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Halliburton Gets Shell’s Drilling and Completions Contract Offshore Nigeria

Nov 07, 2025

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 Signs Deal for Natural Gas Exploration Offshore Greece

Nov 06, 2025

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…

Borr Drilling Announces Revenue Lift

Nov 05, 2025

Borr Drilling has announced unaudited results for the nine months ended September 30, reporting total operating revenues of $277.1 million, an increase of $9.4 million or 4% compared to the second quarter of 2025.Net income of $27.8 million was a decrease of $7…

ADNOC Drilling to Buy Stake in MB Petroleum Services, Further Expanding in the Gulf

Nov 05, 2025

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…

ConocoPhillips Begins Drilling Offshore Eastern Australia

Nov 04, 2025

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 Awards Offshore Oil Exploration Blocks, First in Decades

Oct 31, 2025

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…

Equinor Extends Deepsea Bollsta Semi-Sub’s Stay off Norway

Oct 31, 2025

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…

Vallourec to Supply Line Pipes for Shell’s Deepwater Project off Brazil

Oct 31, 2025

French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract with TechnipFMC to supply line pipes for the Orca project, formerly known as Gato do Mato, a major Shell-operated deepwater development in Brazil’s Santos Basin.The integrated contract covers more than 20…

BW Energy Reports Encouraging Results at Kudu Well Offshore Namibia

Oct 31, 2025

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…

Kuwait Oil Company to Invest $3.9B in Exploration by 2030

Oct 30, 2025

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…

Mermaid Subsea Wraps Up North Sea Subsea Recovery Project

Oct 29, 2025

Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a fast-track subsea recovery campaign in the North Sea for a major operator.The operation involved the internal and external severance of casing, conductor, guide pipe and cement lines, as well as local…

Equinor Gets Go-Ahead for Drilling Operation in Barents Sea

Oct 29, 2025

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…

New Well at Zohr Field Boosts Egypt’s Gas Output by 70 mcf per Day

Oct 29, 2025

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…

North Sea Oil and Gas Producers Urged to Boost Well Interventions Ops

Oct 28, 2025

Operators are being urged to boost the efficiency of production from North Sea fields by extending the life of existing oil and gas wells, according to a new report from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).Interventions, industry’s term for this type of activity…

Pharos Offshore Expands Subsea Trenching Fleet with New Unit

Oct 28, 2025

Pharos Offshore Group has expanded its subsea trenching fleet with the acquisition of the 620-horsepower UTV620 jet trencher, bolstering its seabed intervention and cable protection capabilities amid rising demand across offshore wind, telecoms…

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