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Transocean announces contract awards

Tuesday, April 7 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling Contracts

Transocean announced awards of a contract for a harsh environment semisubmersible in Norway and contract extensions for two ultra-deepwater drillships in Brazil.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, International projects, Transocean Tagged With: drilling contracts, Petrobras, transocean, Var Energi

More work in West Africa lined up for Tungsten Explorer

Monday, April 6 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Vantage Drilling managed drillship Tungsten Explorer has a conditional letter of award for follow-on work with TotalEnergies in West Africa.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, International News, TotalEnergies, Vantage, West Africa Tagged With: drilling, TotalEnergies, Vantage Drilling, West Africa

PV Drilling names its super rig in Ho Chi Minh City

Tuesday, March 31 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

On March 27, at the PTSC Downstream Port in Rach Dua Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) held a naming ceremony for the multi-purpose jack-up rig PV DRILLING IX.

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Filed Under: Drilling, General, International News, Jack up, naming ceremony, PetroVietnam Tagged With: drilling, jack up rig, namings ceremony, Petrovietnam Drilling, PV Drilling

Equinor starts drilling major gas development in Brazil

Wednesday, March 25 2026

Fossil energy – Drilling

Equinor has started the drilling phase for the Raia project in the pre salt of the Campos Basin, Brazil.

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Filed Under: Brazil, Drilling, drillship, Equinor, International News, Valaris Tagged With: Brazil, Campos Basin, drilling, Equinor, Raia project, Valaris

PRIO in the clear for 14-well offshore drilling campaign

Wednesday, March 18 2026

General – Drilling

The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) has issued an amendment to the drilling license for the Frade field, authorizing PRIO to drill up to 14 new wells at the field.

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Filed Under: Brazil, Campos Basin, Drilling, drilling campaign, Frade Field, International projects, Licenses, Prio Tagged With: Brazil, Campos Basin, drilling license, Frade Field, Ibama, PRIO, wells

Equinor made oil discovery in Barents Sea

Wednesday, March 18 2026

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

Equinor has made an oil discovery in the Polynya Tubåen prospect.

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Filed Under: Barents Sea, Drilling, drilling rig, Equinor, International News, Johan Castberg, Oil discovery Tagged With: barents sea, drilling, Equinor, Johan Castberg, Oil Discovery, Polynya Tubåen

Trump directs Sable Offshore to restore Santa Ynez oil unit

Tuesday, March 17 2026

Fossil Energy – Restart Production

Last Friday, the Trump administration directed Sable Offshore to ​restore oil drilling operations off the southern California coast, ‌the U.S. Energy Department said.

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Filed Under: Drilling, International projects, Oil price, oil production, restart, Sable Offshore, Trump Tagged With: drilling, oil production, restart, Sable Offshore, Trump

SFL announces $170 million contract for Hercules

Thursday, March 12 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

SFL announced that it has signed a drilling contract in Canada with a large, investment grade multinational oil and gas company for the harsh environment semi-submersible rig Hercules.

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Filed Under: Canada, Drilling, International projects, Odfjell Drilling, Semisub Tagged With: Canada, drilling, Odfjell Drilling, semi sub, SFL

Velesto inks five-year drilling deal with Petronas

Wednesday, March 4 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto has secured a five-year drilling contract from Petronas for its NAGA 2 jack-up rig.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, drilling services, International projects, Jack up, Petronas, Velesto Tagged With: contract, drilling, jack up rig, malaysia, petronas, Velesto

Oil discovery in Snorre area

Monday, March 2 2026

Fossil Energy – Snorre

Equinor and its partners have made a commercial oil discovery in the Snorre area in the North Sea.

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Filed Under: Drilling, Equinor, International News, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Snorre Tagged With: Equinor, norway, Oil Discovery, snorre

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