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As part of the alliance, ADNOC Drilling will acquire eight FlexRig land rigs from H&P for $86.5 million. H&P will also make a $100 million cornerstone investment into ADNOC Drilling’s recently announced Initial Public Offering (IPO). ADNOC said in a statement that the deal will help the company reach 5 million bbl/day production capacity and gas self-sufficiency for the UAE by 2030.

Drilled by Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Aberdeen semisubmersible, the Bergknapp oil discovery contained an estimated 40-84 million BOE after appraisal. The appraisal well is the second operated exploration well for Wintershall Dea in Norway in 2021, following the nearby Dvalin North discovery in PL 211 made in May.

Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted as of 11:30 CDT on 1 September, personnel have been evacuated from a total of 249 production platforms, 44.46% of the 560 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Personnel have been evacuated from nine non-dynamically positioned and four dynamically positioned rigs. BSEE estimates that 79.96% of oil production and 83.21% of gas production in the Gulf has been shut in.

The companies will integrate Kongsberg Digital's Kognitwin platform with Data Gumbo's GumboNet to codify the triggering of supply chain transactions on smart contracts and automated payments. Users will get real-time updates to contractual transactions based on current data sets, viewable in a digital twin context.

The award is the first ever given to Pakistani energy companies for exploration in an Abu Dhabi concession. The consortium will invest $304.7 million towards exploration and appraisal drilling in Offshore Block 5, located approximately 100 km northeast of Abu Dhabi City.

The well intervention scope of the P&A project utilized Expro’s integrated Open Water Intervention Riser System (OWIRS) for successful intervention and barrier placement on 15 wells for PCMPL’s Chinguetti Field Phase II operations. PCMPL is a subsidiary of Petronas.

Following an extension with CGX Resources, the Maersk Discoverer semisubmersible is fully booked throughout 2021 and part of 2022. Work is expected to commence in the first half of 2022 in direct continuation of the rig's contract with Shell Trinidad.

Noble Corp said in a statement that it expects to generate approximately $285 million in cash from the sale of the Noble Roger Lewis, Noble Scott Marks, Noble Joe Knight, and Noble Johnny Whitstine jackups to ADES International Holding. Closing is expected before the end of October 2021.

The contract results from the final investment decision of BOE and the Shenandoah working interest owners to sanction the previously announced Shenandoah project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Once delivered from the shipyard, the Deepwater Atlas is expected to commence operations in Q3 of 2022.

Global completions specialist Tendeka has appointed a new CTO to drive its next generation of products and systems. Jonathan Abbott takes on the role with almost 20 years’ international experience in operations, sales, technical support, product development and project management. His career includes stints in Canada, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, primarily with Schlumberger, where he led large engineering development teams focused on lower completions, stimulation and production enhancement. Mr Abbott will be based in Tendeka’s Aberdeen headquarters. “I’m excited to be joining Tendeka and taking on the role of driving the company’s technology strategy. I have always been an admirer of Tendeka’s smart solutions for complex reservoir and production challenges so I’m looking forward to working closely ...