Scana's PSW Technology has won a contract with offshore drilling firm Deep Value Driller for deep-water BOP stack services. The deal comes just days after Deep Value Driller secured a contract with Saipem for its Deep Value Driller deepwater drillship…
U.S. oil and gas producer EOG Resources on Friday said it had no plans to alter its strategy around new natural gas drilling, despite a sharp decline in prices this year. Rival producers, including Chesapeake Energy, Southwestern Energy, and Comstock Resources…
Greece's biggest oil refiner Helleniq Energy could decide on exploratory drilling in Greek offshore blocks within the next two years, its chief executive officer said on Friday. Greece has had indications of significant gas reserves of around 600 billion cubic meters…
Italian oilfield services group Saipem has agreed to charter a 7th generation deepwater drillship owned by the Oslo-listed Deep Value Driller AS.The drillship, also named Deep Value Driller, will start its contract upon reactivation works, which are expected to be completed in the summer of 2023…
Eni's subsidiary Eni Sustainable Mobility and offshore services company Saipem have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to utilize biofuels on Saipem's drilling and offshore construction vessels, focusing on operations in the Mediterranean Sea…
Offshore drilling is making a comeback after several challenging years, and Transocean, a major deepwater drilling contractor, expects to see a multi-year upcycle in the offshore drilling industry.'Looking back, 2022 will be remembered as a pivotal year in Transocean’s history…
Guyana is working with the Indian government on awarding oil and gas exploration blocks to Indian companies, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Wednesday.The South American nation, home to one of the largest oil discoveries of the last decade…
French oil major TotalEnergies is set to embark on a multi-well appraisal and exploration program offshore Nambia, where it made one of the world's largest oil discoveries in 2022, by drilling the Venus-1x well.According to Impact Oil & Gas Limited…
Indonesia has appointed several firms to conduct exploration of three oil and gas blocks, which include units of state energy company Pertamina and Italy's Eni, the energy ministry said on Wednesday. The blocks are namely Peri Mahakam, Sangkar…
Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has elected to drill the second control well at the Neon discovery offshore Brazil, after the first control well, Neon-1, confirmed the presence of 25 meters of net oil-bearing pay.Neon-1 and Neon…
Oil and gas company Panoro Energy has been awarded a 56 percent stake in and operatorship of Block EG-01, located offshore Equatorial Guinea. Partners in the block will be Kosmos Energy and GEPetrol.Block EG-01 borders both Block G where Panoro has a 14…
The Norwegian oil company Equinor has completed the drilling of an appraisal well to test a 2009 offshore discovery in the North Sea, off Norway. The appraisal well, 16/2-23 S, came up dry, with traces of hydrocarbons, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said…
Longboat Energy, an oil and gas company so far mostly focused on offshore oil and gas operations offshore Norway, is expanding internationally with the recent award of an offshore exploration block in Malaysia.Longboat said Wednesday it had won a Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) for Block 2A…
Shallow water drilling company Borr Drilling has secured contracts and extensions for three jack-up drilling rigs: Ran, Gerd, and Natt.Borr Drilling said on Monday that the contracts added about 625 days to its firm backlog.The premium jack…
As oil industry officials from around the world descend on Guyana for a conference to showcase its potential as an oil power, the biggest player in its oil boom still has decisions to make on its future in the South American country.Liam Mallon…