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Vantris Energy Secures Petronas’ Offshore Drilling Work Orders

Aug 05, 2026

Vantris Energy has secured new offshore engineering and drilling work in Malaysia, including a transportation and installation (T&I) work order from Petronas and a tender-assisted drilling rig (TADR) assignment and contract for offshore development drilling campaigns.Under the engineering and construction segment, VTEB Offshore, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vantris Energy formerly known as Sapura Offshore…

Dolphin Drilling Wins Blackford Dolphin Contract Extension

Aug 20, 2026

Dolphin Drilling’s deepwater capable semisubmersible rig, Blackford Dolphin, will continue its drilling contract for Oil India Limited.The contract has been extended up to October 15, 2026, to enable completion of drilling, testing, and abandonment work at locations East of India…

Turkey to Collaborate in Syrian Search for Oil, Gas

Aug 19, 2026

Turkey is ready to work with Damascus to look for oil and gas in Syria, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday.Turkish state oil company TPAO and private companies are ready for seismical surveys and exploration drilling both offshore and onshore in Syria…

Aker BP and Equinor Plug Dry Svarteknippa Well

Aug 11, 2026

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has reported that Aker BP and Equinor have drilled a dry exploration well, 15/6-17, in the Svarteknippa prospect in the North Sea.The prospect is located 15 kilometers west of the Solveig field and 220 kilometers west of Stavanger…

NOV Technology Used for Drilling Waste Management in Guyana

Aug 11, 2026

NOV recently achieved a milestone in that effort with the commissioning of the iNOVaTHERM™ portable drilling fluids treatment unit in Guyana—the first installation of this technology in the Western Hemisphere.The iNOVaTHERM unit is an indirect…

Angola Adds to Drilling Success in Block 24.

Aug 09, 2026

Angola’s National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), the National Concessionaire, and Sonangol Exploração & Produção, as Operator of Block 24, have announced the successful completion of drilling and testing operations of the Katambi-2 appraisal well…

Fugro Secures India Deepwater Drilling ROV Contract

Aug 05, 2026

Fugro Survey India has been awarded a three-year contract by Vantage International Management Company to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV)-based deepwater drill support services for ONGC's offshore drilling operations in India.Under the contract…

ADNOC, SLB Deploy AI Platform to Manage Drilling Operations

Aug 04, 2026

ADNOC, in collaboration with SLB, has deployed its AI-enabled Real-Time Operations Center (RTOC) platform across its fleet of over 120 rigs, providing teams with a faster and more connected way to monitor, analyze and manage drilling operations across its onshore and offshore assets…

ADNOC, SLB Roll Out AI Platform Across More Than 120 Drilling Rigs

Aug 04, 2026

ADNOC, in collaboration with SLB, has deployed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Real-Time Operations Center (RTOC) platform across its fleet of more than 120 drilling rigs, aiming to improve drilling performance, reduce engineering effort…

Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Atlantic Rig Back in Service After BOP Incident

Aug 03, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has returned to service its Deepsea Atlantic rig semi-submersible rig following an equipment handling incident in April that left the unit off hire for 106 days.The company said the rig resumed operations…

Borr Drilling's Mexican JV Expands Fleet with Five Jack-Ups

Jul 29, 2026

BC Ventures, a 50/50 joint venture between Borr Drilling and its long-term well construction partner in Mexico, has completed the previously announced acquisition of five premium jack-up drilling rigs from Fontis Finance for $287 million, expanding…

Expro Strengthens Offshore Drilling Business with New Acquisition

Jul 24, 2026

U.S.-based oilfield services company Expro has completed its acquisition of Norwegian managed pressure drilling (MPD) specialist Enhanced Drilling for approximately $208 million (NOK 2 billion), expanding its portfolio with drilling technologies…

Equinor Finds Oil Near Johan Castberg Field in Barents Sea

Jul 23, 2026

Equinor and its partners have made an oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.The discovery was made in the Skrugard North Tubåen prospect by drilling a wildcat well 7220/5-EC-2 H, located around 6 kilometers north of…

Chevron Enlists Velesto’s Jack-Up Rig for Drilling Job off Malaysia

Jul 22, 2026

Velesto Energy has secured a contract worth approximately $51 million from Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron, to provide integrated rig, drilling and completion services for the North Malay Basin Full Field Development Campaign…

INA Completes First Well in Adriatic Sea Drilling Campaign off Croatia

Jul 22, 2026

Croatian oil and gas company INA, part of MOL Group, has completed the Ana-4 DIR gas well in the northern Adriatic Sea, the first of five new wells planned under a $74 million (€65 million) drilling program aimed at expanding gas production offshore Croatia…

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