Gas drilling

Crude Oil

Eni Oil Block Expected to Enter Production in Q2 2023, Ivory Coast Says

An offshore oil block in Ivory Coast controlled by Eni is expected to enter production in the second quarter of 2023 with daily output of 12,000 barrels of oil …

Oil Exploration

QatarEnergy Enters Egypt Through Agreement with Shell

QatarEnergy has entered into agreements with Shell to acquire working interests in two offshore exploration blocks in the Egyptian side of the Red Sea.

Crude Oil

Production Starts at Angola’s Clov 2 Oil Project

Crude production has started at the Clov 2 project in block 17 offshore Angola, the second new deepwater development to come on stream in the west African count…

Oil&Gas Drilling

TotalEnergies Spuds Namibian Ultra-Deepwater Well

French energy major TotalEnergies has started drilling the ultra-deepwater Venus-1X exploration well located offshore Namibia, using a Maersk Drilling-owned dri…

United States

More Gulf of Mexico Work for Seadrill Rigs

While working to emerge from Chapter 11, offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured more work for its rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and added about $0.…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Lukoil Strikes Oil in Waters off Mexico

Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has made an oil discovery within the Yoti West structure at Block 12 located offshore Mexico.

Crude Oil

Adipec 2021: Adnoc to Invest $6bn in drilling as it boosts crude oil production capacity

More than $1.8bn worth of Drilling-Related Equipment will be Made in the UAE

Oil&Gas Drilling

Bambo-1 Well Drilling Commences Offshore The Gambia

FAR Gambia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FAR Ltd has commenced drilling on the Bambo-1 exploration well in Block A2, offshore The Gambia.

Oil Field

Vietsovpetro Puts New Generation Unmanned Mini Oil Rig Into Operation

The Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro has put its new generation unmanned mini oil rig BK-18A into operation.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Japanese Jack-up Rig Begins Vietnamese Drilling Job

Subcontracted by PetroVietnam, a Japan Drilling Company-owned jack-up rig has started drilling operations in waters offshore Vietnam.

Oil&Gas Drilling

ExxonMobil makes 20th Discovery on Stabroek as New Liza FPSO Heads to Guyana

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has revealed a new discovery has been made at the Pinktail well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Biden Administration Mulls Reversal of Trump Arctic Drilling Plan

The Biden administration may reverse a Trump-era policy that opened vast swaths of federal land in Arctic Alaska to oil development

Oil&Gas Drilling

Democrats Close in on Drilling, Mining Bans for Biden’s $3.5T Infrastructure Scheme

Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday

Oil Exploration

Chinese Oil Major Sinopec Announces Oil, Gas Discovery

China’s state-owned oil and gas major Sinopec has struck oil and gas at a field in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, Reuters reports, adding that the rese…

Oil Field

Two New Deals Awarded for Qatar’s Giant Offshore Oilfield

NOC is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and TotalEnergies.