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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

Archer awarded integrated deepwater P&A contract in GoM

Monday, January 19 2026

Fossil Energy – P&A Contract

Norwegian-based Archer, in collaboration with SLB, has been awarded an integrated plug and abandonment (P&A) contract with Equinor for the Titan platform in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).

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Filed Under: Archer, deepwater project, Equinor, Gulf of Mexico, International News, Plug and abandonment Tagged With: Archer, deepwater, Equinor, gulf of mexico, plug and abandonment, Titan

Transocean lands six-well fixture for drillship offshore Australia

Saturday, December 13 2025

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Transocean has secured a six-well contract for its Deepwater Skyros drillship offshore Australia.

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Filed Under: Australia, Drilling, drilling vessel, International projects, Transocean Tagged With: australia, deepwater, drilling, drillship, transocean

McDermott awarded deepwater subsea contract by PTTEP

Tuesday, September 9 2025

Fossil Energy – Expansion Project

McDermott has been awarded an offshore subsea contract by PTTEP Sabah Oil (PTTEP) for the Block H gas field expansion project, located offshore Sabah, in East Malaysia, covering the Alum, Bemban, and Permai deepwater fields.

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Filed Under: EPCI, International projects, Malaysia, McDermott, PTTEP, risers, subsea equipment, SURF, Umbilicals Tagged With: contract, deepwater, EPCI, malaysia, mcdermott, PTTEP, risers, subsea, SURF, umbilicals

Strohm to supply TCP Jumpers to Southeast Asian operator

Thursday, August 21 2025

Fossil Energy – TCP Jumpers

Strohm, based in the Netherlands, has been awarded a contract to supply four TCP Jumpers for installation in a deepwater field offshore Malaysia.

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Filed Under: deepwater project, International News, Malaysia, Order, Strohm, TCP Jumper Tagged With: deepwater, malaysia, order, Strohm, TCP jumpers

Fugro to support deepwater gas project for Eni

Thursday, June 26 2025

Fossil Energy – Eni

Fugro has been awarded a contract to conduct a comprehensive site characterisation programme for an Eni-operated deepwater gas development project in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Filed Under: Cyprus, deepwater project, ENI, Fugro, Gas development, International News, Mediterranean Tagged With: characterisation programme, Cyprus, deepwater, Eni, fugro, Mediterranean

First oil & gas from Gulf of Mexico project

Tuesday, April 22 2025

Fossil Energy – Deepwater

U.S.-based Chevron and France-headquartered TotalEnergies, have launched a deepwater oil and gas project in the Gulf of Mexico. 

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Filed Under: Ballymore, Chevron, deepwater project, Gulf of Mexico, International projects, Oil and Gas, TotalEnergies Tagged With: Ballymore, chevron, deepwater, gulf of mexico, oilandgas, TotalEnergies

SLB awarded multi-region deepwater contracts by Shell

Friday, January 10 2025

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Shell has awarded Global energy technology company SLB a series of major drilling contracts to support capital-efficient energy development across its deep- and ultra-deepwater assets in the UK North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, the Gulf of Mexico and others.

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Filed Under: deepwater project, digital technology, Drilling, Gulf of Mexico, International News, North Sea, Shell, SLB Tagged With: deepwater, digital directional drilling, drilling, gulf of mexico, north sea, Shell, SLB, Tobago, Trinidad

Transocean announces $193 Million ultra-deepwater drillship contract

Friday, October 18 2024

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Yesterday, Transocean announced a one-year contract for the Deepwater Conqueror with an undisclosed operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

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Filed Under: deepwater project, Drilling, Gulf of Mexico, International projects, Transocean Tagged With: deepwater, drilling, gulf of mexico, transocean

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