Energean plc has farmed into Chariot Limited’s acreage offshore Morocco, which includes the 18 Bcm (gross) Anchois gas development and significant exploration prospectivity. This new country entry is well-aligned with Energean’s strategy to…
Norway still has vast proven natural gas resources without development plans, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Wednesday, urging exploration companies to find ways of producing it despite technological challenges.As this year's COP28 U…
Esgian has published its Week 48 Rig Market Roundup highlighting that new contract awards were revealed for a Velesto Drilling jackup, two Seadrill drillships and a Dolphin Drilling semisub. Meanwhile, Wintershall Dea is planning to drill a new carbon storage well in Norway…
BiSN, a provider of permanent downhole sealing solutions, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Perth, Western Australia, to better serve operators in the region.The facility will radically increase the operational capacity for BiSN in the Asia-Pacific region…
Awilco Drilling said Thursday that an arbitration tribunal had ruled in its favor in its second case against Singapore-based Keppel FELS over a rig contract termination. It lost the first in April 2023.Awilco Drilling in 2018 ordered a harsh…
Offshore drilling firm Noble Corporation has appointed H. Keith Jennings to serve as a director. Jennings was also appointed as the chair of the Audit Committee.Charles M. Sledge, Chairman, on behalf of the Board of Directors, commented: 'We…
Brazil's environment protection agency Ibama is expected to decide by early next year if state-run oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA can drill near the mouth of the Amazon River, Ibama's president Rodrigo Agostinho said on Wednesday.The area is part of Brazil's Equatorial Margin…
Shell Egypt said Tuesday it had completed the drilling of the first well in its three-well exploration campaign, Mina West, located in the North East El-Amriya block, in the Mediterranean Sea, discovering a gas bearing reservoir. Drilling activities…
U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in three weeks, as the oil rig count rose by the most since February, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count…
Norwegian offshore drilling firm Odfjell Drilling said Thursday that Equinor had exercised options for seven wells to extend the use of its Deepsea Aberdeen offshore drilling rig on the Breidablikk field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for well 35/6-4 A in production license 929 in the North Sea, offshore Norway.Neptune Energy will use the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the wildcat well…
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ordered that a postponed federal auction of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico be held within 37 days, a setback for environmentalists seeking expanded protections for the endangered Rice's whale.According to court papers…
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor is collaborating with the maritime and offshore technology company Kongsberg Digital to boost its personnel skills to protect the environment, prevent offshore incidents, and perform holistic crisis management in advanced offshore operations…
Exmar, a company best known to the Offshore Engineer audience for its FLNG units, has decided to re-enter the offshore drilling sector with an investment in the offshore drilling company Vantage Drilling.Exmar said it had acquired approximately 11…
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling said Monday it had entered into a drilling contract with an independent operator to utilize the Ocean BlackRhino drillship for work offshore Guinea-Bissau. The Ocean BlackRhino was awarded…
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