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Petrobras to use ultradeepwater drillship off Angola (Oct 22, 2009)

A subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will use the Petrobras 10000 ultradeepwater drillship for work off Angola.

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Neptune Explorer drillship completes upgrade (Oct 15, 2009)

Neptune Marine Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of Jasper Investments Ltd., completed a $340 million upgrade of its deepwater drillship, the Neptune Explorer.

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Diamond Offshore renames rig Ocean Valor (Oct 14, 2009)

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. bought the newbuild 7,500-ft, dynamically positioned semisubmersible PetroRig II and renamed it the Ocean Valor.

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Petrobras seeks bids to build 28 offshore platforms (Oct 9, 2009)

Brazil’s state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will receive bids next week from shipyards to build 28 offshore platforms for developing oil fields in the ultradeep subsalt layer.

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Aegean to start second drilling phase at Epsilon field (Sep 18, 2009)

Aegean Energy SA and Kavala Oil SA will use the Ensco85 (E85) jack up rig to start the second phase of its drilling program in Epsilon field off Greece with what would be the deepest and longest well ever drilled there.

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Chevron starts work with new drillship (Aug 14, 2009)

Chevron USA Inc. has begun work with Transocean Inc.’s Discoverer Clear Leader ultradeepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico.

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First circular offshore drilling rig completed (Jul 7, 2009)

The COSCO Shipyard Group's Qidong shipyard recently completed construction of the Sevan Driller, the world's first circular offshore drilling rig, Sevan Marine ASA reports.

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