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Equinor Gets Permit for Barens Sea Drilling Ops

May 16, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in Barents Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7220/5-4 in production license 532, operated by Equinor with 46.4% working interest.Equinor’s partners in the license are Vår Energi and Petoro, with 46.3% and 23.7% stakes, respectively.The drilling operation will be conducted using COSL Prospector, COSL's 4,921-ft semi-submersible rig…

Perenco Finds More Gas Offshore Trinidad and Tobago

May 15, 2025

Perenco Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), as the operator of the Teak, Samaan and Poui (TSP) fields, has found gas as part of a drilling campaign at the Onyx field, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.The two legs, at the Onyx well and sidetrack in the eastern part of the Onyx field…

SLB Launches New Well Completions Tech to Boost Production

May 14, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has launched Electris - a portfolio of digitally enabled electric well completions technologies that boost production and recovery while reducing the total cost of ownership of an asset.Electris completions…

Equinor Drills Two North Sea Wells Fit for CO2 Injection and Storage

May 14, 2025

Equinor Low Carbon Solutions (Equinor) has drilled two appraisal wells in the North Sea which indicate that the reservoir is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).The wells, 32/7-1 and 32/4-4, were drilled in the North Sea about 20 kilometers east of the Troll A platform…

ARO Drilling Inks Contract Extensions with Aramco for Five Jack-Up Rigs

May 13, 2025

Saudi Arabian state-owned oil giant Aramco has signed contract extension with ARO Drilling, its 50-50 joint venture with Valaris, for five jack-up drilling rigs.The contract, deemed as significant by ARO Drilling, marks a key milestone in the…

Aker BP Secures Drilling Permit for Multiple Wildcat Wells in North Sea

May 13, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for three wildcat wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 25/1-14 A, 25/1-14 B and 25/1-14 C in production license 873 B.Aker BP is the operator of the license with 47…

US Firm Debuts 20K Intervention Solution at Gulf of America Deepwater Field

May 12, 2025

Texas-based subsea oil and gas equipment supplier Trendsetter Engineering has marked the first deployment of its Trident 20,000 psi (20K) intervention system at Beacon Offshore’s Shenandoah project in the Gulf of America.The Trident 20K intervention…

TWMA Hooks ‘Major Contract’ with BP in North Sea

May 12, 2025

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a contract with BP to provide drilling waste management services in the U.K. North Sea.The three-year agreement, which includes options for renewal, started in October 2024.The scope of work will utilize TWMA’s cutting-edge technologies…

Delays in Store for Two Wells at Shell’s Perdido Development

May 12, 2025

Shell, the top U.S. offshore producer, said this week that two of its wells to boost production at the Perdido offshore development were delayed to the end of the year, while one was brought online in March.All three wells, part of Perdido's Great White unit…

Petrobras Finds Oil in Aram Block Offshore Brazil

May 09, 2025

Petrobras has identified the presence of high-quality oil with no contaminants in the pre-salt of Santos Basin, in an exploratory well in Aram block, offshore Brazil.Well 3-BRSA-1396D-SPS is located 248 km from the city of Santos-SP, at a water depth of 1…

DeepSea Bollsta Set to Spud Two Wildcat Wells in Norwegian Sea

May 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed DeepSea Bollsta semi-submersible rig.The permit is for wellbore 6606/4-1 S and 6606/4-1 A in production license 1194…

OMV Petrom Signs Deal to Deliver Gas from Neptun Deep to Moldova

May 08, 2025

Oil and gas company OMV Petrom has signed the commercial contract with the Republic of Moldova for the delivery of gas from Neptun Deep field in the Black Sea.The signed contract provides for the supply of natural gas for three years to the virtual trading point (VTP) in Romania…

Dolphin Drilling’s Semi-Sub Rig Readies for P&A Ops at North Sea Field

May 07, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has moved its 1990-built semi-submersible rig to Caledonia field in the North Sea ahead of upcoming permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) operation.The rig, Paul B. Loyd Jr., has completed operations at Harbour Energy's Brodgar well…

Beacon Offshore Energy Expects First Oil From Shenandoah System in June

May 06, 2025

U.S. offshore producer Beacon Offshore Energy expects first oil from its Shenandoah floating production system in June, a company executive said on Tuesday.The floating production unit, which is expected to produce 120,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd)…

Valaris Sells Jackup to BW Energy

May 05, 2025

Valaris has agreed to sell jack-up drilling rig VALARIS 247 to BW Energy for cash proceeds of approximately $108 million.The sale is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the sales agreement…

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