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Vaalco Energy spuds first well offshore Gabon

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Vaalco Energy announced that it has commenced its Phase Three Drilling Program offshore Gabon with the spudding of the ET-15 infill well on the Etame platform.

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Drilling job in Saudi waters on ADES rig’s agenda in January

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group has secured the green light to restart one of its offshore drilling assignments off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

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bp signs MoU to drill five wells in the Mediterranean

Fossil Energy – Drilling

bp has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate opportunities for a five-well programme at water depth ranging from 300 to 1,500 meters in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Drill ship secured for Bulgaria frontier exploration campaign

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Romania’s OMV Petrom and Israel’s NewMed Energy have signed an $80 million rig contract with Noble Corporation covering the drilling of two exploration wells in the Han Asparuh block, offshore Bulgaria.

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Noble drillship wins contract to drill two Black Sea wells

Fossil Energy – Black Sea

OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan have announced the signing of a rig contract for the drilling of two offshore exploration wells in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria.

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