Upstream drilling news

Reconnaissance Energy Africa and its joint venture partner NAMCOR has announced the spudding of the Naingopo exploration well on Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 onshore Northeast Namibia. Additionally, the Company announces a joint venture update as well as a warrant exercise update.

Wood has secured a six-year contract to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude floating liquified natural gas (FLNG) facility in Western Australia.

Deltic Energy has announced that it has accepted one of the two licences that were provisionally awarded by the North Sea Transition Authority in Tranche 3 of the UK's 33rd Offshore Licensing Round.

SLB has announced the award of a contract by TotalEnergies to its OneSubsea™ joint venture for a 13-well Subsea Production System scope, including associated equipment and services, in the development of the Kaminho project, offshore Angola.

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy, joint venture partners in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, today announced that the joint venture has submitted a notice of potential commercial interest for the Wei-1 discovery to the Government of Guyana, which preserves the joint venture’s interests in the License.

The Vår Energi operated Cerisa exploration well in production license PL 636 was successful with estimated gross recoverable resources of between 18 – 39 million boe.

Pytheas Energy has announced the addition of three producing oil and gas properties to its growing portfolio, the Andrews Crane Asset, the Bakken Asset, and the Minerva-Rockdale Asset.

Ocean Installer have been chosen by Equinor and its partners in the Troll A license as the SURF Contractor for their new 12 billion NOK investment in the Troll Phase 3 – Stage 2 Project.

Vallourec has signed with the National Oil Company of Abu Dhabi a two-year extension to the 2019 contract originally worth US$ 900 million. This extension will take effect in January 2025 and will last up to January 2027.

Technip Energies, through its joint-venture TKJV LLP with KPSP, has announced the signing of a long-term services frame agreement with Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) for the development of the Karachaganak Field, located in northwest Kazakhstan near Aksai.