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Upstream drilling news

Browse the latest upstream drilling news news and articles.

Borr Drilling rig contracted for work in Mexico
22 Jul 20211 min read

Borr Drilling rig contracted for work in Mexico

The drilling programme, for an unnamed international oil company, is expected to commence in 2Q22 for a duration of approximately 150 days.

Kistos begins drilling campaign in Dutch North Sea
20 Jul 20212 min read

Kistos begins drilling campaign in Dutch North Sea

The work programme is scheduled to last approximately four months and to start the process of converting approximately 100 million boe (gross) of 2C resources into 2P reserves.

Borr Drilling set to begin drilling campaign for Kistos
15 Jul 20212 min read

Borr Drilling set to begin drilling campaign for Kistos

Borr Drilling's Prospector-1 jack-up is expected to arrive on location in the Dutch North Sea before the end of July and to remain on contract with Kistos for approximately four months.

Halliburton and Schlumberger secure drilling contracts with ADNOC
14 Jul 20211 min read

Halliburton and Schlumberger secure drilling contracts with ADNOC

The two companies, along with ADNOC Drilling, will provide rigless services across six of ADNOC's artificial islands in the Upper Zakum and Satah Al Razboot fields.

FUELSAVE and Seadrill partner on decarbonising offshore drilling
13 Jul 20213 min read

FUELSAVE and Seadrill partner on decarbonising offshore drilling

Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship will be fitted with FUELSAVE’s combustion conditioning technology to reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions while it operates in the Bacalhau field in Brazil.

KCA Deutag creates joint venture in Kazakhstan
13 Jul 20212 min read

KCA Deutag creates joint venture in Kazakhstan

KCA Deutag Kazakhstan LLP will focus on PSA projects in Kazakhstan, covering engineering, procurement and leasing of drilling rigs, as well as their operations and maintenance, re-construction and modification.

Valaris awarded 16-well contract offshore Australia
13 Jul 20211 min read

Valaris awarded 16-well contract offshore Australia

Woodside has contracted the VALARIS DPS-1 semisubmersible for the campaign.

Equinor extends Maersk Intrepid's work at Martin Linge field
9 Jul 20212 min read

Equinor extends Maersk Intrepid's work at Martin Linge field

The added well intervention scope has a firm duration of 31 days, which means that the Maersk Intrepid rig is now contracted until February 2022.

Equinor drills dry well near Troll field
7 Jul 20213 min read

Equinor drills dry well near Troll field

Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/11-1 S, the first exploration well in production licence 785 S.

Woodside completes acquisition of FAR's stake in Sangomar project
7 Jul 20212 min read

Woodside completes acquisition of FAR's stake in Sangomar project

Woodside has also said the Ocean BlackRhino drillship is due to begin development drilling at the Sangomar project offshore Senegal next week.

Eni makes oil discovery offshore Ghana
7 Jul 20212 min read

Eni makes oil discovery offshore Ghana

Preliminary estimates place the potential of the Eban–Akoma complex between 500 and 700 million boe in place.

Dry well drilled offshore Guyana
5 Jul 20213 min read

Dry well drilled offshore Guyana

The Jabillo-1 well drilled by ExxonMobil in the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, did not show evidence of commercial hydrocarbons.

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