Fossil Energy – Oil and Gas Discoveries
Malaysia state oil firm Petronas said on Monday it has made six oil and gas discoveries in five blocks off the coast of Sarawak.
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New drillship contract adds $518 million to Transocean backlog
Fossil Energy – Drilling GOM
An undisclosed, independent operator has awarded Transocean a 1,080-day contract for a high-specification seventh-generation, ultra-deepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Mexico.
[Read more…] about New drillship contract adds $518 million to Transocean backlogConocoPhillips lines up Transocean rig for Otway Basin drilling
Fossil Energy – Exploration Drilling
Offshore oil and gas explorer 3D Oil has received letter of award from ConocoPhillips Australia for the Transocean Equinox drilling rig to support an exploration drilling programme in the Otway Basin in Australia.
[Read more…] about ConocoPhillips lines up Transocean rig for Otway Basin drillingC-NLOPB permits ExxonMobil to begin drilling operations
Fossil Energy – Drilling Permission
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has granted ExxonMobil permission to begin exploratory drilling using Odfjell-managed semisub Hercules.
[Read more…] about C-NLOPB permits ExxonMobil to begin drilling operationsJack up Valaris 121 goes back to North Sea
Fossil Energy – Exploration Well
Last week Valaris’ heavy-duty jack up Valaris 121 has left the Port of Dundee, where it had been staying since early 2023.
[Read more…] about Jack up Valaris 121 goes back to North SeaDeepsea Mira starts 300-day drilling campaign off Namibia
Fossil Energy – Drilling Namibia
Offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean said Wednesday that its Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig had kicked off its drilling contract with TotalEnergies in Namibia, where the French oil major last year made a giant oil discovery with its Venus-1x well.
[Read more…] about Deepsea Mira starts 300-day drilling campaign off NamibiaADNOC Drilling secures $2 Billion contracts for 5 jack-up rigs
Fossil Energy – Drilling Contracts
ADNOC Drilling on Friday confirmed the award of five 10-year contracts, totaling approximately $2 billion for jack-up rigs in support of ADNOC Offshore’s growing drilling operations.
[Read more…] about ADNOC Drilling secures $2 Billion contracts for 5 jack-up rigsTransocean’s Deepwater Titan begins inaugural contract for Chevron
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean said its new eighth-generation drillship Deepwater Titan has started its inaugural contract with supermajor Chevron in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
[Read more…] about Transocean’s Deepwater Titan begins inaugural contract for ChevronTotalEnergies starts drilling vital well at golden block in Namibia
Fossil Energy – Drilling Namibia
TotalEnergies has started drilling a vitally important exploration well in its ‘golden’ block offshore Namibia, which if successful could double estimated resources of the Venus discovery to about 6 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
[Read more…] about TotalEnergies starts drilling vital well at golden block in NamibiaVelesto bags US$11m contract from Petronas Carigali unit
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Velesto Drilling has been awarded a contract by Vestigo Petroleum for the provision of the NAGA 2 jack-up drilling rig.
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