Rigs
Newly drilled wells to boost eastern Australia gas supply before winter 2027
With energy security at the forefront, a A$350 million ($245 million) Gippsland Basin project is moving closer to first gas, with production from new wells expected before winter 2027, supporting additional gas supply for eastern Australia.
Transocean rig’s drill bit turns as Amplitude opens new chapter in East Coast gas hunt
Amplitude Energy, an Australian gas production company focused on supplying the Southeast domestic gas market, has begun drilling an exploration well off the coast of Victoria, targeting an estimated 48.8 billion cubic feet (bcf) of prospective gas, as it advances its East Coast Supply Project (ECSP
Valeura fast-tracks Southeast Asian project: First oil now on the cards for early Q2 2027
Canadian oil and gas company Valeura Energy is accelerating the redevelopment of its field in the Gulf of Thailand by bringing the project’s potential first oil forward to the early second quarter of 2027, around two months ahead of its original schedule.
Dolphin Drilling: GHL cash-and-rig proposal ‘encouraging’ but settlement offer falls short
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh-environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has received a proposal from Lagos-based General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) to resolve their long-running arbitration dispute through a
WATCH: North Sea decom campaign retires trio of gas wells in UK waters
Spirit Energy, a North Sea operator, has finished a multimillion-dollar decommissioning campaign in the UK sector of the North Sea, plugging and abandoning (P&A) three gas wells that have reached the end of their productive lives and removing more than 234 tons of subsea infrastructure.
Arabian Drilling set to kick off rig ops offshore Oman before quarter-end
Arabian Drilling, described as Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore and offshore drilling contractor by fleet size, has expanded its footprint in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with a multi-well assignment off the coast of Oman.
New gas/condensate discovery adds to North Sea’s hydrocarbon riches
The North Sea may be a mature oil and gas basin, but it is still yielding more discoveries, as highlighted by two Norwegian energy companies, Equinor and Aker BP, which have struck gas/condensate on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), underscoring the potential to find and develop additional reso
Transocean’s 16-year-old drillship lands $300M job with India’s ONGC
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won a new long-term assignment for a 2010-built ultra-deepwater drillship with India’s government-owned energy giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Oil India keeps Dolphin Drilling’s rig on offshore assignment through October
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh-environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has secured an extension of a drilling job, which one of its units is carrying out off the coast of India for Oil India Limited (OIL), a
All Arabian Drilling’s offshore rigs set to return to work by quarter-end
Arabian Drilling, said to be Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore and offshore drilling contractor by fleet size, has been cleared to bring its remaining suspended offshore rigs back into operation, putting its offshore fleet on track to reach 100% utilization by the end of the third quarter of 2026.
Stena Drilling’s 14-year-old drillship caps three-well campaign offshore Egypt ahead of plan
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has brought a multi-well campaign to a close off the coast of Egypt.
Chevron hits pay in Sub-Saharan Africa with oil & gas condensate discovery offshore Angola
U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron has extended its Sub-Saharan Africa exploration streak with a new hydrocarbon discovery off the coast of Angola.
Noble’s 2014-built jack-up rig scores drilling job in Norwegian waters
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has secured a new assignment for one of its jack-up rigs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Go-ahead for ADES to restart all suspended offshore rig ops as jack-up market remains tight
ADES Holding Company, an oil and gas drilling services provider that is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has secured the green light to restore all temporarily suspended offshore rig operations in Saudi Arabia, as offshore activity across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region conti