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Upstream drilling news

Browse the latest upstream drilling news news and articles.

Dry exploration well drilled in Ilder prospect
10 May 20211 min read

Dry exploration well drilled in Ilder prospect

Drilling operations on the Ilder exploration well 15/12-26, operated by Chrysaor Norge AS, are now being concluded.

732 original drilling permits issued in Texas in April
7 May 20211 min read

732 original drilling permits issued in Texas in April

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 732 original drilling permits in April 2021 compared to 456 in April 2020.

MOL Norge receives drilling permit near Balder field
7 May 20211 min read

MOL Norge receives drilling permit near Balder field

The drilling programme for well 25/8-21 S relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 820 S.

Second well spudded in Namibia's Kavango Basin
6 May 20212 min read

Second well spudded in Namibia's Kavango Basin

The 6-1 well, spudded by Reconnaissance Energy Africa, is designed to evaluate the petroleum systems discovered in the first well (6-2) in an area of maximum thickness.

Hibiscus Extension appraisal well encounters water
6 May 20212 min read

Hibiscus Extension appraisal well encounters water

Drilling of the Hibiscus Extension appraisal well in the Dussafu Marin offshore licence in Gabon encountered water rather than hydrocarbons.

PGNiG preparing to drill first well in UAE
6 May 20213 min read

PGNiG preparing to drill first well in UAE

The company is making design and location arrangements for the first exploration well, which will ascertain the production potential of the licence in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate where PGNiG operates.

OKEA awards rig frame contract to COSL Drilling Europe
6 May 20212 min read

OKEA awards rig frame contract to COSL Drilling Europe

COSL will be the exclusive provider of semi-submersible drilling rigs for OKEA’s Norwegian Continental Shelf operations.

Valaris completes restructuring and emerges from Chapter 11
4 May 20212 min read

Valaris completes restructuring and emerges from Chapter 11

Valaris has eliminated US$7.1 billion of debt and secured a US$520 million capital injection.

SDX Energy begins Morocco drilling campaign
4 May 20213 min read

SDX Energy begins Morocco drilling campaign

The first phase of the company's Morocco drilling campaign will consist of three appraisal/development wells, targeting an estimated total of 1.3 billion ft3 of P90/1.8 billion ft3 of P50, gross unrisked prospective recoverable resources in the Gharb Basin.

ExxonMobil makes discovery in Stabroek Block offshore Guyana
27 Apr 20213 min read

ExxonMobil makes discovery in Stabroek Block offshore Guyana

The Uaru-2 discovery will add to the gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

Four-year contract for Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship with Equinor for Bacalhau work
27 Apr 20213 min read

Four-year contract for Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship with Equinor for Bacalhau work

The total contract value is contingent on the final investment decision for the Bacalhau field, offshore Brazil.

Schlumberger sees international oil activity ramping up through 2021
23 Apr 20212 min read

Schlumberger sees international oil activity ramping up through 2021

Schlumberger, which has been selling assets in North America, said it is benefitting from an inflection in global drilling activity which has picked up as oil prices climbed to US$65.45.

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