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Offshore Driller Noble Says Reorganization Plan Gets Court Approval

Nov 23, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Noble, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August, said Monday that its restructuring plan had received court approval. The offshore drilling company changed its name earlier this month from Noble Corp…

Ivory Coast: Foxtrot to Spend $315M to Increase Its Gas Output

Nov 23, 2020

Ivory Coast-based energy firm Foxtrot International will invest $315 million to increase its gas output by a third by 2022 to meet the West African nation's growing power needs, the firm's general manager told Reuters on Monday.Ivory Coast,…

Vår Energi Gets OK to Drill Production Wells at Goliat Field

Nov 23, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has been given consent to use Saipem's Scarabeo 8 drilling rig on the Goliat oil field in the Barents Sea, off Norway.Vår Energi will use the semi-submersible drilling rig for production drilling on the Goliat field…

Odfjell Drilling, Equinor Firm Up Offshore Drilling Deals in Norway

Nov 23, 2020

Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has signed firm drilling contracts with Equinor for the use of two of its offshore drilling rigs in Norway.The contracts are for the use of the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling…

Seadrill Adds $52M to Backlog with Gulf of Mexico, Norway Rig Contracts

Nov 20, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has recently won drilling contracts worth $52 million in total. On Friday, the Oslo-listed driller issued its 3Q 2020 trading update and said that the offshore drilling market situation would remain depressed until late 2021…

Noble Energy Drops Colombia Offshore Drilling Plan. Might Drill in 2021

Nov 20, 2020

Oil company Noble Energy, now owned by Chevron, has decided not to drill the previously planned offshore well in Colombia this year.The company had signed a drilling contract in January with the Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling for the use of the Maersk Valiant drillship in Colombia…

Equinor Given Green Light to Drill at Blasto Prospect in North Sea

Nov 20, 2020

Norwegian oil firm Equinor has been granted authorization to drill two wells at the Blasto prospect in the North Sea, off Norway.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Friday it had granted Equinor a drilling permit for wildcat well 31/2-22…

Seadrill: Offshore Drilling Market to Remain Depressed Until Late 2021

Nov 20, 2020

Offshore oil drilling contractor Seadrill expects the market for its rigs to remain depressed until late 2021, the Oslo-listed firm said on Friday as it continued talks with creditors over a debt restructuring.Seadrill, controlled by Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen…

US Moves to Loosen Safety Rules for Arctic Offshore Drilling

Nov 19, 2020

The Trump administration on Thursday proposed to loosen Obama-era safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska to ease the way for petroleum extraction in the region, an effort that President-elect Joe Biden will likely throw out once in office…

Norway to Offer 136 New Offshore Exploration Blocks in Barents Sea Push

Nov 19, 2020

Norway will offer oil firms exploration blocks in nine frontier areas in its latest licensing round, including eight regions of the Arctic Barents Sea and one in the Norwegian Sea, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday…

Petrobras Extends Charters for Transocean Drillship Duo

Nov 19, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contract extensions for two of its 2011-built drillships with Brazil's national oil company Petrobras.Transocean said Wednesday that Petrobras had exercised a 680-day option for the Deepwater Corcovado drillship…

Last U.S. Offshore Oil Lease Under Trump to Test Industry Demand

Nov 18, 2020

The Trump administration on Wednesday will offer all available areas in the Gulf of Mexico for auction to oil and gas companies in its final offshore sale before the January inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat who has pledged to ban new drilling on federal lands and waters…

Bahamas Petroleum Gearing Up to Spud Perseverance #1 Well Next Month

Nov 17, 2020

Stena Drilling's Stena IceMAX drillship is soon expected to set sail to the Bahamas, where it will spud the Perseverance #1 exploration well for the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC). BPC said Tuesday that the drilling rig had completed all necessary vessel and equipment inspections…

ExxonMobil Makes Non-Commercial Discovery at Guyana's Deepest Offshore Well

Nov 17, 2020

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made another oil discovery off Guyana, at the Tanager-1 well, however, the discovery is reported as non-commercial.Unlike Exxon's previous Guyana wells which were drilled in the Stabroek offshore block, and which unearthed more than 8 billion barrels of oil…

Lundin's Polmak Well in Barents Sea Comes Up Dry

Nov 17, 2020

Lundin Energy has failed to find hydrocarbons at its Polmak exploration well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The Sweden-based firm said Monday it had completed exploration well 7221/4-1, targeting the Polmak prospect in licenses PL609 and PL1027…

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