Deepwater

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October 12, 2017
Weatherford International plc today announced that it has been awarded a contract for plug and abandonment (P&A) services by Repsol Norge AS. The work will commence in October 2017 and is estimated to be completed over a period of three years.
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October 11, 2017
OEG Offshore, a leading global provider of Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs) and A60 modules to the oil and gas industry announces a major new strategic collaboration with Harran Limited, the leading offshore aviation refueling services specialist.
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October 09, 2017
Churchill Drilling Tools, a global oilfield service company specializing in drilling innovation, has seen a growing demand for its technology with a record number of dart activations in August 2017.
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October 06, 2017
Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted as of 11:30 CDT today, personnel have been evacuated from a total of 66 production platforms, 8.96% of the 737 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
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October 06, 2017
Petrobras informs that, as operator of the Libra consortium, it has been notified by the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) of its decision on the consortium´s request for local content exemption for the items and subitems related to the platform subsystem of the Libra Pilot project.
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October 06, 2017
ExxonMobil's fifth new oil discovery offshore Guyana, proves "that deepwater can still be attractive."
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October 06, 2017
The Anasuria FPSO today achieved three years without a lost-time incident (LTI). The safety milestone follows a recent award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), who gave the asset an ‘Order of Distinction’ in celebration of the team’s commitment to occupational health and safety.
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October 06, 2017
Ensco plc today announced the completion of its acquisition of Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
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October 06, 2017
The way energy companies are issuing debt, it feels like spring is in the air —the spring of 2014. Back then, the industry was riding high on $100/bbl oil, and companies were selling mountains of debt to fund ambitious growth strategies.
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October 06, 2017
What is 47 Bbbl in oil and gas really worth in an age where renewable sources are increasingly filling the world’s energy needs? That’s what Norway, western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, is asking itself.
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October 06, 2017
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 15/6-14 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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October 05, 2017
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is activated and monitoring the operators’ activities.
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October 05, 2017
ExxonMobil today announced it made a fifth new oil discovery after drilling the Turbot-1 well offshore Guyana.
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October 05, 2017
Semisubmersible Maersk Deliverer has been awarded a new contract by JX Nippon with an estimated duration of 30 days.
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October 05, 2017
Petrofac has secured a contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited (Chevron) for the provision of engineering services; an agreement it has held since 2014.
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October 05, 2017
Tropical Storm Nate has formed off of Nicaragua, threatening to inundate Central America, shut oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and damage cotton and citrus crops across the U.S. South.
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October 05, 2017
A tropical depression that could grow into a hurricane is forecast to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast late Sunday, potentially shutting down offshore oil and natural gas rigs and dealing another blow to citrus growers.
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October 05, 2017
Ensco plc announced today that Ensco shareholders voted to approve the allotment and issuance of Ensco Class A ordinary shares to shareholders of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. in connection with the all-stock acquisition of Atwood at the company’s general meeting of shareholders on Oct. 5, 2017.
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October 04, 2017
Abrado announced today that it has completed the 7th well in a multi-well rigless plug and abandonment campaign using it's “Investigate, Operate and Validate” operations and performing downhole video pre and post-window inspection as well as dual-string section milling with its proprietary Medusa cutting technology.
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October 04, 2017
Ampelmann, a company with offshore access solutions, has announced an exclusive partnership with Seaqualize, a Dutch marine motion technology company, to collaborate on the development of its latest S-type gangway.
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