UK focused independent i3 Energy announced that the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived on location at the Liberator field and that the LPt-02 pilot well has now been spud.The results of the LPt-02 well will allow the…
UK-focused Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) said it plans to spud an appraisal well in the Harvey prospect during the first week of August.The Maersk Resilient is currently due to finish its prior operations over the coming week and start re-locating to Harvey…
Canadian oil and gas exploration company Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd said it has started drilling operations for the first well in the Jethro-Lobe prospect on the Orinduik block, offshore Guyana.The well was spud on Thursday (July 04) using the Stena Forth drillship…
UK based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy announced on Wednesday it has spudded its first well at Warwick Deep, west of Shetland.The 205/26b-C well was spudded on Tuesday evening using the Transocean Leader drilling rig, the company said…
With the newly developed J102 heavy lift jack-up design, Ulstein says it presents its answer to the offshore wind industry’s need for fit-for-purpose, cost efficient yet future proof wind turbine installation vessels. The new design is part of Ulstein’s X-JACK series of heavy lift jack-up designs…
Jadestone Energy, an oil and gas development and production company across the Asia Pacific region, has announced that it has signed a rig contract for infill drilling on the Stag oilfield, located offshore Australia (Jadestone 100%).Ensco Australia…
Private U.K. oil and gas exploration and appraisal company Corallian Energy reported that drilling of the Wick exploration well (11/24b-4) commenced on Tuesday offshore the U.K.Corallian is exploration operator for Licence P2235 with 40 percent interest…
Rosneft and partner Eni have spud the Maria-1 exploration well in the Zapadno-Chernomorskaya licence area in the Black Sea. The license is estimated to hold oil in place of over 570 million tons, Rosneft reported on 20 December. To prepare for drilling…
Erin Energy has spud the Oyo Northwest (NW) well offshore Nigeria, the company announced today 6 December. Oyo-NW is a high-impact exploration well being drilled with the Pacific Bora, a sixth-generation drilling rig at offshore Nigeria block 120…
Aker BP has been given approval to drill exploration well 24/9-12 S on production license 340 in the Norwegian North Sea. The well, due to spud this month, will be drilled in about 120m water depth using the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible drilling rig of the Marosso 56 type…
KrisEnergy has spud the East Mayura-1 exploration well in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand, the operator announced on 20 October. The East Mayura-1 well, offshore Thailand, is being drilled by the PV DRILLING I jack-up rig…
W&T Offshore is set to spud its latest well in the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) lease in the Gulf of Mexico later this month, according to partner Otto Energy. “The Enterprise 264 jackup drilling rig is expected to be on location within…
Statoil has spudded the last well of its three-well drilling campaign on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Transocean Spitsbergen. Image from Statoil. According to partner Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG)…
Energy XXI reported mixed results for its current development drilling plans in the West Delta area of the Gulf of Mexico, and has cancelled plans to spud any additional wells in 2017. Source: Energy XXI…
Houston-headquartered Atwood Oceanics has inked a one-well contract offshore northwest Africa with Kosmos Energy using the ultra-deepwater rig Atwood Achiever. The contract, which includes six, one-well options, will start immediately…
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