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Vantage Drilling International (VDI) reported the completion of the sale of the ultra-deepwater (UDW) drill ship Tungsten Explorer to TEVA Ship Charter LLC, its joint venture 75% owned by TotalEnergies.
[Read more…] about 2-year-old UDW drill ship sold to TotalEnergiesEsso Australia, ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, has begun drilling the $200 million Kipper 1B project in the Gippsland Basin, aimed at boosting domestic gas supply.
[Read more…] about ExxonMobil begins $200M Kipper 1B drilling offshore AustraliaTenaz Energy has let a contract to Shelf Drilling for the Winner jack-up rig to drill offshore Netherlands.
[Read more…] about Tenaz Energy lets drilling contract for offshore NetherlandsShelf Drilling announced the award of a short-term contract for the Shelf Drilling Enterprise and a contract extension for the Trident 16.
[Read more…] about Shelf Drilling announces contract in VietnamTalos Energy has awarded a new two-well contract in the Gulf of Mexico to Seadrill 12,000-ft drillship West Vela.
[Read more…] about New two-well contract for SeadrillRomania’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.
[Read more…] about Drill ship secured for Bulgaria frontier exploration campaignBW Energy, together with NAMCOR E&P, has contracted Odfjell’s Deepsea Mira semisubmersible rig for the drilling of the Kharas appraisal well on the Kudu license (PPL003) offshore Namibia in the Orange Basin, scheduled for the second half of 2025.
[Read more…] about BW Energy contracts rig to drill offshore NamibiaState oil company TPAO and Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar have confirmed that TPAO has purchased two 7th generation 12,000-ft drill ships.
[Read more…] about TPAO Türkiye confirms acquisition of two new drill shipsOMV 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.
[Read more…] about Noble drillship wins contract to drill two Black Sea wellsValaris has been awarded multi-year contracts for two drillships in the US Gulf by Occidental (Oxy) subsidiary Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
[Read more…] about Valaris secures work with Oxy for two drillships
