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Month: July 2020

Chevron to buy Noble Energy for $5 Billion

July 20, 2020
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Chevron Corp said on Monday it would buy Noble Energy Inc for about $5 billion, in the biggest U.S. energy deal since the coronavirus crisis crushed global demand for oil and sent crude prices to historic lows. Noble’s assets would expand Chevron’s shale presence in the DJ Basin of Colorado and the Permian Basin across West Texas and

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Maersk Valiant receives MPD upgrade

July 20, 2020
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Maersk Valiant has recently completed a drilling program offshore Mexico. During operations, the rig successfully employed the deepwater Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system to address downhole challenges on one of the exploration wells. "In Maersk Drilling we are constantly monitoring market requirements to complement our customers’ needs by keeping our assets in the most competitive shape. The current

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BJ Services files for Chapter 11

July 20, 2020
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BJ Services filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early on Monday, following a severe cut in demand and cash crunch due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company, which offers hydraulic fracturing of shale wells, said it was in discussions with bidders for sale of its cementing business and portions of its fracking operations. “Severe downturn in activity and subsequent

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U.S. Court of Appeals dismisses Petrobras filed appeal against Vantage Drilling’s arbitration award

July 20, 2020
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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 05/17/2019 and 06/21/2019, informs that, yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the appeal filed by the company against the decision rendered by the Federal Court of Texas, on 05/17/2019, which confirmed the arbitration award rendered in the arbitration moved by Vantage

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Rig Lynx Weekly Rundown – Top 5 from week 29

July 20, 2020
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Welcome back! If you missed any of the trending articles from last week we got them all here for you to start your week off with For week 29, July 12 - July 18, we had 5k page views, and below are the top 5 Have a great week ahead! Offshore drillers facing another shakeup Relentless prepares for upcoming contract with Chevron GOM Exxon

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Most Active User Contest Week 30

July 19, 2020
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Most Active User Contest We give away $100 bucks each week! We want to see you using the app, getting active on the newsfeed, sharing the app with your friends by using the invite option, bringing new people along, get some great content on there, and have some friendly competition whether it be by video, photo or text We want

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Norway’s Aker Solutions announces merger with Kvaerner

July 17, 2020
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Aker Solutions announced a merger with Kvaerner and a new chief executive on Friday, forming a firm with $4 billion in revenue that will target the growing renewable energy market. The two oil services firms are controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke via Aker ASA and have been hurt as oil firms cut spending. “The merger will create

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Keppel lands $73 million contract for FPSO work from MODEC

July 17, 2020
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Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Singapore and Brazil secured two contracts worth a combined value of about S$73 million from MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd (MODEC), a MODEC, Inc. group company. In Singapore, Keppel Shipyard has been engaged to fabricate, complete and integrate the topside modules and mooring

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