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Saipem extends drillship charter and $300m purchase option deadline

Fossil Energy – Contract Extension

Norway-based Deep Value Driller has won an extension of the bareboat charter for a seventh-generation drillship of the same name from Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem.

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Drill ship secured for Bulgaria frontier exploration campaign

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Romania’s OMV Petrom and Israel’s NewMed Energy have signed an $80 million rig contract with Noble Corporation covering the drilling of two exploration wells in the Han Asparuh block, offshore Bulgaria.

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TPAO Türkiye confirms acquisition of two new drill ships

Fossil Energy – Türkiye

State oil company TPAO and Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar have confirmed that TPAO has purchased two 7th generation 12,000-ft drill ships.

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Noble drillship wins contract to drill two Black Sea wells

Fossil Energy – Black Sea

OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan have announced the signing of a rig contract for the drilling of two offshore exploration wells in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria.

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