Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has entered into a letter of intent (LoI) with Kinetic Pressure Control to outfit its two sixth generation semi-sub drilling rigs with new blowout equipment.Northern Ocean plans to install Kinetic’s…
Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured $234 million in contracts and extensions for two of its jack-up drilling rigs - Shelf Drilling Achiever and Adriatic I - for work offshore West Africa.The company has now fully executed a three…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Barents Sea.The permit has been issued for wells 7122/7-8 and 7122/8-3 S in production license 229.The license is operated by Vår Energi…
Oil and gas drilling services company KCA Deutag has secured a backlog exceeding $900 million in new contracts and extensions for land and offshore drilling projects across Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, Angola, and Europe.In offshore drilling segment of the backlog…
Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer Santos estimated its full-year production to be at the top half of its forecast range on Thursday, and said its Pikka project could start oil production as early as 2025.The company expects to…
Malaysia-based Velesto Energy, through its subsidiary Velesto Drilling, has signed a memorandum of understanding with SLB to enhance performance of its drilling rigs.The three-year collaboration will see SLB deploy its DrillOps Intelligent Well…
Equinor and its partners Petrolia Noco and PGNiG have started drilling the exploration well at Løvmeis prospect in the Norwegian Sea, using Transocean Encourage semi-submersible drilling rig.The well, 6608/10-R-2 H, is part of the production license 1013…
ADNOC Drilling, SLB and Patterson-UTI have created a joint venture dubbed Turnwell Industries to accelerate the 144-well drilling campaign as part of unconventional oil and gas exploration program in Abu Dhabi, set for delivery by the fourth quarter of 2025…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has informed that the Nong Yao C extension, which started production in mid-August 2024, boosted the output from Nong Yao field offshore Thailand for 66%.In early August 2024, Valeura Energy completed drilling operations on the Nong Yao C extension…
Esgian highlights news from TotalEnergies in its Week 40 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryDrilling Activity and DiscoveriesThe Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has given Aker BP consent to use the 492-ft jackup Noble Invincible…
An ExxonMobil-led consortium will move to the second phase of seismic research for gas exploration in a block off the Greek island of Crete, Greece said on Thursday.Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) said…
Aker BP has proven gas in an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, confirming also the size of previous discoveries made in 2022.The 6507/2-7 S well, located around 12 kilometers west of the Skarv field, was drilled to confirm the size of the…
Schottel Marine Technologies has released a report highlighting the potential of its Swift Anchor technology, which found it could deliver up to 12% of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE) savings for floating wind farms.The study was carried out…
Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed contracts with Equinor and Polenergia for the installation of turbines at 1440 MW Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea.The total potential value of these…
Esgian highlights several new contracts in its Week 39 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsMarket sources indicate that ADNOC has exercised an extension option for the 350-ft jackup drilling rig Aryabhatt 1 in Abu Dhabi.Petrobras…