BP today announced it has added two drilling rigs to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, bringing its fleet to a company record nine rigs as it continues to develop its strong portfolio of assets in the key U.S. offshore basin. One of the rigs ...
Dana Petroleum has made a gas discovery in the Southern North Sea following the drilling of the Pharos exploration well. Dana drilled 47/5d-6 on the Pharos Prospect in Licence P1566 as Operator and discovered gas in a Rotlegendes ...
Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce drilling results at two wells in the Uytas field. The UTS-19 appraisal well was drilled to a total depth of 208 metres. Oil ...
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has completed exploration well 16/2-20S, located north of the Johan Sverdrup discovery in PL501, in the North Sea sector of the ...
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The Directors and management of Strata-X Energy Ltd. ("Strata-X" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SXE)(ASX:SXA) are pleased to provide the following operational updates on the Vail and Maverick Oil Projects. Vail Oil Project The Company ...
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Mawson West Limited (TSX:MWE) ("Mawson West" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update on the results of ongoing drilling at the Company's Kapulo copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). Overview Kapulo ...
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Rowan Companies plc ("Rowan" or the "Company") (NYSE: RDC) announced today that its monthly report of drilling rig status and contract information has been updated as of November 21, 2013. The Company continues to expect out of service ...
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract to build a repeat KFELS Super A Class harsh environment jackup rig from a subsidiary of Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) for ...
A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping ...
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It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
Seadrill Limited announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification jack-up rig Prospector 3 from Prospector Offshore for a total purchase ...
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Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that a subsidiary has awarded contracts to Keppel FELS Limited's shipyard in Singapore for the construction of five Super B 400 Bigfoot Class jackup drilling rigs. The first rig is ...
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The truck driver who parked his rig on the side of a Southern California freeway was the cause for the horrific SUV crash that claimed three lives, an L.A. jury concluded. Despite that the SUV collided into the truck – which was ...
Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending November 15, the US rig count increased by eight to 1,762, following a 12-rig increase the previous week. However, the rig count is still down by 47 from 1,809 rigs during the same week a year ...
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Petroamerica Oil Corp. (TSX-V:PTA), a Canadian oil company operating in Colombia is pleased to announce a light oil discovery at the La Guira-1 exploration well on the Los Ocarros Block. The Company is also pleased to announce that total ...
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