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Kosmos Energy Wins Ghana Arbitration
Ghana >> 7/18/2018 - Kosmos Energy (KOS) announced that its subsidiary Kosmos Energy Ghana HC was successful in its arbitration against Tullow Ghana Limited in a dispute over responsibility for expenditures stemming from ...
Maersk Drilling Secures 2 Contract Extensions in the North Sea
Norway >> 7/13/2018 - Maersk Drilling has been awarded contract extensions for the high-efficiency jack-up rigs Maersk Resolute and Maersk Resolve by Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. and Wintershall Noordzee B.V., respectivel...
Weatherford To Sells Drilling Rigs in Middle East, Algeria
Saudi Arabia >> 7/11/2018 - A subsidiary of Weatherford International plc has signed a definitive agreement with ADES International Holding Ltd. for the sale of Weatherford's land drilling rig operations in Algeria, Kuwait and S...
Rig Mobilisation for Multi-Horizon Well in the Lower Congo Basin
Congo >> 7/11/2018 - Anglo African Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas developer, is pleased to announce the mobilisation of the SMP-102 rig which has been contracted by the Company to drill the TLP-103 well on the ...
Precision Drilling Wins Kuwait Contract Award
Kuwait >> 7/9/2018 - Precision Drilling Corporation has announced the award of one new build ST-3000 drilling rig in Kuwait under a five year take-or-pay contract with an optional one year extension. Precision has five ac...
New Contract for the UDW Unit Stena Forth, with Tullow Oil
Ghana >> 7/6/2018 - The Stena Forth will commence Operations in Ghana around end Q3 and has been contracted for an initial three-well campaign with a series of options. This upcoming campaign will see Stena Drilling retu...
Echo Energy Announces Mobilisation of Well Testing / Completion Rig
Argentina >> 7/6/2018 - Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced that mobilisation of the Quintana 01 testing / completion rig to the Fraccion C, Fraccion D and LLC assets (onsh...
High Court Judgment: Seadrill vs Tullow Ghana Ltd
Ghana >> 7/3/2018 - Tullow Oil plc (Group) announces that a judgment in the English Commercial Court case brought against its wholly owned subsidiary Tullow Ghana Limited (Tullow) by Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited (Se...
Shelf Drilling Enters Agreement to Purchase Ocean Scepter Jack-Up Rig
United Arab Emirates >> 7/2/2018 - Shelf Drilling has entered into a definitive agreement with subsidiaries of Diamond Offshore to purchase the Ocean Scepter jack-up drilling rig. The total cost for the rig (including the purchase pric...
Aramco, NOV Sign JV Agreement to Provide High-specification Drilling Rigs
Saudi Arabia >> 6/28/2018 - Saudi Aramco signed a shareholder agreement with National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) to form a joint venture partnership to establish an integrated world-class on-shore rig and equipment manufacturing ...
Wintershall Awards Rig Contract for Nova Field
Norway >> 6/27/2018 - Wintershall Norge AS has awarded a rig contract for the Nova development to Seadrill Norway Operations Ltd who will operate the West Mira drilling rig on behalf of Northern Drilling. In addition, Wint...
ADES Completes Acquisition of Three Offshore Rigs from Nabors
United Arab Emirates >> 6/13/2018 - ADES International Holding Ltd., the London-listed company providing offshore and onshore oil and gas drilling and production services in the Middle East and Africa through its subsidiaries, has annou...
Fugro Intertidal Drilling Rig Wins Innovation Award for Tackling Data Gap
United Kingdom >> 6/13/2018 - A mobile drilling platform developed by Fugro that switches seamlessly between land and shallow water work has won the Equipment Innovation category in the 2018 Ground Engineering (GE) Awards. The Fug...
Sirius Updates on Rig Mobilisation for Ororo Field Drilling
Nigeria >> 6/7/2018 - Sirius Petroleum, the Nigeria focused oil and gas development and production company, announces that following an update from COSL, the Company's international rig partner, the COSL Force jack-up rig ...
Rowan Awarded Drillship Contract by ExxonMobil
United States >> 6/7/2018 - Rowan Companies plc announced that the Rowan Relentless, one of its R-Class drillships, has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil to drill a prospect in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is expected...
Chariot Oil & Gas Secures Ocean Rig Poseidon to Drill Offshore Namibia
Namibia >> 6/4/2018 - Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, has secured the Ocean Rig Poseidon, a sixth generation deepwater drillship to drill one firm and one optional w...
Fire Broke out on Onshore Oil Rig Operated by Depthwize
Nigeria >> 5/26/2018 - A fire broke out on an onshore oil rig in Nigeria’s Niger Delta on Saturday, three witnesses told Reuters, adding that the fire was still burning as of noon. The barge rig, the Majestic, is operated ...
Odfjell Signs Drilling Contract for Deepsea Atlantic & Master Frame Agreement with Equinor
Norway >> 5/25/2018 - Reference is made to previous announcement of a Letter of Intent on 16 April 2018. Odfjell Drilling has signed the drilling contract for Deepsea Atlantic for 6 firm wells with an estimated total durat...
Azinor Signs LOI with Transocean for Leader Rig to Appraise Agar
United Kingdom >> 5/22/2018 - Azinor Catalyst Limited, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P Company focused on the UK Continental Shelf, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with US listed drilling...
Rig Contract Signed for the Drilling of Ubima-1
Nigeria >> 5/17/2018 - Eland Oil & Gas PLC, an oil and gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, is pleased to announce that it has signed a rig contract with KCA Deut...

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