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Seadrill Firms Up Offshore Drilling Workload with Multi-Region Contract Awards

Jan 21, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured multiple contract awards for its West Capella, West Elara and West Carina drilling rigs across Malaysia, Norway and Brazil.In Malaysia, the ultra-deepwater drillship West Capella secured a well-based contract with an undisclosed operator…

TDK’s Tronics Launches High-Temp MEMS Sensor for Drilling Applications

Jan 21, 2026

TDK Corporation has expanded Tronics’ high-performance MEMS inertial sensor portfolio with the launch of the AXO315®T1, a high-temperature digital accelerometer designed for energy sector drilling applications.The AXO315T1 MEMS accelerometer…

Sintana Energy Eyes Stake in Namibia’s Walvis Basin License

Jan 21, 2026

Sintana Energy has entered into a letter of intent (LoI) providing a period of exclusivity to evaluate an investment that would give the company an indirect interest in offshore Namibian license PEL 37 in the Walvis Basin.Under the agreement…

Turkish Petroleum, Chevron Discuss Joint Oil and Gas Exploration

Jan 21, 2026

Turkish Petroleum is in talks with Chevron to jointly explore oil and gas, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a Turkish official familiar with the discussions.Turkey's state energy company would work with Chevron on seismic studies and drilling…

Stena Drilling, Keystone Join Forces for Automation-Enabled Well Delivery

Jan 20, 2026

Keystone and Stena Drilling have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a next-generation, automation-enabled well delivery model.Under the collaboration, Keystone’s digital well planning and execution capabilities will…

Wood Lands $65M Contract Extension for Australian Gas Project

Jan 20, 2026

Engineering Wood has secured a two-year contract extension worth up to $65 million with Woodside to continue delivering brownfield engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services across offshore assets at the North West Shelf (NWS) Project in Western Australia…

ADNOC Gas Signs $3B LNG Supply Deal with India’s HPCL

Jan 20, 2026

ADNOC Gas has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement worth between $2.5 billion and $3 billion with India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).The 10-year sales and purchase agreement covers the supply of 0…

Murphy Oil's Drilling Ops in Africa Yield Non-Commercial Hydrocarbons Find

Jan 20, 2026

Oil and gas firm Murphy Oil has found non-commercial hydrocarbons in a well offshore Côte d’Ivoire in Africa.The Civette-1X well reached a total depth of 13,950 feet (4,252 meters) and encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons across multiple intervals…

Equinor and ORLEN Find Gas, Condensate in North Sea

Jan 20, 2026

Equinor and its partner ORLEN have discovered gas and condensate in an exploration well drilled in the North Sea.The find was made in the Sissel prospect in production license 1137, operated by Equinor with 50% working interest, while its partner ORLEN holds the remaining 50%…

ARO Drilling to Roll Out ALTAVE’s AI Monitoring Tool on Nine Jack-Up Rigs

Jan 19, 2026

ARO Drilling, a joint venture between Valaris and Aramco, has signed a multi-year contract with ALTAVE to deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-based video monitoring solution across its fleet of nine offshore jack-up rigs operating in Saudi Arabia…

Samos Energy Buys Suksan Salamander FSO from Altera Infrastructure

Jan 19, 2026

Energy assets investment firm Samos Energy has signed an agreement to acquire the Suksan Salamander floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit from Altera Infrastructure, expanding its offshore asset portfolio in Southeast Asia.The Suksan Salamander…

Saipem Launches Drilling Training Center with Full-Scale Simulator

Jan 19, 2026

Saipem has launched a new Drilling Training Centre featuring a full-scale simulator designed to provide immersive, hands-on training for drilling personnel.The center is accredited by the International Well Control Forum, a global body for well control competency certification…

MODEC Hires DOF for Mooring Job at ExxonMobil’s Oil Project off Guyana

Jan 19, 2026

DOF Group has secured a large turn-key contract by MODEC Guyana to carry out mooring pre-lay work for the Hammerhead floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) unit, set for deployment at ExxonMobil’s project offshore Guyana.Under the contract…

Equinor Finds Oil in Norwegian Sea

Jan 19, 2026

Equinor and its partners have proven oil in a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, drilled by COSL's COSL Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig.The wildcat well 6507/8-12 S, in production license 124 B, tested the ‘Othello South’ prospect, 4…

Philippines Makes First Offshore Gas Discovery in Over a Decade

Jan 19, 2026

The Philippines has made its first natural gas discovery in more than a decade after gas and condensate were found at a well near the Malampaya gas field off the island of Palawan, President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. announced.The well…

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