Drilling
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September 29, 2023
The leasing program charts sales of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases in 2025, 2027 and 2029 — the fewest-ever since the government started planning the auctions in five-year blocks.
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Biden plans to sell offshore drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico to ensure steady U.S. oil development
September 28, 2023
The Interior Department ruled out adopting an offshore oil leasing plan that completely blocked auctions through late 2028, according to people familiar with the deliberations who declined to be named because the measure is not yet public.
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September 26, 2023
The three-judge panel ordered the auction take place no later than Nov. 8 but otherwise left in place a lower court order forcing the Interior Department to sell more territory for potential oil development.
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September 14, 2023
Transocean Ltd. announced a three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila with a national oil company for work offshore Brazil.
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September 11, 2023
Valaris Limited announced new contracts and contract extensions, with an associated contract backlog of approximately $65 million.
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September 11, 2023
The agency said intelligence units carried out a “unique operation” to retake the Petro Godovenets and Ukraina oil and gas drilling platforms, as well as the Tavryda and Syvash facilities.
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August 31, 2023
Both rigs have been upgraded with energy efficiency measures and work processes to reduce emissions from operations.
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August 30, 2023
Transocean Ltd. announced that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd awarded the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 a binding Notification of Award for work offshore India.
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August 23, 2023
The recently completed AlSila is the second in a series of three jackup rigs. Built to world-class KFELS B Class design, the AlSila is capable of operating in water depths of over 400 ft, with the ability to drill to depths of up to 30,000 ft and deep wells both vertically and horizontally.
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August 23, 2023
The operation is being carried out with the ADM-8 rig, operated by ADES, and has a final target depth of around 3,600 m.
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August 23, 2023
A major impact study that environmental authorities are demanding as a requirement isn’t necessary for the project, the attorney general’s office, or AGU, said in an opinion that was released on Tuesday.
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August 22, 2023
The new Nubia discovery confirms the exploration potential in the northern area of the concession. The discovery also demonstrates that, whilst the Gulf of Suez is a relatively mature hydrocarbon province, it still has significant remaining exploration potential.
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August 2023
Riserless casing drilling technology in the deepwater top hole interval can provide effective mitigation and isolation of deepwater shallow hazards. This shift in deepwater well construction allows deepwater riserless casing setting depths, based on prevailing pore pressure and fracture gradients, as opposed to the established strategy of “top setting” shallow hazards.
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August 18, 2023
TotalEnergies SE and Shell Plc are appraising recent oil finds that could hold an estimated 7 Bboe, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie. Activity offshore the country has accounted for 13% of rigs working in African waters, bolstering its status as an exploration hot spot.
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August 14, 2023
The contract is for one well plus one optional well, and is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2024. The duration for the firm contract period is approximately 200 days, including transit to and from Canada.
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August 09, 2023
The attorney general’s office, or AGU, will issue an opinion that it is not necessary for Petroleo Brasileiro SA to conduct a major environmental impact study to begin prospecting oil in the so-called Foz do Amazonas, a region off the country’s northern coast, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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August 02, 2023
Borr Drilling Limited has secured two letters of awards (“LOA”) for its premium jack-up drilling rigs Gerd and Thor. These awards increase the company’s firm backlog by approximately 421 days, excluding optional periods.
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August 02, 2023
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Fortress jack-up rig with CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited for operations at the Golden Eagle platform in the UK Central North Sea. The firm term of the contract is two wells, approximating to between four and five months.
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July 27, 2023
Upon entering the reservoir, Ithaca Energy, acting as the operator, discovered that hydrocarbons were present in the reservoir in the Forties member sandstones, with 45 ft of net thickness.
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July 18, 2023
One of three drillships will be selected by Transocean from among Deepwater Invictus, Deepwater Thalassa, and Deepwater Proteus no later than one year prior to the earliest date in the commencement window.
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July 05, 2023
Transocean Ltd. announced that six one-well options have been exercised for the Transocean Encourage in Norway.
