Drill

United States

US Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Draws $82.7 Million in High Bids

Aug. 12 — The Trump administration’s latest sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico attracted nearly $82.7 million in high bids on Wednesday…

United Kingdom

UK Grants Cornish Lithium £7.2 Million for Cross Lanes Geothermal Lithium Project

Cornish Lithium has secured a £7.2 million grant from the UK Government’s DRIVE35 programme to support drilling, testing and demonstration work at its Cross L…

Nevis Geothermal Project Set to Enter Drilling Phase Later This Year

July 28, 2026 — The long-awaited Nevis Geothermal Project is moving into a critical new phase, with a drilling rig expected to be mobilized in the coming weeks…

Canada

Alberta Awards Eavor $8 Million to Advance Geothermal Drilling Technology

July 7, 2026 — Eavor Technologies Inc. has been awarded $8 million from the Government of Alberta’s industry-supported Technology Innovation and Emission…

Norway

Norway offers up to 70 new oil and gas drilling permits

Norway's ​government said on May 5 it is offering ‌70 new blocks for energy companies to explore for oil and gas in its annual licensing round as the ​co…

Indonesia

Italy's Eni makes major Indonesian offshore gas discovery

20 April – Eni announces a new giant gas discovery made by the Geliga‑1 exploration well, drilled in the Ganal block in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia, a…

Greece

ExxonMobil, Energean to sign contract for first test gas drilling off Greece in years

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil, Energean and Helleniq Energy will sign ​a contract on April 14 with ‌Stena Drilling to start exploratory drilling in a western Gree…

Geothermal Drilling

I-Pulse announces strategic partnership to advance geothermal pulsed power applications in Australia

I-Pulse Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Robert Friedland, I-Pulse Co-Founder and Head of Technology, Laurent Frescaline, and Sunrise Energy Metals Managing Direc…

France

Drilling of geothermal doublet starts in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Drilling of a geothermal doublet and construction of the heating plant have started for a geothermal heating project in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.Artist's re…

Brazil

Petrobras augments oil arsenal as it strikes black gold in Brazilian waters

Petrobras has announced the presence of excellent-quality oil in the pre-salt Campos Basin through an exploration well drilled in the Marlim Sul field, which wa…

Philippines

President announces successsful drill, test of second Malampaya well

President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on March 26 announced that the Camago-3 well has been successfully drilled and tested, producing up to 60 mill…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Equinor starts drilling major gas development in Brazil

Equinor has commenced the drilling phase for the Raia project in Brazil's Campos Basin pre-salt area, a crucial milestone as the project advances toward its…

Egypt

BP and ADNOC’s JV ready to kick off Mediterranean gas hunt with Valaris rig

Arcius Energy, an affiliate of the UK-headquartered BP and the UAE’s ADNOC, has set the stage to embark on a multi-well drilling campaign off the coast of Egyp…

Geothermal Drilling

Croatia looks to expand geothermal drilling campaign and develop drilled sites

From 2025 to 2026, the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (AZU) undertook a campaign to drill one exploratory geothermal well each at four sites, with local company Cr…

United States

Baker Hughes awarded turbomachinery service contract from Petrobras

Baker Hughes, a US-based energy technology giant, has reached a multi-year agreement with Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned energy giant, to provide critical turb…