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Norway Grants Permit for Aker BP’s Drilling Ops in North Sea

Apr 15, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has issued Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The Permit is for wellbore 30/11-16 S in production license 873, operated by Aker BP with 47.7% working interest.Aker BP’s partners in the license are Equinor with 40% and ORLEN Upstream Norway with 12.3% shares.The drilling operation will be conducted with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible rig…

Gas Reserves Estimate Goes Up at Shell’s Selene Prospect in North Sea

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Shell has revealed ‘significantly better’ porosity and permeability properties at its Selene gas prospect in the North Sea, following the analysis of the data from the well drilled in 2024, prompting its partner Deltic Energy to raise estimates of recoverable gas reserves by 33%…

BP, Chevron Make Deepwater Oil Discovery in Gulf of America

Apr 14, 2025

BP and its partner Chevron have made an oil discovery at the Far South prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of America.BP drilled the exploration well in Green Canyon Block 584, located in western Green Canyon approximately 120 miles (193 kilometers) off the coast of Louisiana in 4…

CNOOC Puts Into Production New Oil Field in South China Sea

Apr 14, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought on stream Wenchang 9-7 oil field development in the western Pearl River Mouth Basin in South China Sea.The main production facility is a new drilling and production platform…

Pulling the Plug on Old Offshore Wells

Apr 14, 2025

Well-Safe Solutions, a seven-year-old company with already more than 400 employees and 100 well decommissioning projects under its belt, relies on its fleet – two semisubmersibles and one jack-up – but more so on its engineering acumen to successfully…

Sunda Energy Starts Environmental Consultation for Chuditch-2 Well Drilling Plans

Apr 11, 2025

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia, has submitted environmental impact drafts for the drilling of Chuditch-2 appraisal well off Timor-Leste for public consultation.Sunda Energy…

Petrobras Extends Noble Discoverer’s Stay off Colombia

Apr 11, 2025

U.S. offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a contract extension with Petrobras for its Noble Discoverer semis-submersible rig offshore Colombia.Petrobras Colombia has exercised, extending the contract for Noble Discoverer rig for an additional 390 days…

Sercel Launches DFU-3C Node, Extending WiNG Range

Apr 10, 2025

Sercel has launched the WiNG DFU-3C, a three-component version of its field-proven WiNG land seismic nodal solution. The WiNG DFU-3C supports a growing need for high-end seismic applications for the energy and mineral E&P sectors.The new integrated…

Zenith Energy Wraps Up Well Ops at CEP’s Field off Poland

Apr 10, 2025

Well engineering consultancy and project management firm Zenith Energy hade delivered the Wolin East 1 (WE 1) well for client Central European Petroleum (CEP) at its Wolin concession in the Baltic Sea, offshore Poland.Zenith Energy was hired to provide full well management…

Libya's Mellitah Ready to Drill

Apr 08, 2025

Libya's Mellitah Oil and Gas Company said on Tuesday Norwegian contractor Borr Drilling's Vali rig will start drilling eight offshore gas wells for the group soon, with the aim of producing 160 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.Mellitah…

Gulf Marine Services Lands New Jack-Up Vessel Contract

Apr 08, 2025

Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of jack-up support vessels to the offshore energy industry, has secured a contract for one of its large-class vessels in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.The new contract spans a total of 142 days…

Hanwha Ocean Marks Entry into Deepwater Drilling Market with First Drillship

Apr 08, 2025

Hanwha Ocean has held a naming ceremony for its high specification ultra-deepwater drillship Tidal Action, signaling its official entry into the deepwater drilling industry.The Tidal Action is built on Hanwha Ocean’s proprietary design and is…

Shell Hires Stena Drillship for Job Offshore Suriname

Apr 08, 2025

Shell, through its subsidiaries, has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena DrillMAX, which will be put to work offshore Suriname.KE STP Company and BG International Limited Suriname Branch, subsidiaries of Shell…

Borr Drilling Bags Three New Assignments for its Jack-Up Drilling Rigs

Apr 08, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for three of its premium jack-up rigs, with other rigs in its fleet also preparing for drilling jobs across the world.Borr Drilling secured new contract awards for the rigs Thor…

ADES Signs Long-Term Deal for One of its Suspended Offshore Jack-Ups

Apr 08, 2025

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has signed a 10-year contract renewal for one of its standard offshore jack-up rigs, which was among the suspended rigs previously operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The standard jack-up is currently fulfilling a medium-term contract in Egypt…

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