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Oil rig chopper crashes in North Sea, 13 deadA helicopter ferrying passengers from a Norwegian oil platform crashed in the North Sea on Friday, killing at least 11 of the 13 people on board, rescue officials said. The 11 passengers and two crew on the flight from the Gullfak More… |
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Chevron Nigeria rig still on fire, two missingTwo workers were missing after fire broke out on a drilling rig in Chevron's Funiwa oil facility in southeast Nigeria on Monday, Chevron said. "Search and rescue has successfully found 152 of 154 personnel. W More… |
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Saudi Arabia 'plans massive oil rig boost'Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has unexpectedly called on oilfield service firms to expand its oil rig count by nearly 30 percent to boost output capacity, Simmons & Co analyst Bill Herbert said on Monday. Saudi state More… |
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Oil rig rents might consolidate, say expertsThe oil rig sector is likely to see consolidation as rates for renting out drilling rigs are falling along with weaker oil prices, industry experts have said. 'We're going to see tremendous consolidation -- there's going to be More… |
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Asry completes work on oil rigArab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Company (Asry) held a ceremony to mark the completion of repairs to the oil rig Albzoom. Albzoom is owned by the National Drilling Company (NDC) of Abu Dhabi, and took a 16-month refit that included reb More… |
