordzee has completed the drilling of a well at the Sillimanite South field discovery in the Dutch North Sea, and converted it into a development sidetrack.It was the third well drilled in sequence after the two Sillimanite Unit…

Maersk Drilling Wins More Jack-Up Rig Work with Aker BP

Jul 20, 2020

Denmark-based offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured an additional one-well contract from Aker BP for its jack-up rig Maersk Integrator. In direct continuation of its current work scope, the rig - which Maersk Drilling says is…

Shearwater in Large Towed Streamer 3D Survey Off Suriname

Sep 21, 2020

Norwegian marine seismic services company Shearwater GeoServices said Monday it had been awarded a contract by Malaysia's Petronas for work offshore Suriname.The award is for a large towed streamer 3D seismic survey over Petronas' Block 52, offshore Suriname…

Tullow Extends Maersk Drillship Term After Cancellation Notice

Aug 14, 2020

Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has extended the contract with Maersk Drilling for the use of the Maersk Venturer drillship in Angola, following the contract termination for the same rig announced in March.Namely, Maersk Drilling in March said…

Maersk Training Launches Training Management App

Sep 15, 2020

Maersk Training in the UK announced the launch of its upgraded Training Management Solution (TMS) with the aim to improve the training management for companies dealing with fewer headcount and remote working, amid the coronavirus pandemic.The software is divided into two parts…

Suriname: After Three Discoveries, Apache Spuds Fourth Offshore Well

Sep 15, 2020

Oil and gas company Apache, with its partner Total, is on the hunt for its fourth offshore oil discovery in Suriname.The company has this year announced discoveries at Sapakara West, and Maka Central, and most recently, Kwaskwasi well - all in Block 58…

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