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Equinor Contracts Seadrill Drillship West Saturn

Apr 27, 2021

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill said it has secured a four-year firm contract with four one year options for the West Saturn drillship with Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda for work on the Bacalhau field in Brazil.Total value for the firm portion of the contract…

ExxonMobil Makes Oil Discovery at Uaru-2 Offshore Guyana

Apr 27, 2021

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently…

Archer to Acquire DeepWell

Apr 26, 2021

Oilfield services firm Archer said it has signed an offer letter with Moreld laying out principle terms to purchase 100% of the shares in DeepWell, a Norwegian well intervention company focused on mechanical wireline and cased hole logging services…

Shelf Drilling Jack-up Scores Three-year Contract in India

Apr 23, 2021

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has landed a three-year contract for one of its jack-up drilling rigs with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in India.The Dubai-headquartered shallow water drilling specialist said its J.T. Angel…

Schlumberger Sees International Drilling Activity Improving

Apr 23, 2021

International oil activity should ramp-up through the end of this year and beyond, Schlumberger NV top boss Olivier Le Peuch said on Friday, a shift that will help the company grow revenue outside North America by double-digits in the second half of the year…

Woodside Taps Zenith Energy for Senegal Drilling Support

Apr 22, 2021

Aberdeen-based well management company Zenith Energy has won a multi-year contract with Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy in Senegal.The agreement is for the provision of drilling and completion engineering and ad-hoc support services…

CGX Hires Maersk Semi-sub for Guyana Drilling

Apr 22, 2021

CGX Resources, an oil and gas company with offshore blocks in Guyana, has awarded Maersk Drilling a one-well rig contract.The Danish offshore drilling contractor said Thursday that CGX would use its semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer…

Product: Salunda's Crew Hawk Protects Drill Floor Workers

Apr 22, 2021

Salunda Limited has recently introduced an innovative real-time location tracking system that improves the safety of people working in the ‘Red Zone’ on offshore oil and gas rigs.'The patent-protected Crew Hawk integrates multiple technologies into a reliable…

Neptune Starts Drilling Production Wells at Duva Field in Norway. First Production in 3Q

Apr 22, 2021

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling production wells on the Duva field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.Neptune is using the Deepsea Yantai a semi-submersible rig operated by Odfjell Drilling to drill four production well on the Duva field…

Ireland: Providence Resources Terminates Barryroe Farm-out Deal with SpotOn

Apr 22, 2021

Ireland-based oil and gas firm Providence Resources has terminated the farm-out agreement with SpotOn Energy for the offshore block in Ireland containing the Barryroe oil and gas discovery.Providence, with its partner Lansdowne, had in November…

OES to Provide Drilling Rig for ADM's Barracuda Field in Nigeria

Apr 21, 2021

Oil and gas investment company ADM Energy which in March agreed to invest in the development of the Barracuda oil field in OML 141 in swamp/shallow waters offshore Nigeria, has entered into a non-binding collaboration agreement with OES Energy Services Limited ('OES')…

Halliburton Expects International Activity Growth to Accelerate

Apr 21, 2021

Halliburton Co on Wednesday reported a 6% rise in first-quarter adjusted profit from the previous three months, as a rebound in oil prices from pandemic lows fueled drilling activity and demand for oilfield services.Higher oil prices during the quarter boosted drilling…

Equinor Finds Oil and Gas in Norwegian Sea. Production Start-up Imminent

Apr 21, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor, with its partners Total and Vår Energi, has made an oil and gas discovery in a new segment belonging to the Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea. Recoverable resources are so far estimated at between 3.0 and 4…

Oilfield Services Firm Hunting Says 1Q Earnings in Line with Expectations

Apr 21, 2021

Oilfield services group Hunting Plc said on Wednesday its first-quarter earnings were in line with expectations despite a hit to the company's Texas facilities in February when the U.S. state faced severe cold weather.The company said it recorded…

Aker BP Adds One More Well to Maersk Drilling's Jack-Up Rig Scope

Apr 21, 2021

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won a one-well contract extension for its Maersk Integrator jack-up drilling rig with Aker BP in Norway.The contract is expected to start in December 2021, in direct continuation from the rig's current scope for Aker BP…

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