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Upstream drilling news

Browse the latest upstream drilling news news and articles.

ONGC contracts Shelf Drilling rig
24 Nov 20211 min read

ONGC contracts Shelf Drilling rig

The contract is for the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up rig.

Kistos spuds appraisal well offshore the Netherlands
22 Nov 20211 min read

Kistos spuds appraisal well offshore the Netherlands

Borr Drilling's Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig has spudded the Q11-B appraisal well.

Pharos Energy resumes drilling at El Fayum
22 Nov 20212 min read

Pharos Energy resumes drilling at El Fayum

The company has started an interim three-well development programme at the concession in Egypt.

Neptune Energy extends North Sea drilling contract with Odfjell Drilling
22 Nov 20212 min read

Neptune Energy extends North Sea drilling contract with Odfjell Drilling

The extension will include one additional well at the Fenja field and two exploration wells within core areas of the Norwegian sector.

Exxon contracts Stena Forth for drilling offshore Canada
19 Nov 20211 min read

Exxon contracts Stena Forth for drilling offshore Canada

The operations are due to commence in 2H22, offshore Eastern Canada for the drilling of one firm well.

SDX Energy begins second phase of 2021 drilling campaign in Morocco
19 Nov 20212 min read

SDX Energy begins second phase of 2021 drilling campaign in Morocco

SDX Energy has spudded the KSR-19 well in the company's Lalla Mimouna Sud concession.

TEMS International awarded first Malaysian contract
11 Nov 20213 min read

TEMS International awarded first Malaysian contract

The company, which is headquartered in Aberdeen and has offices in Kuala Lumpur and Houston, has been awarded work on a major offshore natural gas project, which will see its engineers work to make drilling operations more sustainable.

Maersk Drilling and Noble Corp. to merge
10 Nov 20211 min read

Maersk Drilling and Noble Corp. to merge

The combined company will be named Noble Corp., and will be headquartered in Houston, Texas.

KCA Deutag secures land drilling contract extensions in Middle East
8 Nov 20212 min read

KCA Deutag secures land drilling contract extensions in Middle East

Multiple rig extensions have been confirmed for KCA Deutag in Saudi Arabia and in Oman.

Drilling at Sapote-1 well fails to find commercial hydrocarbons
1 Nov 20212 min read

Drilling at Sapote-1 well fails to find commercial hydrocarbons

The Sapote-1 well offshore Guyana encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons in one of the deeper exploration targets, following drilling by the Stena DrillMAX drillship.

Chesapeake selects Nabors to be US drilling contractor
28 Oct 20211 min read

Chesapeake selects Nabors to be US drilling contractor

Nabors will be the preferred drilling contractor for Chesapeake across its unconventional oil and natural gas assets in the US.

Neptune Energy begins drilling production wells at Fenja
26 Oct 20212 min read

Neptune Energy begins drilling production wells at Fenja

Fenja is scheduled to come online in the first half of 2023 and will produce approximately 28 000 boe/d at plateau.

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