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Dolphin Drilling Lines Up $105M Payment for Rig Deal Termination in Nigeria

17 hours ago

The Federal High Court of Lagos in Nigeria has ordered General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) to pay $105 million to Oslo-listed offshore drilling firm Dolphin Drilling for the termination of deal for the semi-submersible rig that was hired for operations off Nigeria.On July 14, Nigerian court made an order granting Dolphin Drilling leave to enforce the arbitration award. The total sum due under the arbitration award is approximately $105 million…

Arabian Drilling Secures Five Jack-Up Rig Extensions

Jul 14, 2025

Saudi drilling contractor Arabian Drilling has secured contract extensions for five of its jack-up drilling rigs, with a combined value of over $365 million.Arabian Drilling signed contract extension for four of its rigs with Aramco, with a combined backlog value of $364 million (SAR 1…

Jadestone Energy Ups Montara Field Volume Expectations

Jul 14, 2025

Jadestone Energy, an Asia-Pacific focused oil and gas company, has increased production rates expectations from the Montara field offshore Australia, as the drilling operation with Valaris’ Valaris 247 jack-up rig nears completion.The Skua-11ST well at the Montara field has reached target depth…

BP-Eni Joint Venture Finds Gas Offshore Angola

Jul 14, 2025

Azule Energy, a joint venture firm between BP and Eni, has made a gas discovery at the Gajajeira-01 exploration well, located offshore in the Lower Congo Basin, Republic of Angola.The well was spudded on April 1, 2025 in a water depth of 95 meters…

Shell Secures Drilling Permit off South Africa's West Coast

Jul 11, 2025

Shell has been granted environmental authorisation to drill up to five deep-water wells off South Africa's west coast, the company said on Friday.The oil major applied for authorisation last year and plans to drill exploration or appraisal wells…

Equinor Finds Gas Near Castberg Field in Barents Sea

Jul 10, 2025

Equinor and its partners have made a gas discovery in the Skred prospect, located near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea, off Norway.The 7220/5-4well was drilled about 23 kilometers north of discovery well 7220/8-1 on the Johan Castberg…

COSLInnovator Rig Cleared for Two-Well Drilling Op in North Sea

Jul 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea, to be conducted with COSL’s COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig.The drilling permit is for wellbores 34/8-20 S and 34/8-20 A in the license 554 E…

Northern Ocean’s DeepSea Mira Semi-Sub Gets Drilling Job off Namibia

Jul 09, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Rhino Resources for the DeepSea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig, which has been hired for operations off Namibia, starting mid-July 2025.The contract includes one firm well for Rhino…

Valeura Makes Progress with Multi-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

Jul 08, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has advanced its multi-well drilling campaign offshore Thaild, using Borr Drilling’s Mist jack-up rig.During the second quarter of 2025, Valeura mobilized Borr Drilling’s Mist jack-up drilling rig to Block G11/48…

OKEA Spuds Exploration Well in North Sea

Jul 08, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has spudded an exploration well at the Brage field in the North Sea, offshore Norway, as part of the three-well drilling campaign.The exploration well, to be drilled in the southern part of the Talisker discovery…

Shelf Drilling’s Jack-Up Rig to Stay with Eni off Italy

Jul 08, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a one-year extension with Eni for its Key Manhattan jack-up rig.The total added contract value is approximately $29 million, and the rig is now committed until November 2026.According to Shelf Drilling…

PTTEP Hires Energy Drilling’s Rig for Southeast Asia Offshore Job

Jul 07, 2025

SED Energy Holdings, through its wholly owned subsidiary Energy Drilling, has signed a five-year contract with PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) for an offshore drilling campaign using its tender-assist drilling rig…

Valaris Scoops $760M for Two Drillship Contracts

Jul 07, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured work for two of its drillships in the Gulf of America.Valaris has been awarded a 940-day contract extension for drillship VALARIS DS-16, starting in June 2026, and a new 914-day contract for drillship VALARIS DS-18…

Petronas Set for Three-Well Drilling Campaign off Suriname

Jul 07, 2025

Petronas will begin drilling on Sunday, the first of three wells in an exploration campaign aimed at finding additional oil reserves at its offshore Block 52 in Suriname, state company Staatsolie said in a release on Saturday.Petronas hired…

Brazil Plans Additional Offshore Oil Auction for 2025

Jul 03, 2025

Brazil plans to hold an additional oil auction this year for uncontracted areas in the pre-salt offshore region after Senate approval of legislation that clears the way for the sale, a senior energy official said on Wednesday.The government…

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