Gas drilling

Oil&Gas Drilling

Jadestone to Close Maari Field Deal in 2H 2021

Singapore’s Jadestone Energy expects to complete the acquisition of the 69 per cent operated interest in the Maari asset.

Oil Exploration

Exxon and Its Partners Log New Discovery at Longtail-3 Offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil announced a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge

White House climate advisor Gina McCarthy noted Biden's promise and said the move reflected his belief that "national treasures are cultural and economic corner…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Turkey to Extract Oil from 3 New Onshore Wells: Energy Minister

Turkey will extract oil from three newly discovered wells in the country's Diyarbakir and Kirklareli provinces.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Santos Kicks off Bayu-Undan Drilling Campaign

Australia’s energy giant Santos, as the operator of the Bayu-Undan Joint Venture, has started the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field, in …

Oil Field

Adnoc Awards $744m Offshore Field Contract to NPCC

The Belbazem block is being developed to reach a production capacity of 45,000 bpd, with the first barrel of oil expected in 2023

Oil Field

Keppel Snatches Contract to Build FPSO for World’s Largest Deepwater Oil Field

Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has signed a $2.3 billion worth contract with Keppel Shipyard to build the P-78 FPSO, the seventh unit to be installed in …

CNOOC

CNOOC Flows First Gas from Liuhua 29-2 field

Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has produced first gas from the Liuhua 29-2 gas field located in the South China Sea.

Crude Oil

Energy Group Total Starts Production at Angolan Oil Project

French energy group Total has started production at its Angolan Zinia Phase 2 project, which has estimated resources of 65 million barrels of oil, it said on Th…

Crude Oil

BHP Produces First Oil from Ruby Project

Oil and gas company BHP has produced first oil production from the Ruby project, which is located offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Natural Gas

RIL, BP Announce Start of Production from Deepwater Gas Field on KG-D6

Reliance Industries Limited and bp today announced the start of production from the Satellite Cluster gas field in KG-D6 block off the east coast.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Aramco Resumes Work on Offshore Oil Capacity Expansion

State-controlled Saudi Aramco has resumed development work on three offshore crude expansion projects that will provide an additional 1.15mn b/d of capacity by …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Chinese Semi-Sub Becomes the World’s First Rig to get DNV’s Smart Notation

A semi-submersible drilling rig from China Merchant Heavy Industry, SHEN LAN TAN SUO, has become the world’s first offshore unit to receive DNV’s Smart notati…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Equinor Gets Drilling Permit for Two Wells in Norwegian North Sea

Equinor Energy has secured approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill wells 35/11-25 S and 35/11-25 A in the North Sea.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Texas Regulator Issues Nearly 800 Drilling Permits

The Railroad Commission of Texas reported late last week that it issued a total of 798 original drilling permits in March 2021, which amounts to 54 more permits…