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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

Securing rig capacity for high production on NCS

Thursday, July 2 2026

Letter of Intent

Equinor has entered into a letter of intent with Transocean for the use of three Cat D rigs on the Norwegian continental shelf.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, Equinor, General, International News, Letter of Intent, Norway, Transocean Tagged With: drilling, Equinor, Letter of Intent, NCS, norway, rigs, transocean

BP hires semi-sub for drilling ops off UK

Sunday, June 14 2026

Drilling

Noble Corporation has secured a three-well drilling contract with BP for the semi-submersible rig Noble GreatWhite offshore the United Kingdom.

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Filed Under: BP, Drilling, drilling campaign, drilling rig, International projects, Noble, Noble Drilling, Oil and Gas, Semisub Tagged With: BP, drilling, Noble Corporation, Oil and Gas, semi sub

Equinox secured for offshore Australia Bedout drilling campaign

Monday, June 8 2026

Drilling

Santos has hired the Transocean Equinox semisubmersible rig for a multi-well exploration drilling campaign offshore Western Australia.

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Filed Under: Australia, Drilling, drilling campaign, International projects, Transocean Tagged With: australia, Bedout, drilling, transocean

Multi-year contract for Borgland Dolphin

Monday, June 8 2026

Drilling

Dolphin Drilling has announced the contract fixture of its semi-submersible drilling rig Borgland Dolphin.

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Filed Under: Dolphin Drilling, Drilling, International projects, Semisub Tagged With: Dolphin Drilling, drilling, semi submersible rig

Velesto’s jack up rig secured for Gulf of Thailand drilling campaign

Sunday, June 7 2026

Fossil Energy

Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto Energy has secured a contract from Northern Gulf Petroleum (NGP) for the provision of jack-up drilling rig services offshore Thailand.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, International projects, Jack up, Thailand, Velesto Tagged With: drilling, NGP, Thailand, Velesto Energy

Norway presses EU to lift Arctic drilling moratorium

Monday, June 1 2026

Drilling

(Bloomberg) – Norway is putting pressure on the European Union to remove the moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, where almost two-thirds of its petroleum resources are located.

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Filed Under: Arctic, Drilling, drilling services, European Union, International projects, Norway, Oil and Gas Tagged With: arctic, drilling, European Union, norway, Oil and Gas

PV Drilling signs contract with Zarubezhneft EP Vietnam

Tuesday, May 12 2026

Fossil Energy – Vietnam

PV Drilling, a key Petrovietnam subsidiary, has signed a contract to provide a jack-up drilling rig for Zarubezhneft EP Vietnam B.V.’s development drilling campaign at the Thien Nga – Hai Au field in Block 12/11, off the coast of Vietnam.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling campaign, drilling rig, International News, Vietnam Tagged With: drilling, PV Drilling, Thien Nga Hai Au field, Vietnam, Zarubezhneft EP

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