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Equinor Gets Permit to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Jun 23, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wildcat well in the North Sea.The drilling permit is for a wellbore 15/8-3 S in production licence 1137, operated by Equinor with 50% working interest, with partner Orlen Upstream Norway holding the remaining 50%.The drilling operation will be conducted with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig.Deepsea Atlantic rig is sixth generation deepwater and harsh environment unit…

Vallourec to Deliver Tubular Solution for Qatar’s Drilling ops

Jun 19, 2025

French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a large contract to supply Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) for drilling operations in Qatar, valued at over $50 million in potential revenue.The agreement includes the supply of carbon steel OCTG products with premium connections…

ConocoPhillips Confirms Oil Discovery off Norway

Jun 19, 2025

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of U.S. energy major ConocoPhillips, has completed the drilling of an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, confirming the previously made oil discovery.ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, the operator of production license 891…

Rhino Resources To Drill New Well Offshore Namibia

Jun 17, 2025

African energy explorer Rhino Resources and its partner Azule Energy will drill the new Volans-1X exploration well offshore Namibia in late July or early August, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.The Volans prospect is being investigated…

Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Aberdeen Rig Back in Action After SPS Period

Jun 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has completed the Deepsea Aberdeen’s special periodic survey (SPS), with the semi-submersible rig returning to operations after three weeks of scheduled off-hire.As a result, all of the company’s own fleet rigs SPS projects are now completed…

Chuditch Gas Field Drilling Ops Get Delayed to Next Year

Jun 16, 2025

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia, has pushed back the drilling of appraisal well Chuditch-2, offshore Timor-Leste, for the first half of 2026.Chuditch-2 appraisal well on…

Equinor Gets Green Light for Drilling Job in Barents Sea

Jun 12, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7117/4-1 in production license 1238.The license is operated by Equinor with 40% working interest…

OMV Petrom, NewMed Energy to Drill Another Exploration Well in Bulgaria’s Black Sea

Jun 11, 2025

OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy, the partners in the Bulgaria's Han Asparuh offshore block in the Black Sea, have reached the decision to drill an exploration well in the Krum Prospect.The drilling of the exploration in Krum prospect, named Krum-1…

Tower Resources Lines Up ADES Jack-Up Rig for Cameroon Drilling Op

Jun 10, 2025

Tower Resources, the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, has issued a Letter of Award (LoA) to Advanced Energy Systems (ADES), an affiliate of Saudi firm ADES Holding, for the provision of a jack-up rig for drilling job in Central Africa…

Noble, Green Yard Sign Maintenance Contract for GreatWhite Rig (Video)

Jun 08, 2025

Noble and Green Yard have entered into a contract for a scheduled yard stay for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite, owned by Noble Corporation.The rig will enter the yard for maintenance, demobilization and upgrades after it has completed its job west of Shetland…

Rex’s Akrake Set for July Drilling Ops off West Africa

Jun 06, 2025

Akrake Petroleum, Rex International's indirect subsidiary, has completed the development plan for the Seme field offshore Benin, with the drilling operations scheduled to begin in early July 2025 using Borr Drilling’s jack-up rig.Akrake holds…

Transocean Scoops $100M for Two-Well Drilling Job for Equinor

Jun 05, 2025

Transocean has secured $100 million from two-well option exercised by Equinor for one of its harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rigs.Equinor has decided to extend Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible rig’s stay in Norway, with the latest option exercised by the company…

ADES Secures Jack-Up Drilling Rig Contract in West Africa

Jun 03, 2025

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum, part of Sinopec Group, for its Admarine 510 jack-up drilling rig, which will be put to work offshore Cameroon in West Africa.The contract is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025…

CCS Partners Find Sweet Spot for CO2 Injection and Storage in North Sea

Jun 02, 2025

A wildcat well, drilled by Harbour Energy Norge and its partner Stella Maris CCS in the Havstjerne storage project, has confirmed a reservoir that is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).Well 9/6-1 was drilled in the North…

Valeura Concludes Eight-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

May 29, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has completed an eight-well drilling campaign in license B5/27 in Gulf of Thailand with Borr Drilling’s Mist jack-up drilling rig.At its 100%-operated B5/27 license, Valeura conducted drilling operations at Jasmine C…

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