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Noble retires ex-Shell drillship

Feb 04, 2016

Noble Corp. will retire two offshore drilling units, jackup Noble Charles Copeland and former Shell Arctic drillship, Noble Discoverer, the company announced this week. The retirements bring Noble’s full fleet to 30 units. The Noble Discoverer contract…

Noble in GoM layoffs

Jan 19, 2016

Noble Corp. is expected to lay off 100-120 people that work on the Noble Danny Adkins semisubmersible drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a letter from Noble’s director of personnel, to the Texas Workforce Commission, Noble…

Shell drops Noble Discoverer

Dec 18, 2015

Drilling contractor Noble Corp. is relocating its drillship Noble Discoverer to Singapore where it will be stacked after Shell terminated its contract on the rig. Shell had been using the Noble Discoverer for its failed arctic exploration in the Chukchi Sea alongside the Polar Pioneer…

Delek wants more Cyprus stake

Jun 01, 2015

Israel’s Delek Group is proposing a US$155 million deal to acquire 19.9% stake in Block 12, offshore Cyprus, from Houston-based Noble Energy. Map from Noble. Block 12 covers approximately 2684sq km in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea…

Israel debating on Leviathan

Dec 23, 2014

The Israel Anti-trust Authority advised Noble Energy and its Leviathan field partners of its decision to not submit the Consent Decree to the Anti-trust Tribunal for final approval.  Maps from Noble.   Noble…

Noble announces new CEO

Oct 21, 2014

Houston-based Noble Energy elected David L. Stover as president and chief executive officer. Stover. From Noble. Stover previously served as the company's president and chief operating officer…

Noble, Ezra finalize GoM subsea contracts

Oct 09, 2014

Noble Energy and Singapore-based Ezra Holdings’ subsea division EMAS AMC, finalized three subsea tieback contracts worth approximately US$300 million. Image from Ezra. The scope of work includes engineering…

Good GoM news for Noble

Aug 28, 2014

Noble Energy announced successful results for the Katmai exploration well and the Dantzler-2 appraisal well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Katmai exploration well Noble is reporting great news at Katmai with total gross resources for the well estimated between 40 and 100MMboe…

Noble bullish, despite slowdown

Apr 18, 2014

A slowdown in 2014 drilling will be short-lived, according to Noble Corporation, which posted growing margins thanks to its expanding fleet, with another four units due for delivery by the end of 2014.  Noble’s chairman, president and CEO…

New Zealand announces 2014 block offer

Apr 03, 2014

New Zealand's Minister of Energy and Resources Simon Bridges announced the country's third block offering. Up for grabs is a total of 405,000sq km, including both on and offshore acreage. Offshore release areas include the Reinga-Northland Basin…

Noble rig stabilized after tilt

Feb 28, 2014

Noble Corp.’s drilling rig, Noble Paul Wolff (pictured), experienced a “ballast control incident” off Brazil at 1 a.m. local time, the company reported 28 Feb 2014. The rig’s crew has secured the well, and Noble said that measures are underway to resolve the matter…

Anadarko spuds offshore NZ

Feb 12, 2014

Anadarko Petroleum Company has started drilling theCaravel-1exploration wellin the Canterbury basin offshoreNew Zealand. Drilling is expected to take about 40 days, using the drillship Noble Bob Douglas. The expected total depth is 2800m subsea…

Noble Corp. reports 2013 results

Jan 22, 2014

Noble Corp. today reported Q4 2013 net income of US$174 million, and for Q3 2013, the company reported net income of $282 million. Net income for the full year 2013 totaled $783 million, on revenues of $4.2 billion, compared to net income of $522 million on revenues of $3…

Noble spin off plan

Sep 25, 2013

Noble Corporation has announced plans to spin off its standard specification drilling units into a new separate company. The new company will own and operate standard specification drilling units from the Noble fleet, with the new company focusing on high-specification assets…

Kleckner succeeds Lawler at Anadarko

May 29, 2013

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has promoted James J. Kleckner—former VP, Operations of Anadarko's Rocky Mountain region—to Executive VP, International and Deepwater Operations. 'Jim's promotion to Executive VP, International and Deepwater Operations…

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