Pakistan approved a new offshore exploration consortium on Tuesday, clearing Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company to take over operatorship of the Eastern Offshore Block-C as part of a push to revive drilling, the adviser to the finance ministry said…
DNO and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Page prospect in the southern part of the North Sea, using Noble Corporation’s Noble Intrepid jack-up rig.The wildcat well 2/6-8 S and technical sidetrack 2/6-8 ST2 were drilled in production license 1086…
The semi-submersible tender-assist drilling rig GHTH, owned by SED Energy Holdings’ subsidiary Energy Drilling, has started operations with Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP).The rig started operating after completing preparatory work in Singapore…
Allseas’ small modular reactor (SMR) technology could generate up to $150 million billion in economic value for the Netherlands and create as many as 40,000 new jobs by 2050, according to an impact study released on Monday by the offshore engineering group…
Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy has extended the stay of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Captain field in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.Ithaca has exercised a further seven weeks of options for the Safe Caledonia, extending its stay through to early February 2026…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has signed a $480 million deal to acquire Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig from Northern Ocean, while securing also securing a job for its Deepsea Aberdeen rig.Deepsea Bollsta has been…
ConocoPhillips Australia has confirmed a natural gas discovery at its Essington-1 exploration well in the Otway Basin, marking the first find in the basin since 2021.The well, located in permit VIC/P79 about 53 km offshore Port Campbell and 12 km from existing production infrastructure…
Oilfield services firm Archer has secured a five-year contract extension for platform drilling and maintenance services in the U.K. with an estimated contract value of $110 million.The extension will start on May 1, 2026 in direct continuation of the current contract…
Colombia's state-run energy company Ecopetrol expects to execute about $6.3 billion in investments in 2025, equivalent to 90% of its target, executives from the company told Reuters in an interview on Thursday, adding it could close the year with five additional exploratory wells drilled…
Vår Energi has confirmed its Zagato oil discovery in the Barents Sea following successful results from appraisal well 7122/8-4 S, drilled just north of the Goliat field.The well, located in production license 229, about 90 kilometers from Hammerfest…
Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean and oil and gas firm Rhino Resources have signed a contract extension for Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig for work offshore Namibia.The contract for Deepsea Mira with Rhino Resources, signed in July 2025…
As oil exploration and production goes, so goes the market for Offshore Service Vessels (OSVs) and Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). Throughout 2025, the prices of oil- which drives exploration and production (E & P), have softened, moving down…
Odfjell Oceanwind has been granted Basic Design Approval (BDA) from DNV for the Deepsea Star floating offshore wind design.The BDA covers the use of Siemens Gamesa’s SG DD-236 15 MW wind turbine generator in a wide range of conditions, including…
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Snorre area in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The wildcat well 34/6-9 S, or Avbitertang, was drilled in production license 554, 35 kilometers northeast of the Snorre field and 125 kilometers west of Florø…
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling is seeking to recover $105 million awarded in arbitration against Nigeria’s General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL), after the country’s debt recovery agency appointed a receiver to take control of the company…