Upstream drilling news

WorleyParsons will provide engineering, procurement, construction management and project management services to support QGC across the upstream and midstream facilities from the Surat Basin to Curtis Island.

Pre-lay mooring and anchoring solutions to be deployed on Transocean GSP Development Driller 1 rig.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has spud its KSS-2 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco.

LUKOIL has completed the construction and commissioning of the first well at the Phase 2 of Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. As of 31 January, the company started to drill an injection well.

Erin Energy Corporation has announced that it has completed the drilling of the Oyo-NW well and, based on preliminary evaluation, it has discovered hydrocarbons in the Miocene Formation.

On 31 January, Shell acquired nine exploration blocks for the Mexican Gulf of Mexico in the deepwater bid round.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that to focus upon appraising the onshore PEDL331 Arreton oil discovery and satellite exploration prospects, it has informed the Oil and Gas Authority that it will not seek any further extension to the offshore P1916 Licence.

The company has announced one of its largest US Gulf of Mexico exploration finds in the psat decade from the Wale deepwater well.

Parsley Energy, Inc. provided an operational update that discloses certain full-year 2017 results and highlights strong indications from the Company's Wolfcamp C delineation programme.

Spirit Energy is extending the life of one of its key North Sea fields by tapping into new reserves this year.