Drilling
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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.
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July 08, 2025
African E&P Petralon Energy is on track to boost Nigerian crude production by a further 2,500 bpd, following drilling activities at the Dawes Island field. The company has recently completed a new well at the field aligning with plans to maximize output at the field.
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July 07, 2025
Valaris has been awarded a 940-day contract extension for drillship VALARIS DS-16, starting in June 2026, and a new 914-day contract for drillship VALARIS DS-18, the company announced. The combined addition to contracted revenue backlog is approximately $760 million.
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June 2025
Following the initial oil find in Block 30, offshore Mexico, Harbour Energy drilled.
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June 17, 2025
Petrobras, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. have won exploration rights in Brazil’s Equatorial Margin, betting that the nation’s environmental regulator will finally open the promising offshore oil region for drilling after years of delay.
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May 28, 2025
Ecopetrol SA plans to continue drilling for natural gas in Colombian Caribbean waters after partner Shell Plc exited three offshore blocks, betting on growing domestic demand and potentially lucrative reserves.
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May 27, 2025
Valeura Energy has completed an eight-well drilling campaign at License B5/27, offshore Gulf of Thailand, the company announced. The block B5/27 drilling program was completed safely, on time, and under budget, Valeura noted.
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May 22, 2025
TotalEnergies is preparing to begin offshore drilling in South Africa in 2026, pending final regulatory approvals, according to Mike Sangster, the company’s SVP for Africa Exploration & Production, who recently emphasized TotalEnergies' multi-energy strategy at the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris.
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May 19, 2025
Turkey has discovered 75 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $30 billion dollars in the Black Sea, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan said the discovery was made after 49 days of drilling at the Goktepe 3 field.
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May 15, 2025
Perenco has announced a successful drilling operation for its Onyx well, encountering significant columns of natural gas in two separate geological compartments. The Onyx field is an undeveloped gas discovery located within the TSP license, offshore Trinidad.
