Drilling News


Petrobras’ Test at Sirius-2 Well Offshore Columbia Proves 'Good Productivity'

Mar 10, 2025

Petrobras has informed that a Drill Stem Test (DST) in the Sirius-2 well, located in deep waters of the Gujaira Basin offshore Colombia, proved ‘good productivity’.The DST assessed to approximately 100 meters reservoir interval, which demonstrated good productivity…

MWCC Partners with W-Industries On A Multi-Million Dollar Project to Further Enhance Offshore Well Control Capabilities

Mar 10, 2025

Houston, Texas – [March 10, 2025] – Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), a leader in deep water well control, has awarded a multimillion contract to W-Industries for the engineering, fabrication, and delivery of its new drill-ship deployed containment system…

BW Energy Makes ‘Substantial’ Oil Discovery Off Gabon

Mar 07, 2025

BW Energy has made a ‘substantial’ oil discovery with good reservoir quality on the Bourdon prospect in the Dussafu license, offshore Gabon. The well was drilled by Borr Drilling’s Norve jack-up rig to a total depth of 4,135 meters.Evaluation…

Noble’s Jack-Up Rig Hired for Work Offshore Suriname

Mar 06, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a contract for its Noble Regina Allen jack-up rig with an undisclosed operator offshore Suriname.The one-well contract will span approximately 65 days, and is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025…

BP Finds Gas in Final Well of West Nile Delta Drilling Campaign off Egypt

Mar 06, 2025

BP has completed drilling operations at the El Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Offshore Concession, marking the final well in its four-slot drilling campaign in the West Nile Delta.Drilled using the Valaris DS-12 drillship…

Vår Energi Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Mar 04, 2025

Vår Energi and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Kokopelli prospect, south of the Sleipner area, in the North Sea.The wildcat well 7/1-4 S is located in the North Sea in production license 1190. Two exploration wells have previously been drilled within this area…

Equinor Finds Oil at Mistral Exploration Well in Norwegian Sea

Mar 04, 2025

Equinor and its partners have made an oil discovery at Mistral exploration well, located in the southern Norwegian sea.The well 6406/6-7S in the PL1119 license was drilled using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig.The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 4…

Valeura Wraps Up Infill Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

Mar 03, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has completed an infill drilling campaign at the Manora field, offshore Gulf of Thailand.Manora field is located in license G1/48, where Valeura Energy holds a 70% operated working interest.Valeura drilled a five well program…

Paratus Receives Early Terminations for Two Jack-Ups Operating Off Mexico

Mar 03, 2025

Paratus Energy Services, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fontis Holdings, has received a notice from its client for early termination of the drilling contracts for Courageous and Intrepid jack-up drilling rigs due to ‘unfavorable contract terms’…

New Oil Export Pact for Venezuela Could be in the Works - sources

Feb 27, 2025

The cancellation of a license for Chevron to operate in Venezuela could lead to the negotiation of a fresh agreement between the U.S. producer and state company PDVSA to export crude to destinations other than the United States, sources close to the talks said…

Vår Energi Finds Oil Near Goliat Field in Barents Sea

Feb 27, 2025

Vår Energi has made an oil discovery in the operated Zagato exploration well near the Goliat field in the Barents Sea, marking a third oil discovery in a row the area.The preliminary estimated gross recoverable resources encountered in the well…

Talos Energy Readies for New CEO

Feb 26, 2025

Talos Energy has announced its fourth quarter and year-end 2024 financial results, reporting a net loss of $64.5 million for the quarter and $76.4 million for the year.Production for the year was 92.6 MBoe/d (71% oil, 80% liquids).Talos Interim CEO…

Fewer Operating Days Sees Seadrill’s Quarterly Revenue Drop

Feb 26, 2025

Seadrill has announced its fourth quarter and full year 2024 results, highlighting a net income of $446 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $378 million in 2024.However, fourth quarter 2024 operating revenues totaled $289 million, compared to $354 million in the prior quarter…

Aker BP Employs DrillDocs’ AI-Enabled Solution to Enhance Wellbore Stability

Feb 26, 2025

Digital shale shaker surveillance technology DrillDocs, working with Aker BP, has employed its AI-enabled computer vision technology to automatically detect cavings on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) for the first time.DrillDocs’ CleanSight…

Sapura Energy Nets $720M from Multiple Drilling Services Contracts

Feb 26, 2025

Malaysia-based offshore services firm Sapura Energy, through its drilling arm Sapura Drilling, has secured multiple contracts for drilling-related services with oil and gas companies, worth over $720 million.Sapura Drilling won two contracts…

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