Drilling
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January 15, 2025
Talos Energy Inc. (Talos) has announced that the Katmai West #2 well located in the Ewing Bank area of the U.S Gulf of Mexico successfully encountered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas.
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January 12, 2025
LLOG Exploration Company, a privately-owned exploration and production company focused on the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has announced the achievement of several significant milestones in the construction of the Salamanca Floating Production Unit (FPU).
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January 09, 2025
Elected officials and trade groups representing businesses across the supply chain are sounding the alarm over the Biden administration’s 11th hour decision to ban new oil and natural gas activity across millions of acres of federal waters.
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January 08, 2025
SLB has been awarded a series of major drilling contracts by Shell to support capital-efficient energy development across its deep- and ultra-deepwater assets in the UK North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, the Gulf of Mexico and others.
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January 08, 2025
Murphy Oil announced that its subsidiary has drilled an oil discovery at the Hai Su Vang-1X exploration well in Block 15-2/17 in the Cuu Long Basin, located 40 miles offshore Vietnam.
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January 06, 2025
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released a statement from President and CEO Mike Sommers on reports the Biden administration will move to ban new oil and natural gas activity across millions of acres of federal waters.
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January 06, 2025
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has issued a response to President Biden's planned unilateral ban of new offshore oil and gas activities across vast swaths of America's offshore areas under Section 12(a).
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January 06, 2025
The U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute issued a statement regarding the Biden Administration’s plans to restrict offshore oil and natural gas drilling, calling on Congress and the incoming administration to reverse the policy.
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January 05, 2025
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) have responded to the announcement of the Biden Administration's plan to remove millions of acres of U.S. oceans from potential oil and gas drilling.
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January 04, 2025
Drilling Tools International (DTI) announced their completed successful acquisition of Titan, a UK-based downhole tool rental company. The acquisition strengthens DTI's presence in the North Sea, European and African markets.
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January 02, 2025
(Bloomberg) – President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some U.S. coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections for sensitive marine areas during his final weeks in the White House.
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January 02, 2025
Vantage Drilling announced the creation of TEVA Ship Charter LLC (TEVA), a new JV entity with TotalEnergies. Under terms of the agreement, Vantage will operate the Tungsten Explorer for a ten-year term with the option to extend.
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January 01, 2025
ADES Holding Company has received a Letter of Award (LOA) from PTTEP Energy Development Company Limited (PTTEP) for an offshore jackup drilling contract in the Gulf of Thailand with an estimated backlog of SAR 1.035 billion.
Article
December 2024
Having been a leader in offering turnkey, vessel-based, riserless light well intervention services, C-Innovation has devised a novel hydraulic intervention methodology to access wells that are normally inaccessible by intervention vessels. In this interview, two of the firm’s engineers describe the new methodology.
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December 26, 2024
Seadrill today announced that it has completed the sale of the jack-up rig West Prospero for cash proceeds of $45 million.
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December 18, 2024
Seadrill has announced the ultra-deepwater drillship, West Tellus, was awarded a 1,095-day contract for the Sépia and Atapu fields in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, following a competitive tender process.
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December 11, 2024
Sunda Energy has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with an international drilling contractor for the use of a jackup drilling rig for the appraisal drilling campaign on the Chuditch Field, offshore Timor-Leste.
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November 15, 2024
Seatrium Limited has delivered its fifth newbuild jackup rig “Var” to Borr Drilling, nearly one year ahead of schedule. The successful delivery of Var marks the completion of the latest series of five B Class jackup rigs that Seatrium has built for Borr Drilling.
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November 13, 2024
Bourbon announced that it has been awarded a new fully integrated logistics contract by an oil & gas major operator to support its exploration campaign and the drilling of its first well in the waters of southern Namibia.
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October 28, 2024
Vantage Drilling International announces the first day of trading its shares on Euronext Growth Oslo. The listing follows a series of value accretive transactions, including the previously announced MoU with TotalEnergies.
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October 24, 2024
(WO) — Transocean Ltd. is in talks to merge with rival offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Ltd., as deepwater drilling work is once again on the rise thanks to steady oil prices and slower production growth from U.S. shale fields.
