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Halliburton Bags Major Drilling Contract with Petrobras Off Brazil

Jan 30, 2025

U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton has secured a contract from Petrobras for integrated drilling services across several offshore fields in Brazil.The contract scope includes drilling services for development and exploration wells over a three-year period…

Court Overturns Approval for Two Massive UK North Sea O&G Fields

Jan 30, 2025

A Scottish court has invalidated Britain's approvals for two major North Sea oil and gas projects, delivering a significant victory to environmental groups and raising uncertainty over future fossil fuel developments in the UK.The Court of Session…

TotalEnergies Hires Stena Drilling’s Drillship for Work Off Suriname

Jan 30, 2025

TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for its Stena DrillMax drillship, which will be deployed for work offshore Suriname.As part of the contract, Stena DrillMax will perform managed pressure drilling of one exploration well in Suriname with TotalEnergies EP Suriname…

Vår Energi Set to Enhance Drilling Ops with Reelwell’s Digital Drill Pipe Tech

Jan 29, 2025

Reelwell, with Odfjell Technology as strategic partner, has secured a multi-year contract with Vår Energi for the provision of its DualLink-powered digital drill pipe technology.As part of the agreement, Reelwell’s DualLink technology will be…

Odfjell Drilling Secures $148M Extension with Equinor for Deepsea Atlantic Rig

Jan 29, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has agreed terms with Equinor to extend its contract for use of the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig until end the second quarter of 2027.Deepsea Alantic will operate under previously agreed…

US Oil Majors Set to Curb ‘Drilling Boom’ Expectations Despite Trum Calls

Jan 28, 2025

Wall Street expects U.S. oil and gas companies to keep a lid on spending in 2025 and keep their focus on generating shareholder returns, despite calls by President Donald Trump to 'drill, baby, drill.'Big Oil begins reporting fourth-quarter results this week…

Baker Hughes: US oil & gas rig count at lowest since Dec 2021

Jan 24, 2025

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a third week in a row to the lowest since December 2021, energy services firm Baker Hughes BKR.O said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count…

ExxonMobil Kicks Off Exploration Drilling Off Cyprus

Jan 24, 2025

ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy on Friday began exploratory drilling for natural gas in a prospect west of Cyprus, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said on X.The east Mediterranean has yielded some major gas discoveries in recent years, and…

ADES Gets Its First Jack-Up Contract Offshore Nigeria

Jan 24, 2025

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a $21.8 million drilling contract with Brittania-U for its Admarine 504 jack-up drilling rig, marking its first entry to the Nigerian offshore oil and gas sector.ADES and Admarine…

Orlen Drills Dry Well in Norwegian Sea

Jan 22, 2025

Orlen Upstream Norway has drilled a dry well as part of exploration campaign in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6305/10-1 was the first exploration well in production license 1055, which was awarded in 2020 (Awards in predefined areas (APA) 2019)…

Kuwait Strikes Oil and Gas at Al-Jlaiaa Offshore Field

Jan 22, 2025

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has made a discovery of hydrocarbon resources with large commercial quantities at the Al-Jlaiaa offshore field, estimated at 800 million of medium-density oil barrels and 600 billion standard cubic feet of associated gas…

Trump Revokes Biden's Oil Drilling Block on US Coasts and Arctic

Jan 21, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday repealing former President Joe Biden's efforts to block oil drilling in the Arctic and along large areas off the U.S. coasts, according to the White House.Biden this month banned new offshore oil and gas development along most U…

OMV Gets North Sea Drilling Permit

Jan 21, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/6-6 in production license 1109.OMV (Norge) is the operator of the license with 30% interest, with partners DNO Norge (30%)…

NOIA Ready to Drive Offshore Energy with Trump Administration

Jan 20, 2025

National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito issued the following statement regarding the inauguration of President Donald Trump:'American offshore energy stands as a cornerstone of our nation's greatness. We are committed to…

ExxonMobil Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt

Jan 20, 2025

ExxonMobil Egypt, a subsidiary of U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil, has made a gas discovery as part of a drilling campaign in the North Marakia Block offshore Egypt.The drilling of the Nefertari 1 well at an area with at a water depth of 1,720 meters…

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