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…
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…
Petrobras aims to make Africa its main region of development outside Brazil, the state-run oil giant's CEO told Reuters on Thursday during a wide-ranging interview about the company's strategy.Ivory Coast has extended the 'red carpet' for Petrobras…
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…
Energy producer Shell has made a positive final investment decision on its Aphrodite gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, the company said on Tuesday.The project is expected to produce first gas in 2027 and have a peak production of 18…
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…
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…
BP has hired Noble Corporation’s Noble Innovator jack-up rig for a drilling job related to carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the North Sea.Under the contract, Noble Innovator will drill six firm wells for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) project in the North Sea…
Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, has marked the start of drilling activities offshore Ghana with the arrival of Deep Value Driller (DVD) drillship, following completion of activities in Côte d'Ivoire.Eni Ghana, together with its Offshore…
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…
In the coming years, grid operator TenneT will bring wind energy from the sea to land on the Maasvlakte. To enable the landing of these electricity cables, contractor NRG started six drillings under the dunes May 26. Three more will follow after the summer…
ADNOC Drilling has been awarded a $1.15 billion, 15-year contract for two jack-up rigs by ADNOC Offshore in support of its growing offshore operations.The new rigs represent the latest generation of jack-up rigs and have been prepared for operations at the Lamprell shipyard in Sharjah…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor Energy and its partners a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/11-31 S in production licence 090, operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…
Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto has secured a new drilling contract for its NAGA 8 jack-up drilling rig offshore Indonesia.The contract has been awarded by PC Ketapang II, PC North Madura II, and PETRONAS North Ketapang, and is set to begin in July 2025…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat exploration wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 15/5-8 S and 15/5-8 A, in production license 1140.The license is operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…