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Noble Corporation to Retire Two Drillships

Feb 04, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has outlined plans to divest the cold stacked drillships Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco, permanently retiring the units from drilling operations.Noble Corporation said the decision was made…

Borr Drilling Agrees $125M Payment Settlement with Mexican Client

Jan 31, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has agreed to receive payment settlement for approximately $125 million with its major Mexican customer, related to its outstanding receivables.The company expects to collect this amount in the first half of February 2025…

Vaar Energi Marks Rise in Quarterly Profit

Feb 12, 2025

Oslo-listed Vaar Energi, majority-owned by Italy's Eni, raised its dividend on Tuesday as the oil and gas exploration and production company reported a fourth-quarter operating profit in line with expectations.Vaar's earnings before interest…

Halliburton Bags Major Drilling Contract with Petrobras Off Brazil

Jan 30, 2025

U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton has secured a contract from Petrobras for integrated drilling services across several offshore fields in Brazil.The contract scope includes drilling services for development and exploration wells over a three-year period…

TotalEnergies Hires Stena Drilling’s Drillship for Work Off Suriname

Jan 30, 2025

TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for its Stena DrillMax drillship, which will be deployed for work offshore Suriname.As part of the contract, Stena DrillMax will perform managed pressure drilling of one exploration well in Suriname with TotalEnergies EP Suriname…

Six New Gas Wells in Line for BP’s Shah Deniz Field in Caspian Sea

Feb 11, 2025

BP plans to add six new wells to its operation in Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea to ensure stable production in the years ahead, a senior manager at the international energy major told Reuters.BP currently operates 21 gas wells in Shah Deniz…

Dolphin Drilling’s Chief Steps Down

Jan 29, 2025

Oslo-listed offshore drilling firm Dolphin Drilling has informed that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bjørnar Iversen resigned from the position.Jon Oliver Bryce has been appointed interim-CEO.Bryce currently holds the position as Chief Strategy…

Vår Energi Set to Enhance Drilling Ops with Reelwell’s Digital Drill Pipe Tech

Jan 29, 2025

Reelwell, with Odfjell Technology as strategic partner, has secured a multi-year contract with Vår Energi for the provision of its DualLink-powered digital drill pipe technology.As part of the agreement, Reelwell’s DualLink technology will be…

Vår Energi Gets Green Light for Dilling Op in North Sea

Jan 31, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production license 1090, in which Vår Energi holds an operating stake of 50%, along with partners Petoro (20%)…

Sunda Energy Starts Environmental Survey for Timor-Leste Oil and Gas Field

Jan 28, 2025

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia, has started environmental baseline survey in preparation for the drilling of the planned Chuditch-2 appraisal well off Timor-Leste.The survey…

Odfjell Drilling Secures $148M Extension with Equinor for Deepsea Atlantic Rig

Jan 29, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has agreed terms with Equinor to extend its contract for use of the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig until end the second quarter of 2027.Deepsea Alantic will operate under previously agreed…

Scottish Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Financial Close

Jan 27, 2025

The financial close for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, developed by ESB and Red Rock Renewables as equal joint owners, has been reached, raising more than $4.3 billion in funding.The 1,080 MW offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea 15 kilometres off the Scottish Angus coast…

Petrobras Extends Tupi Field FPSO Stay, Lines Up System Upgrades

Jan 22, 2025

Petrobras, on behalf of the Tupi field consortium, has extended charter and service agreements for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Cidade de Angra dos Reis, announcing also the upgrades to the vessel.The amendments…

FET to Supply Spain's ACSM with ROV, LARS

Jan 30, 2025

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) won a contract to provide a work class ROV system and a Dynacon Launch and Recovery System (LARS) to ACSM, the Spanish-headquartered global maritime survey and ROV services operator.  The FET Perry XLX EVO II will be delivered in Q3 2025 to support construction…

MATCOR Relaunches Iron Gopher for HDD Drilling with Reduced Price

Jan 28, 2025

Cathodic protection and AC mitigation solutions supplier MATCOR, a BrandSafway company, has relaunched its patented Iron Gopher linear anode for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) projects, with a reduced price.The price reduction is the result of MATCOR's move to in-house production…

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