Offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean said Wednesday that its Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig had kicked off its drilling contract with TotalEnergies in Namibia, where the French oil major last year made a giant oil discovery with its Venus-1x well…
Norwegian offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling has, on behalf of Northern Ocean, agreed a contract extension for the Deepsea Bollsta drilling rig with Shell.The contract extension for the offshore drilling rig, owned by Northern Ocean…
SFL Corporation Ltd. has signed a $50 million contract with a subsidiary of Portugal's Galp Energia to deploy the harsh environment semi-submersible rig Hercules in Namibia.The contract is for two wells plus optional well testing and is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2023…
Oil and gas company Sintana Energy said Friday that over 50% of 3D seismic survey data has been gathered from Petroleum Exploration License 87 (“PEL 87”) and the surrounding area in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia. To remind, Australian oil…
After discovering oil and the Graff-1 well in Namibia in 2022, Shell has now made another offshore oil discovery in the country's deep waters.This time, Shell made a discovery at the Jonker-1X deep-water exploration well, QatarEnergy and Namcor…
PGS has signed a 3D exploration acquisition contract for work offshore Namibia. The Norwegian company said in a stock exchange announcement that it was mobilizing its Ramform Titan vessel for the survey. The acquisition is expected to be completed in late May 2023…
The Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy has entered into an agreement for an option to acquire a 56% Participating Interest in Petroleum Exploration License 87 (“PEL 87”) offshore Namibia.This is according to the Canadian company Sintana…
Oslo-listed offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean has won a contract with TotalEnergies for its Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig to be used in a 'multi-country' drilling program.Starting in the middle of the second quarter of 2023…
Northern Ocean Ltd's semi-submersible drilling rig, Deepsea Bollsta, has arrived in Namibia and started its contract with Shell.The contract for the 2019-built offshore drilling rig has a firm duration of twelve months. Shell will have the option to extend it for another six months…
The Norwegian offshore seismic survey services company PGS has been awarded a 3D exploration acquisition contract.PGS said that the contract was in Namibia, with 'a major energy company.'The company said it would use the Ramform Titan vessel for the survey…
The head of QatarEnergy, who is also Qatar's energy minister, said on Monday the company wants to speed up the development of two oil wells it discovered off the Namibian coast with joint venture partners earlier this year.Saad al-Kaabi said…
Namibian offshore oil and gas discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell are of commercial quantities, likely in the billions of barrels, the southern African nation's mines and energy minister said on Friday. Both companies announced earlier this…
Oil discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell off the coast of Namibia could start production in four years, Namibia Energy Minister Tom Alweendo said at a conference in Dakar on Thursday.Alweendo said Namibia had agreed with the companies that they should start production as fast as possible…
Namibia on Thursday launched a sovereign wealth fund, months after oil discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell off its coast.President Hage Geingob said at the launch the Welwitschia Fund would get an initial injection of 262 million Namibian dollars ($16…
QatarEnergy on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement with NAMCOR Exploration and Production (NAMCOR E&P), a subsidiary of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR).'The agreement provides the framework for cooperation between…
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