Upstream drilling news
Buffalo-10 well offshore East Timor uncommercial
Wireline logging operations have been completed on the well, with the oil column deemed to be residual and uncommercial.
Pantheon Resources spuds Theta West well in Alaska
The Theta West #1 well on Alaska's North Slope is targeting two primary targets which combined are estimated by the company to contain 12.1 billion barrels of oil in place with an estimated 1.4 billion barrels of recoverable resource.
Maersk Reacher rig contracted by TotalEnergies for well intervention services in Danish North Sea
The contract is expected to commence in July 2022, with a duration of 21 months.
Chariot completes drilling operations on Anchois gas project
Drilling operations have been completed on the Anchois gas project within the Lixus licence, offshore Morocco.
Valaris awarded Gulf of Mexico floater contracts
Valaris has been awarded two one-well contracts by Murphy Oil Corp. for semisubmersible VALARIS DPS-5.
First appraisal well drilled successfully at Winterfell discovery
The results of the appraisal well in the Green Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico further define the resource potential in the central Winterfell area, with the current estimate around 100 million barrels gross.
INPEX to carry out exploratory drilling offshore Japan
The drilling offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures is planned to take place from March to July 2022.
Lundin Energy drills dry well in Norwegian Sea
Lundin Energy has drilled a dry well about 72 km east of the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea.
Maersk Drilling and Aker BP enter rig swap agreement
The jack-up rig Maersk Reacher is to be replaced by the low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Integrator offshore Norway end-February/early March 2022.
TotalEnergies expands work scope of Maersk Valiant offshore Suriname
TotalEnergies E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch has added the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to the work scope of the drillship Maersk Valiant.