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Halliburton, in collaboration with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance Guyana team, has achieved the industry’s first fully automated geological well placement with complete rig automation in offshore Guyana.
The rig will be used by MOL to perform drilling of three development wells in the offshore Yumna Field in Block 50, Oman.
Watson Farley & Williams advised Borr Drilling Limited on the acquisition.
TotalEnergies announces the appointment of Nicola Mavilla as Senior Vice President Exploration of the Company, with effect from 1st November 2025. Nicola Mavilla is replacing Kevin McLachlan, who held this position since 2015.
This job is the first in a series of transports that will culminate in the transport of the PWP Topside, weighing approximately 18 800 t.
Wildcat well 7117/4-1 was drilled in production licence 1238, 135 km west of the Snøhvit field and 260 km northwest of Hammerfest.
Equinor and partners have struck oil and gas in the Fram area, nine kilometres north of the Troll field in the North Sea.
US-based offshore energy services company Helix Energy Solutions Group has secured a multi-year contract to deliver production enhancement and well abandonment services in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning in 2026.
The vessel will be used during the Pre-Operational Assessment (APO), scheduled to begin on 24 August.
