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Arabian Drilling Books First Offshore Contract Outside Saudi Arabia

Jul 29, 2025

Arabian Drilling, Saudi Arabia’s largest drilling contractor by fleet size, has signed a contract with a GCC-based company for its first offshore operation outside Saudi Arabia.The deal, signed with an undisclosed GCC-based energy company, is primarily for offshore exploration drilling…

Johan Castberg Pivotal to Future Development of Barents Sea

Aug 10, 2025

The Johan Castberg field is important to the further development of the Barents Sea, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, as it will be producing oil for many years to come, and new discoveries can be incorporated.The Johan Castberg oil field came on stream in March…

BW Energy Hires Deepsea Mira Rig for Drilling Ops off Namibia

Jul 28, 2025

BW Energy, together with NAMCOR E&P, has contracted the Deepsea Mira semi-submersible rig for the drilling of the Kharas appraisal well on the Kudu license, offshore Namibia.The drilling operation in the Orange Basin is scheduled for the second half of 2025…

Expro Launches Advanced BRUTE Tool for Deepwater Wells

Jul 23, 2025

Texas-based oilfield services provider Expro has launched its most advanced BRUTE high-pressure, high tensile packer system, designed to help operators work more efficiently in the extreme conditions of deepwater wells.Engineered for the highest differential pressures in the market…

OKEA Spuds First of Two Wells at Bestla Development in North Sea

Aug 05, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has spudded the first of two production wells at Bestla development, formerly known as Brasse, in the North Sea using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai rig.The well is being drilled by the rig Deepsea Yantai from the Bestla Subsea Template…

Blue Water to Ensure Noble Developer’s Smooth Drilling Ops off Suriname

Jul 30, 2025

Blue Water Suriname has secured rig agency and logistics contract for Noble Corporation’s Noble Developer rig, which is engaged on drilling operation for Petronas offshore Suriname.Blue Water team in Suriname will offer rig agency and the logistics and shorebase support Noble Developer…

Shelf Drilling Secures Work for Jack-Up Rigs in UK and Egypt

Jul 28, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured work for two of its jack-up drilling rigs in U.K. and Egypt, under new contracts and extensions worth collectively around $35 million.Shelf Drilling has signed a one-year extension for…

Fugro Gets Offshore Wind Job in Taiwan

Aug 06, 2025

Fugro has secured a contract from Shinfox Energy for geotechnical services to support the development of its 700 MW Youde offshore wind farm off the west coast of Taiwan.Fugro will use its Taiwan-flagged vessel, Pacific Hornbill, an IOVTEC-managed DP2 vessel…

BP's Major Brazil Oil and Gas Find Boosts Equinor’s Prospects

Aug 06, 2025

BP's announcement on Monday of its largest global oil and gas discovery in 25 years in Brazil's offshore Santos basin bodes well for Equinor's nearby interests and strong appetite for an October auction of oil blocks in the region.Discoveries nearly two decades ago in the region…

Brazil: BP Makes Largest Oil and Gas Discovery in Decades

Aug 04, 2025

BP has made an oil and gas discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil, its largest discovery in 25 years.BP drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos Basin, 404 kilometers (218 nautical miles) from Rio de Janeiro…

BP Boosts Oil Output from Gulf of America with Argos Expansion Start Up

Aug 04, 2025

BP has started up the Argos Southwest Extension project in the U.S. Gulf of America, adding 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in production at the existing Argos platform.Argos Southwest Extension is bp’s fifth major project start-up in 2025…

Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 Drilling Rig to Stay on Duty for Aker BP

Jul 30, 2025

Aker BP has exercised the option for the extension period under the existing contract with Saipem for the semi‑submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 8.The option, which is direct continuation of the previous one-year contract extension, prolongs the contract until December 31…

Eco Wave Power Makes Progress with US Wave Energy Pilot Installation

Aug 08, 2025

Onshore wave energy company Eco Wave Power Global has installed its energy conversion unit at the Port of Los Angeles, marking a key step toward first operational testing of the company's inaugural U.S. wave energy pilot.The energy conversion…

Kongsberg Maritime, Noble Corp to Jointly Advance Offshore Drilling Tech

Jul 29, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a development program framework agreement with Noble Corporation, marking a key step forward in the co-development of advanced marine technologies for the offshore drilling sector.The long-term strategic partnership will focus on the joint development…

Weatherford to Deliver MPD Services for Woodside’s Trion Project off Mexico

Jul 29, 2025

Texas-based oilfield services company Weatherford has secured a significant contract to deliver Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) services for the Trion project, a deepwater oil production project in Mexico operated by Woodside’s Mexican subsidiary…

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