Equinor has proven petroleum in a wildcat well in Norwegian Sea, drilled by Transocean’s Transocean Encourage semi-submersible drilling rig.The well 6506/12-PB-3 H was tested the Smørbukk Midt prospect, located between Smørbukk and Smørbukk Sør about 250 kilometres southwest of Brønnøysund.Preliminary calculations indicate the size of the discovery is between 1 - 3 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil equivalent…
Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Friday that two new wells in the deepwater West Delta have gone online, adding about 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of natural gas to the country's output.Egypt seeks to boost gas production after increasingly turning to imports to meet domestic demand…
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs and confirmed the start of operations for one of its rigs offshore Mexico.In the North Sea, Borr Drilling’s Prospector 1 jack…
Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has made oil discovery in the Talisker exploration well at the Brage field in the North Sea.The discoveries were made in the production license PL 055, operated by OKEA with 35.2% working interest, with partners Lime Petroleum 33…
Equinor and partners have struck oil and gas in the Fram area, nine kilometers north of the Troll field in the North Sea.The discoveries were made in exploration well 35/11-31 S in production license 090, operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…
Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig with Chevron’s subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) for drilling operations offshore West Africa.The extension will begin in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract…
UAE-based Vantage Drilling International has announced that the Conditional Letter of Award received from an undisclosed client for the ultra-deepwater drillship Platinum Explorer in April has been extended.This follows a 30-day extension from July 22 to bring the contract end date to August 29…
Aker BP has completed the Omega Alfa exploration campaign in the Norwegian North Sea, resulting in a significant oil discovery that adds substantial new resources to the Yggdrasil area.The recoverable volume is estimated at 96–134 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe)…
Talos Energy Inc. announced successful drilling results at the Daenerys exploration prospect located in the U.S. Gulf of America Walker Ridge blocks 106, 107, 150, and 151.The discovery well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 33,228 feet…
Optimistic over Angola’s untapped gas potential, Azule Energy is considering another gas exploration well after leading the country’s first drilling campaign targeting gas and hitting success last month, the CEO told Reuters.Angola expects gas…
Norwegian oil and gas investments are expected to peak this year, and start declining next year as major projects are completed, a statistics office survey of industry players showed on Thursday.Norway produces about 2% of global oil, and became…
Vantage Drilling International completed the sale of the Tungsten Explorer to TEVA Ship Charter LLC, the joint venture entity owned 25% by the Ccompany and 75% by TotalEnergies. In line with previous announcements Vantage will continue to manage…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling, through its subsidiary Shelf Drilling (North Sea) (SDNS), has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Winner jack-up rig with Tenaz Energy for operations in the Dutch North Sea.The firm term of the contract is one year…
Esso Australia, ExxonMobil’s Australian subsidiary, has started drilling for the nearly $200 million Kipper 1B project, which will bring online much-needed additional gas supply from the Gippsland Basin.The project is using Valaris’ VALARIS…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured short-term contract for the Shelf Drilling Enterprise and a contract extension for the Trident 16 jack-up drilling rigs.The Shelf Drilling Enterprise has been hired for one firm well operation in Vietnam…
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