Fossil Energy – Exploration Well
Last week Valaris’ heavy-duty jack up Valaris 121 has left the Port of Dundee, where it had been staying since early 2023.
[Read more…] about Jack up Valaris 121 goes back to North SeaDeepsea Mira starts 300-day drilling campaign off Namibia
Fossil Energy – Drilling Namibia
Offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean said Wednesday that its Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig had kicked off its drilling contract with TotalEnergies in Namibia, where the French oil major last year made a giant oil discovery with its Venus-1x well.
[Read more…] about Deepsea Mira starts 300-day drilling campaign off NamibiaTwo new offshore drilling contracts for Saipem
Fossil Energy – Drilling Contracts
Saipem has been awarded two new offshore drilling contracts, one in the Middle East and one in the Mediterranean Sea, for a total amount of approximately 550 million dollars.
[Read more…] about Two new offshore drilling contracts for SaipemADNOC Drilling secures $2 Billion contracts for 5 jack-up rigs
Fossil Energy – Drilling Contracts
ADNOC Drilling on Friday confirmed the award of five 10-year contracts, totaling approximately $2 billion for jack-up rigs in support of ADNOC Offshore’s growing drilling operations.
[Read more…] about ADNOC Drilling secures $2 Billion contracts for 5 jack-up rigsSeadrill announces sale of tender-assist units
Fossil Energy – Sale of Tender Units
Drilling firm Seadrill announced that it has entered into definitive sale and purchase agreements to sell three tender-assist units to Energy Drilling for a total of $85 million in cash.
[Read more…] about Seadrill announces sale of tender-assist unitsTransocean’s Deepwater Titan begins inaugural contract for Chevron
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean said its new eighth-generation drillship Deepwater Titan has started its inaugural contract with supermajor Chevron in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
[Read more…] about Transocean’s Deepwater Titan begins inaugural contract for ChevronTotalEnergies starts drilling vital well at golden block in Namibia
Fossil Energy – Drilling Namibia
TotalEnergies has started drilling a vitally important exploration well in its ‘golden’ block offshore Namibia, which if successful could double estimated resources of the Venus discovery to about 6 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
[Read more…] about TotalEnergies starts drilling vital well at golden block in NamibiaOKEA gets consent for drilling in Norwegian Sea
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given OKEA consent for exploration drilling in block 6407/9 in the Norwegian Sea.
[Read more…] about OKEA gets consent for drilling in Norwegian SeaSuccessful spudding first Halfdan Tor North East Infill Well
Fossil Energy – Drilling HBA Well
BlueNord, Norway, announced that drilling operations on the HBA-27B well has commenced with first well successfully spudded by the jack-up rig Shelf Drilling Winner.
[Read more…] about Successful spudding first Halfdan Tor North East Infill WellVelesto bags US$11m contract from Petronas Carigali unit
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Velesto Drilling has been awarded a contract by Vestigo Petroleum for the provision of the NAGA 2 jack-up drilling rig.
[Read more…] about Velesto bags US$11m contract from Petronas Carigali unit