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Keppel Offshore & Marine has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Keppel FELS, made its first rig delivery in 2020 safely, on time and within budget...

Equinor has been awarded 23 new production licenses by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy during the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2019 – 14 of the licenses are Equinor-operated and nine are partner-operated...

Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts for a 3-well exploration drilling project by Total E&P Angola Block 32, Block 48 and Total E&P Namibia for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager...

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Valiant which will be employed by Noble Energy for a one-well campaign offshore Colombia...

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced that, for the first time in history, oil production from the Gulf of Mexico exceeded 2 million barrels per day in August 2019...

Talos Energy has announced the finalization of the third-party contingent resource evaluation of the company’s globally recognized Zama discovery...

ADES has announced that it has secured a contract renewal for ADMARINE 262. The ADMARINE 262 renewal has a five-year tenor, which will be effective upon the expiry of the current contract in April 2020, and will have a higher daily rate...

Equinor has launched new climate ambitions to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its operated offshore fields and onshore plants in Norway to near zero by 2050...

Tullow Oil has announced that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Kanuku license offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately 4 m of net oil pay based on preliminary interpretation...

ExxonMobil announced it has secured more than 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt. The acquisition includes acreage in the 1.2 million North Marakia Offshore block...