Aker BP and its partners have drilled a well in the Yggdrasil area in the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 30/11-16 S, or ‘Natrudstilen’, was drilled in production license 873, just over one kilometer east of Fulla and 155 kilometers west of Bergen…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for a wellbore 7220/7-5 in production license 532, operated by Equinor with 46.3% working interest.Equinor’s partners in the license are Vår Energi with 30%…
Halliburton has secured an integrated drilling and completion services contract for the HI gas field development in OML 144 offshore Nigeria by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), in collaboration with Sunlink Energies…
Exxon Mobil has signed a deal to explore for natural gas offshore Greece, increasing the U.S. presence in the eastern Mediterranean just as the Trump administration seeks to replace Russian energy flows into Europe.The United States, which holds vast reserves of domestic natural gas…
ADNOC Drilling said on Wednesday it would buy an 80% stake in regional drilling and oilfield services provider MB Petroleum Services for an enterprise value of $204 million (749 million dirhams), marking a further expansion in the Gulf.The deal…
U.S. independent ConocoPhillips began drilling its first exploration well as part of larger campaign searching for natural gas offshore eastern Australia, 3D Energi, its junior partner in the project, said on Monday.Work began over the weekend on the Essington-1 well…
Pakistan said it has awarded 23 offshore exploration blocks to four consortiums led by local energy companies, some partnered with foreign firms including Turkey's national oil company TPAO.In Pakistan's first such bidding round in nearly two decades…
Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has secured a contract extension with Equinor for Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig, which will be put to work on Johan Sverdrup, one of Norway’s most important offshore developments.The…
BW Energy has reported encouraging preliminary results of the Kharas-1 appraisal well, drilled in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia.The Kharas-1 appraisal well, drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed Deepsea Mira semi-submersible rig, has reached…
Brazil's Petrobras has authorized studies for a logistics center in the Amazonian state of Amapa, where the state-run oil firm started exploring in a promising offshore block last week, state Governor Clecio Luis told Reuters.The company's logistics subsidiary Transpetro will do the studies…
BP is advancing appraisal planning for its Bumerangue offshore discovery in Brazil after laboratory analysis confirmed a large hydrocarbon column in the pre-salt Santos Basin, and CO2 levels in the reservoir that the company believes can be managed…
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) plans to spend 1.2 billion dinars ($3.92 billion) on its exploration drilling program through 2030, its senior executive told Reuters in an interview.The spending is part of a 9.8-billion-dinar budget - the company's…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for a wellbore 7018/5-2 in production license 1236.The license is operated by Equinor with 50% stake, with partners…
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has informed that a new production well at the Zohr natural gas field in the Mediterranean added about 70 million cubic feet of gas per day to output, reinforcing the field’s role as a key contributor to national energy supply…
Norwegian offshore connectivity services provider Tampnet has partnered with Quvia, an AI-powered Quality of Experience (QoE) platform, to enhance real-time network performance and reliability across offshore operations.The collaboration integrates Quvia’s software into Tampnet’s offshore network…