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Shell exploration well offshore Egypt indicates commercial discovery

Tuesday, July 28 2026

Oil Discovery

Shell’s Velox-1X exploration well off the coast of Egypt has encountered promising oil indicators and could lead to the first crude oil discovery in the under-explored Western Mediterranean region.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, Egypt, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International projects, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Shell Tagged With: drilling, egypt, exploration, Mediterranean, Oil Discovery, Shell

Advancing drill floor safety and efficiency with Auto Slip system

Tuesday, July 28 2026

Technology

Huisman has signed a contract with the offshore drilling contractor Seadrill for the delivery of an AS605X Auto Slip system, marking another step towards greater automation of the drill floor.

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Filed Under: auto slip system, Drilling, Huisman, Innovation, International News, Seadrill, Technology Tagged With: Auto Slip system, drilling, Huisman, Innovation, seadrill, technology

Oil discovery near Johan Castberg field

Thursday, July 23 2026

Fossil Energy

Equinor has made an oil discovery in the Skrugard North Tubåen prospect in the Barents Sea.

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Filed Under: Barents Sea, Drilling, General, Johan Castberg, Oil discovery Tagged With: barents sea, drilling, Johan Castberg, norway, Oil Discovery

New offshore drilling contract for Saipem

Wednesday, July 22 2026

Côte d’Ivoire

Saipem has been awarded a new offshore drilling contract by Eni Côte d’Ivoire Limited, valued at approximately 260 million USD.

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Filed Under: Contract, Cote d'Ivoire, Drilling, drilling campaign, ENI, International projects, Saipem Tagged With: Côte d’Ivoire, drilling, drilling campaign, Eni, saipem

Turkey targets new prospect in Black Sea

Thursday, July 16 2026

Drilling

Turkish Petroleum has commenced drilling its newest ultra-deepwater exploration well, Taskopru-1, in the central Black Sea.

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Filed Under: Black Sea, Drilling, exploratory drilling, International projects, Turkey, Türkiye, ultra-deepwater Tagged With: black sea, drilling, exploration well, turkey, ultra deepwater

Noble scoops $136 million for Brunei drillship project

Tuesday, July 14 2026

Drilling

Noble Corporation has won a contract worth more than $130 million to drill offshore Brunei Darussalam with its drillship Noble Viking.

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Filed Under: Brunei, Drilling, drilling campaign, drillship, International projects, Noble Drilling Tagged With: Brunei, drilling, Noble Corporation

Eni Muara Bakau prolonged drilling assignment

Thursday, July 9 2026

Indonesia

Eni Muara Bakau has prolonged a drilling assignment being conducted off the coast of Indonesia by a semi-submersible rig owned by Brazil’s Ventura Offshore.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, drilling services, Indonesia, International projects, Semisub, Ventura Offshore Tagged With: drilling, drilling assignment, Eni Muara Bakau, Indonesia, semisub, Ventura Offshore

Deepsea Mira Rig wraps up Shell’s drilling job off Namibia

Tuesday, July 7 2026

Drilling

Deepsea Mira drilling rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, has completed a drilling contract with Shell offshore Namibia.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, International News, Northern Ocean, Odfjell Drilling, Oil and Gas, Semisub, Shell Tagged With: drilling, Namibia, NOL, Odfjell Drilling, oilandgas, semisub, Shell

Appraisal well confirms oil in Orange Basin

Friday, July 3 2026

Fossil Energy

Rhino Resources has finished drilling a well in the Orange Basin after confirming the presence of oil-bearing rock.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Drilling, International projects, Namibia, Orange Basin, Rhino Resources Tagged With: appraisal well, Capricornus 1A, drilling, Namibia, Orange Basin, Rhino Resources

Multimillion-dollar exploration campaign off coast of Papua New Guinea  

Friday, July 3 2026

Fossil Energy

France’s energy giant TotalEnergies and Malaysia’s Petronas have kicked off a multimillion-dollar oil and gas exploration campaign off the coast of Papua New Guinea, Oceania.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, drilling rig, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International projects, New Guinea, Oil and Gas, Petronas, TotalEnergies Tagged With: drilling, exploration, New Guinea, Oil and Gas, petronas, TotalEnergies

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