Upstream drilling news
TAQA acquires Schlumberger’s Middle East onshore drilling rigs business
The transaction is expected to close in 2H19, subject to regulatory approvals.
Shelf Drilling accelerates digital transformation with help from LiveRoute
LiveRoute helped Shelf Drilling deploy Microsoft Azure and Office 365 to become an agile and scalable cloud-based organisation.
Transocean Ltd. provides quarterly fleet status report
Since its last report Transocean added approximately US$373 million in contract backlog, bringing total backlog to US$12.1 billion.
Energean announce significant new gas discovery at Karish North
The well reached an intermediate TD of 4880 m approximately 7 days ahead of schedule.
Sapura Energy secures new contracts worth RM1.3 billion
Among the new wins is the Submarine Rescue Service contract for The Royal Australian Navy.
PetroTal reaches total depth on second Bretaña oil well
The well is being completed as a producer in the Vivian formation in the northern portion of the Bretaña structure.
Energean announce first oil at Epsilon
The company has announced the successful completion of drilling operations of the extended reach well, EA-H3.
Equinor concludes drilling of North Sea wildcat well
Wildcat well 36/1-3, about 15 km east of the 35/3-2 (Agat) gas discovery, was found to be dry and has now been permanently plugged and abandoned.
Total launches full-field production on Kaombo with start-up of second FPSO
Eight months after its sister ship, Kaombo Norte, came on stream, Kaombo Sul will add 115 000 bpd and bring the overall production capacity to 230 000 bpd.
GA Drilling receives funding from Lead Ventures and signs Service Agreement with MOL Group
The aim of partnership is to enable GA Drilling to successfully deliver its first commercial application for Oil & Gas industry.