Fossil Energy – Discovery
Equinor and partners have struck oil and gas in the Fram area, nine kilometres north of the Troll field in the North Sea.
[Read more…] about New oil and gas discovery near Troll fieldTalos Energy announces exploration results at Daenerys
Fossil Energy – Daenerys
Talos announced successful drilling results at the Daenerys exploration prospect located in the U.S. Gulf of America Walker Ridge blocks 106, 107, 150, and 151.
[Read more…] about Talos Energy announces exploration results at DaenerysTotalEnergies to begin oil exploration in Orange Basin in South Africa
Fossil Energy – Exploration
French oil major, TotalEnergies, has disclosed plans to begin oil exploration drills in the Orange Basin off the coast of South Africa.
[Read more…] about TotalEnergies to begin oil exploration in Orange Basin in South AfricaExxonMobil begins $200M Kipper 1B drilling offshore Australia
Fossil Energy – Kipper 1B
Esso 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 lets drilling contract for offshore Netherlands
Fossil Energy – The Netherlands
Tenaz 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 announces contract in Vietnam
Fossil Energy – Short Term Contract
Shelf 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 VietnamNew two-well contract for Seadrill
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.
[Read more…] about New two-well contract for SeadrillDrill ship secured for Bulgaria frontier exploration campaign
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.
[Read more…] about Drill ship secured for Bulgaria frontier exploration campaignBW Energy contracts rig to drill offshore Namibia
Fossil Energy – Namibia
BW 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 NamibiaTPAO Türkiye confirms acquisition of two new drill ships
Fossil Energy – Türkiye
State 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.
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