Upstream drilling news
Maersk Drilling awarded ultra-deepwater exploration contract in Gabon
The drillship Maersk Viking will be employed to drill an ultra-deepwater exploration well in Block F13 offshore Gabon.
IOG starts North Sea drilling campaign
The company has spudded the Elgood development well, 48/22c-H1, located in the UK North Sea.
Equinor receives permit to drill in production licence 090
The wildcat wells will be drilled about 10 km west of the Fram field.
Shell contracts Velesto rig for Malaysia campaign
The contract is for Velesto’s jack-up rig NAGA 4 to drill seven firm wells, with an estimated contract value of US$17.68 million.
3t installs training simulators at CNOOC Well Control Centre
CNOOC Well Control Centre has developed new classrooms and installed several MultiSIMs, DrillSIM:5s and DrillSIM:Educators at its training centre in Tianjin, delivered by 3t-China and simulator developer, Drilling Systems.
Maersk Drilling to drill four developments wells for Shell offshore Malaysia
The Maersk Viking drillship will drill four development wells at the Gumusut-Kakap project offshore Malaysia.
Tullow Oil begins drilling campaign offshore Ghana
The company's multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign offshore Ghana has began with the commencement of drilling of the first well at the Jubilee Field.
Neptune Energy completes acquisition of interests in German oil and gas fields from Wintershall Dea
The agreement will increase Neptune’s existing interests in the Adorf, Apeldorn and Ringe gas fields and in the Adorf-Scheerhorn, Georgsdorf and Ringe oilfields.
KCA Deutag's Land Drilling business awarded contracts worth US$110 million
The contracts have been awarded for work in Pakistan, Russia, Kurdistan, south-eastern Europe and Germany.
Noble Corp. and Pacific Drilling to merge
Pro forma for the acquisition, Noble will own and operate a high specification fleet of 24 rigs, with 11 drillships, 1 semisubmersible, and 12 jackups.