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Vantage secures work for idle drillship Platinum Explorer

Friday, February 13 2026

General – Drilling Contract

Vantage Drilling has received a binding Notification of Award (NOA) from India’s ONGC for the 12,000-ft drillship Platinum Explorer following the conclusion of a tender for a deepwater drillship campaign in India.

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Filed Under: deepwater project, Drilling, drilling campaign, drillship, India, International News, Vantage Tagged With: deepwater, drilling, drillship, India, Notification of Award, ONGC, Vantage Drilling

Papua New Guinea’s first deepwater exploration well

Monday, January 26 2026

Fossil Energy – Papuan Basin

TotalEnergies and PETRONAS have joined forces to drill Mailu-1, Papua New Guinea’s first deepwater exploration well, marking a significant milestone for the Pacific region.

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Filed Under: deepwater project, Drilling, drillship, Exploration, International News, Petronas, TotalEnergies Tagged With: deepwater, drilling, exploration well, Mailu-1, Papua New Guinea, petronas, TotalEnergies

Seadrill secures new contract for idle drillship

Thursday, January 22 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Seadrill has secured a new contract in Malaysia for its 10,000-ft drillship West Capella and an extension of the current contract in Brazil for the 12,000-ft drillship West Carina.

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Filed Under: Contract, Contract extension, Drilling, drillship, International News, Seadrill Tagged With: Brazil, contract, Contract extension, drilling, drillship, malaysia, seadrill

Transocean nets $168M in two rig contracts

Tuesday, January 6 2026

Fossil Energy – Drilling Contracts

Transocean has secured a new contract and an extension for two of its rigs, adding approximately $168 million to its firm backlog.

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Filed Under: Brazil, Drilling, drillship, International projects, Norway, Transocean Tagged With: Brazil, drilling contracts, norway, transocean

ExxonMobil pushes ahead with further testing at Barreleye discovery

Monday, January 5 2026

Fossil Energy – Exploration Drilling

ExxonMobil Guyana is continuing exploration drilling at the Barreleye-3 well in the Stabroek Block, according to a notice issued by Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department.

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Filed Under: Barreleye, Drilling, drillship, exploratory drilling, ExxonMobil, Guyana, International projects, Stabroek Tagged With: Barreleye-3, drilling, exploration drilling, exxonmobile, Guyana, Stabroek Block

Saipem extends drillship charter and $300m purchase option deadline

Tuesday, December 30 2025

Fossil Energy – Contract Extension

Norway-based Deep Value Driller has won an extension of the bareboat charter for a seventh-generation drillship of the same name from Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem.

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Filed Under: bareboat charter, Contract extension, Deep Value Driller, drillship, International projects, Saipem Tagged With: bareboat charter, Contract extension, Deep Value Driller, drilling, drillship, saipem

INEOS Energy announces new Norphlet oil discovery

Wednesday, December 24 2025

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

INEOS Energy has announced a new oil Norphlet discovery in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, exploratory drilling, Ineos, International News, Norphlet, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery Tagged With: drilling, exploration, Ineos Energy, Norphlet, Oil Discovery

Contract extensions for two Transocean deepwater drillships

Friday, October 3 2025

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Transocean announced contract fixtures for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships.

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Filed Under: Contract extension, Drilling, drillship, International News, Transocean Tagged With: Contracts, deepwater drillships, drilling, transocean

New two-well contract for Seadrill

Friday, August 8 2025

Fossil Energy – Gulf of Mexico

Talos Energy has awarded a new two-well contract in the Gulf of Mexico to Seadrill 12,000-ft drillship West Vela.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, Gulf of Mexico, International projects, Seadrill, Talos Tagged With: drill ship, drilling, gulf of mexico, seadrill, Talos Energy, wells

Drill ship secured for Bulgaria frontier exploration campaign

Friday, August 1 2025

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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Filed Under: Bulgaria, Drilling, drilling campaign, drillship, Halliburton, International News, Noble Drilling, OMV Tagged With: bulgaria, drill ship, drilling, halliburton, NewMed Energy, Noble Drilling, OMV Petrom

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