Upstream drilling news

Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has announced that, as of 1 July 2025, it has transferred its Oilfield Chemicals business unit into the newly established company Versalis Oilfield Solutions S.r.l.

This is ADNOC Drilling's fifth major and accretive contract in just over 2 months totalling up to US$4.8 billion.

With Neotork, operators and directional drilling companies can achieve significant cost savings and improve operations, especially in increasingly challenging environments.

Under the contract, Velesto will assign NAGA 5, one of its premium jack-up rigs, to drill a firm 15 wells with operations scheduled to commence in June 2025.

Equinor has struck oil in exploration well 7720/7-DD-1H, Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.

Garry Stephen, Vice President, UK and Asia, Oil States, examines the new bar being set in safety and efficiency standards for drilling complex wells.

Supported by industry funding, Laconia Phase III, covering approximately 150 OCS blocks in the Keathley Canyon protraction areas, will be acquired by TGS and imaged by Viridien to target prospective but difficult-to-image subsalt reservoirs.

This is the third discovery exploration well in production licence 891.

Nanda Boddeda, Enventure, USA, outlines how expandable liners has broadened over the years with the introduction of high torque expandable premium connections (XPC) and rotation-enabled expandable liners.

The FPSO came on stream on 31 March, while the first cargo was loaded on 25 May, shipping around 700 000 barrels to Spain.