Upstream drilling news

Strike Energy has announced exceptional production testing results of the Kingia Sandstone gas discovery at Erregulla Deep-1, with strong flow rates and one of the highest flowing pressures ever measured in the basin.

Drilling will commence in the first half of 2025 and be complete in 2026, with the first wells coming onstream by the end of 2025.

With this expansion, TGS will add to the conventional 3D seismic data of the existing Benin MegaSurvey.

Powered by mud motors, the system expands rig capabilities and extends drilling depths in complex formations, and, Halliburton says, enables faster penetration rates, lower drilling costs, and more precise wellbore placement.

Pemex seeks to save up to US$1.35 billion by curbing exploration and production activities.

Perenco Colombia has announced the successful drilling of three new development wells on the Paravare and Chaparrito fields on the plains of Casanare, onshore Colombia.

Shelf Drilling Ltd has announced new contracts for two jack-up rigs in Nigeria.

Planning consent has been received from North Lincolnshire Council for the further development of the Wressle well site.

SCF Partners, Inc. acquires Newpark Fluids Systems business from Newpark Resources Inc.

Transocean Ltd. has announced a 365 day contract for the Deepwater Atlas with bp in the US Gulf of Mexico.