AIM-listed and Singapore-headquartered oil and gas player Jadestone Energy has made inroads in its infill drilling campaign off the coast of Malaysia by putting the first well into production mode, with the second one already drilled and activities at the third now underway.
Canada-based Valeura Energy, an oil and gas company, has wrapped up its multi-well drilling campaign, which led to an oil production boost at an oil field off the coast of Thailand, Southeast Asia.
Vantage Drilling, a Bermuda-exempt offshore drilling contractor, has secured its shareholders’ blessing for its proposed business combination with Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of well-known Norwegian investors.
Norwegian oil and gas operators, Equinor and Aker BP, have each obtained drilling permits for operations in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be conducted with semi-submersible rigs owned by COSL Drilling Europe and Saipem.
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured new multimillion-dollar assignments for two of its harsh environment semi-submersible rigs off the coasts of Norway and Australia.
Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP has set its cap on expanding the deployment of a digital shaker surveillance system technology across its contracted rig fleet on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) through its collaboration with DrillDocs, a provider of computer vision technology for drilling
Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has conducted drilling activities at a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs. The drilling activity did not result in commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX) has shed light on its exploratory drilling activities in the offshore Hidaka area of Hokkaido.
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for plugging and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
Shell Namibia Upstream, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has found more oil in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia.
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has lined up a new multi-well drilling assignment for one of its semi-submersible rigs with the UK-headquartered energy giant BP on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered natural gas player Conrad Asia Energy, has booked a jack-up rig for a multi-well drilling campaign at its natural gas field in the West Natuna Sea off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia.
Jasmine Energy (JEL), a subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, has signaled a revision in the timeline for a multi-well drilling program off the coast of Oman, which will be conducted with a nine-year-old jack-up rig from Texas-headquartered Northern Offshore, a builder and operator of jack-up
Velesto Sumber, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, has won a new drilling assignment for a 12-year-old premium jack-up rig off the coast of Thailand, Southeast Asia.
