Drilling
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November 25, 2025
Brazil’s Petrobras is likely to postpone awarding up to four drillship contracts for its giant Buzios field until 2026, as the operator reassesses reservoir data and contractors revise bids amid a soft offshore rig market and emerging global oil glut.
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November 25, 2025
Equinor is ramping up offshore activity next year with 26 planned exploration and appraisal wells across the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea—part of a decade-long push to keep Norwegian production strong.
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November 18, 2025
Transocean has picked up $89 million in new backlog after operators in Brazil, Norway and Romania exercised options on three of its floating rigs, underscoring steady demand for ultra-deepwater and harsh-environment capacity.
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October 2025
Offshore drilling remains one of the most technically demanding sectors in oil and gas, characterized by complex geology, high-pressure environments, and rigorous safety, reliability and regulatory standards. Amid volatile market conditions and rising operational costs, Weatherford International is redefining offshore performance through its pioneering advancements in Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and the evolution into Managed Pressure Wells (MPW).
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November 05, 2025
Halliburton has won an integrated drilling and completion services contract from Shell Nigeria and Sunlink Energies for the HI gas field in OML 144, which will supply feed gas to the Nigeria LNG Train 7 project.
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October 29, 2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for well 7018/5-2 in production license 1236, located in the Barents Sea. The exploration well will be operated by Equinor with partners Vår Energi and Petoro.
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October 29, 2025
The Trump administration is ruling out plans to auction offshore oil and gas leases along the U.S. East Coast, scaling back its proposed five-year leasing program after opposition from coastal states and environmental groups.
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October 27, 2025
Weatherford and Maersk Training have partnered to launch the industry’s first all-level IADC-accredited Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) training programs, combining advanced simulation and real-world expertise to enhance global drilling competency.
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October 13, 2025
Valeura Energy has increased oil production to nearly 25,000 bpd after completing a 10-well drilling campaign at its Nong Yao field in the Gulf of Thailand. The company also advanced its Wassana redevelopment project and confirmed new gas discoveries under its PTTEP farm-in.
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October 13, 2025
The five-well campaign begins in 2026 and includes options for three more wells, extending the company’s global deepwater activity.
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October 09, 2025
Chevron is preparing to drill the Korikori-1 exploration well this month, according to Suriname's state-owned oil company Staatsolie. Drilling is expected to last around 90 days and will target potential hydrocarbon accumulations in the shallow offshore zone of the Suriname-Guyana basin.
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October 03, 2025
Transocean Ltd. has announced new contract fixtures totaling $243 million in firm backlog for two ultra-deepwater drillships. bp exercised a 365-day option for the Deepwater Atlas in the U.S. Gulf, while Petrobras exercised a 30-day option for the Deepwater Mykonos offshore Brazil.
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September 09, 2025
bp has signed an MoU with the Egyptian government for a five-well drilling program to boost natural gas production. The agreement comes as bp plans to increase production to 2.3-2.5 million boed in 2030 with the capacity to increase production out to 2035.
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August 13, 2025
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company received permission from regulators to perform emergency response drills near the mouth of the Amazon River, a crucial step toward winning approval to explore in a region the company has been pushing to access for years.
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August 12, 2025
TotalEnergies SE is planning a fresh drilling campaign offshore South Africa in a vast basin that includes major oil discoveries in neighboring Namibia.
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August 04, 2025
bp today announced its largest discovery in 25 years at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil. bp drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS and discovered hydrocarbons at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos basin.
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August 01, 2025
Apus Energy has entered West Africa’s offshore frontier in Guinea-Bissau. With high-impact drilling now underway, the company is set to bring fresh momentum and investor attention to one of the region’s most underexplored hydrocarbon basins.
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July 28, 2025
Weatherford has been awarded a significant contract to deliver Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) services for the Trion project, a deepwater oil production project in Mexico operated by Woodside Petróleo Operaciones de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.
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July 28, 2025
BW Energy, together with NAMCOR E&P, has contracted Odfjell's Deepsea Mira semisubmersible rig for the drilling of the Kharas appraisal well on the Kudu license (PPL003) offshore Namibia in the Orange Basin, scheduled for the second half of 2025.
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July 22, 2025
OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy have awarded a drilling rig contract to Noble Corporation for the drilling of two offshore exploration wells in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria. Two exploration wells will be drilled on the Han-Asparuh Block with the selected ultra-deepwater drillship, Globetrotter I.
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July 21, 2025
CEPetroleum (CEP) has made a significant oil discovery in its Wolin East 1 well, offshore Poland. CEP estimates the discovery as the largest conventional hydrocarbon field yet found in Poland, and one of the largest conventional oil discoveries in Europe in the past decade.
