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Shell to Seek Suriname’s Approval for Four-Well Offshore Drilling Plan

Dec 18, 2024

BG International, a unit of oil major Shell operating in Suriname, plans to submit a plan to the South American country's environmental agency for drilling up to four exploration wells at offshore Block 65, according to a company document seen on Tuesday…

Transocean’s Drillship to Stay in India Under New $111M Deal

Dec 18, 2024

India-based oil company Reliance Industries Limited has exercised an option under the previously agreed firm contract with Transocean for its Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 drillship.Offshore drilling contractor Transocean informed that a four-well…

Equinor Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Near Troll Field in North Sea

Dec 17, 2024

Equinor and its partners DNO and Petoro have made an oil and gas discovery west of the Troll field in the North Sea, currently estimated at between 2 and 12 million barrels of oil equivalent.The discovery, made 17 kilometers from the Troll field…

Portugal Ushers in Floating Wind Era

Dec 16, 2024

Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo.The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting…

Oil Falls as Chinese Demand Sags, Fed Ponders Rate Cut

Dec 16, 2024

Oil futures slipped from the highest levels in several weeks on Monday on weakness in consumer spending in China, which is the world's largest oil importer, and as investors paused buying ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate decision…

Aker BP Bites Dust Offshore Norway

Dec 13, 2024

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a wildcat well in the northern part of the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 34/6-7 S was drilled with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig, about 40 kilometres north of the Visund field…

US Driller Seeks Court to Block Demands for $250M Decom Collateral

Dec 13, 2024

W&T Offshore, an independent driller operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has asked a federal judge to block insurance companies' demands for $250 million in additional collateral for taking apart old oil infrastructure.The offshore drilling…

Shell to Add Two Wells at GoM Perdido Platform

Dec 12, 2024

Shell said on Thursday its unit has made a final investment decision to add two wells at the Perdido platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to boost production.The Shell unit, which operates the Perdido platform, said the two wells are expected to produce up to 6…

BOEM Advances Leasing for GoM Offshore Wind Energy

Dec 12, 2024

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced today that it is issuing a Determination of Competitive Interest in two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. The determination comes after an unsolicited request from Hecate Energy…

Galp Spuds Another Well Offshore Namibia

Dec 12, 2024

Galp and its partners have spudded another well in the Orange Basin, off Namibia, following the discovery of light oil and gas condensate in an appraisal well announced earlier in December.After the discovery at the Mopane-1A well, Galp and its PEL83 offshore block partners…

Harbour Energy Confirms Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Dec 10, 2024

Harbour Energy has proven gas discovery in an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, drilled with Transocean Norge semi-submersible drilling rig.The gas has been proven in an appraisal well 6507/4-5 S, in license 211 CS, located 270 kilometers north of Kristiansund…

Borr Drilling Norve Jack-Up to Stay in West Africa Under New Contract

Dec 10, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured a contract for its Norve jack-up rig for drilling operations in West Africa.The work, with a repeat customer whose name was not disclosed, is in direct continuation of the Marathon Oil contract and is estimated to begin in third quarter of 2025…

TWMA Appoints Group Commercial Director

Dec 09, 2024

Drilling waste management specialist, TWMA, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Parkes as its new Group Commercial Director. This strategic hire comes as the Aberdeen-based company continues to build on a period of rapid international growth and expansion…

Oil Rises as Syria's Assad Departs, China eases Monetary Policy

Dec 09, 2024

Oil prices rose by nearly 2% on Monday on increased geopolitical risk after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and as top importer China flagged its first move towards a loosened monetary policy stance since 2010.Brent crude futures were up $1…

SLB Introduces AI-Driven Tool for More Efficient Autonomous Drilling Solutions

Dec 09, 2024

Global energy technology company SLB has introduced Neuro autonomous geosteering, which dynamically responds to subsurface complexities to drill more efficient, higher-performing wells, while reducing the carbon footprint of the drilling operations…

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