Upstream drilling news
Sapote-1 well spudded offshore Guyana
The Sapote-1 prospect is located in the south eastern section of the Canje Block, operated by ExxonMobil.
Transocean drill ship to operate at Shenandoah project
Once delivered from the shipyard, the Deepwater Atlas is expected to commence operations at the Shenandoah project in 3Q22, with the initial drilling programme expected to last approximately 255 days.
Noble Corp. to divest four jack-up rigs for US$292 million
The Noble Roger Lewis, Noble Scott Marks, Noble Joe Knight, and Noble Johnny Whitstine are to be sold and the current drilling contracts novated to ADES.
Neptune Energy receives permit to drill near Snorre field
The drilling programme relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 882.
Maersk Drilling to drill three subsea wells for Harbour Energy
The jack-up rig Mærsk Innovator has been contracted to drill three subsea development wells in Block 28/9 on the UK Continental Shelf.
West Aquila cancels drillship resale contract with DSME
West Aquila has cancelled the resale contract for the 7th generation ultra-deepwater drillship West Aquila due to delay of delivery, as well as what it claims to be a repudiatory breach of contract.
Shell contracts Valaris drill ship
Shell will use the VALARIS DS-10 for drilling one well offshore Namibia and Sao Tome and Principe.
IOG spuds Blythe development well in North Sea
Blythe is the second development well in IOG's Phase 1 North Sea project and is expected to take under three months to drill and complete.
TotalEnergies and Apache make further discovery offshore Suriname
Sapakara South in Block 58 encountered 30 m of net pay of oil, in a good quality Campano-Maastrichtian reservoir.
ExxonMobil makes discovery offshore Guyana
The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 ft (75 m) of net pay in high-quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs.