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Shelf Drilling Secures Work Extensions in Thailand
The Shelf Drilling Chaophraya and Shelf Drilling Krathong jack-up rigs continue work for Chevron Thailand.
7:00 PM EST | November 05, 2024
Deltic Confirms Gas in North Sea's Selene Prospect
'We are looking forward to engaging with Shell and Dana as we work through the customary post-well analysis and preparation of a plan which will move the Selene discovery towards development over the coming year'.
7:00 PM EST | November 04, 2024
Transocean Posts Nearly $500 Million Loss
The driller took a hit from $617 million in asset impairments.
7:00 PM EST | November 03, 2024
Vantage Drilling Sells 2 Jackup Rigs to ADES
The sale includes the Topaz Driller jackup rig, operating in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area, and the Soehanah jackup rig, owned by Rig Finance Ltd. (RFL), which operates in Indonesia.
8:00 PM EST | November 01, 2024
UK Goes No Further in Raising Oil and Gas Taxes After Outcry
The UK government went no further in toughening up the tax regime for North Sea oil and gas producers than measures already announced.
8:00 PM EST | October 30, 2024
Kinetiko Spuds Second Well in Production Test Program in South Africa
'Based on prior reserves calculations, a flow rate of 50,000 SCF/day has been assumed, with the aim of exceeding this threshold and significantly improving the project's commercial metrics'.
8:00 PM EST | October 29, 2024
North America Rig Loss Streak Continues
North America dropped one rig week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | October 27, 2024
KMG, CNOOC Partner for Exploration Project in Kazakhstan
According to a preliminary assessment made by KMG, the mineral site's oil reserves may be over 185 million tons.
8:00 PM EST | October 25, 2024
Strike Energy Reports 'Excellent Results' for Erregulla Deep-1 well
'The test has confirmed that ED-1 is one of the best wells ever drilled in the Perth Basin with extremely high deliverability and low impurity'.
8:00 PM EST | October 22, 2024
Bay of Campeche Sees Increase in Maritime Robberies, Dryad Says
The situation in the Bay of Campeche shows signs of potentially becoming a more established piracy cluster if left unchecked, Dryad warned.
8:00 PM EST | October 21, 2024
North America Enters Rig Loss Streak
North America cut three rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | October 21, 2024
Perenco Drills 3 New Development Wells in Colombia
'Our goal is to replicate this success by continuing with reprocessing seismic data from other areas and drilling two development wells and one exploration well per year over the coming years'.
8:00 PM EST | October 16, 2024
CNOOC Inks Four More Leases in Brazil
CNOOC has expanded its footprint in the Santos basin.
8:00 PM EST | October 16, 2024
Shelf Drilling Bags 2 Contracts for Rigs in Nigeria
Dubai's Shelf Drilling, Ltd. has secured new contracts.
8:00 PM EST | October 13, 2024
North America Cuts Rigs Week on Week
North America dropped three rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | October 13, 2024
Natural Gas Prices Digesting Damage from Hurricane Milton
'This hurricane compounded the losses already felt from Hurricane Helene and power restoration will obviously be a priority', ex-IPAA Chief Economist Frederick J. Lawrence told Rigzone.
8:00 PM EST | October 10, 2024
Hurricane Milton Barrels Toward Florida With 155MPH Winds
'Milton is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through landfall in Florida'.
8:00 PM EST | October 07, 2024
North America Adds Rigs Week on Week
North America added three rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | October 06, 2024
Welligence Offers Global Exploration Roundup for 2024
In a recent interview with Rigzone, David Moseley, the Head of Europe Research at Welligence, provided a global exploration roundup for 2024 from the company's regional teams.
8:00 PM EST | October 02, 2024
Malaysia Defies China With Offshore Drilling, USA Think Tank Says
Malaysia is expanding oil and gas exploration in the disputed South China Sea, according to a new report.
8:00 PM EST | October 01, 2024
North America Adds Rigs Week on Week
North America added six rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | September 30, 2024
Petronas Wins New Exploration License in Abu Dhabi
Petronas won its third concession in Abu Dhabi with a new oil and gas exploration license for the onshore Block 2.
8:00 PM EST | September 29, 2024
BP Issues Final Update on Hurricane Helene
'BP is closely monitoring Hurricane Helene to protect our personnel and operations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico'.
8:00 PM EST | September 26, 2024
Petrobras in Talks with Exxon and Others Over Africa Exploration
The move into Africa is part of a wider shift at Petrobras.
8:00 PM EST | September 25, 2024
Almost a Third of GOM Oil Production Shut In Due to Hurricane Helene
'We have shut in production at our Chevron-operated Gulf of Mexico facilities and evacuated all associated personnel', Chevron said.
8:00 PM EST | September 25, 2024
Halliburton Enhances Fracturing Automation With Its New Service
Halliburton Company has just unveiled its Octiv Auto Frac service.
8:00 PM EST | September 24, 2024
DNO Outlines Heisenburg Discovery, Eyes Tieback
The license partnership is studying a tieback of Heisenberg to nearby infrastructure in the North Sea.
8:00 PM EST | September 24, 2024
BSEE Activates Hurricane Response Team for Storm Helene
'After the storm has passed, facilities will be inspected'.
8:00 PM EST | September 24, 2024
Combination of Factors Impacting Natural Gas Market
'In regard to weather, there is a tropical depression forming in the Gulf of Mexico that could become a factor this week for Florida, the southeast, and energy producing regions'.
8:00 PM EST | September 23, 2024
North America Drops Rigs
North America dropped nine rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes.
8:00 PM EST | September 23, 2024
Florida Braces for Potential Gulf Hurricane Strike This Week
'As it moves, it will encounter ideal conditions'.
8:00 PM EST | September 22, 2024
Analysts Morse, Flynn Look at Natural Gas Price Rise
Phil Flynn, a Senior Market Analyst at the PRICE Futures Group, and Ed Morse, a Senior Adviser at Hartree Partners, talk to Rigzone.
8:00 PM EST | September 22, 2024
TotalEnergies' $9B Suriname Bet Expands Atlantic Oil Boom
Suriname is years behind neighbor Guyana in enticing foreign explorers and reaping the vast riches of massive offshore oil troves.
8:00 PM EST | September 20, 2024
NSTA Chief Says Next Chapter of North Sea Can be its Best
'If we get this right the next chapter of the North Sea can be its best chapter'.
8:00 PM EST | September 18, 2024
Gulf of Mexico Oil, Gas Production Almost Fully Restored After Hurricane
'Facilities sustaining damage may take longer to bring back online', the BSEE warned.
8:00 PM EST | September 16, 2024
North America Breaks Rig Loss Streak
North America added six rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | September 16, 2024
Europa Oil Gets Planning Consent for Wressle Extension Project in UK
Europa received planning permission to drill two additional wells and build associated infrastructure under an extension project in the Wressle field.
8:00 PM EST | September 16, 2024
Karoon, LLOG Begin Drilling at Who Dat South in GOM
The Who Dat South prospect is estimated to contain 31 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) of gross unrisked Prospective 2U Resources.
8:00 PM EST | September 11, 2024
Almost Half of GOM Gas Production Shut-In
'Once all standard checks have been completed, production from undamaged facilities will be brought back online immediately', the BSEE said.
8:00 PM EST | September 11, 2024
Petrobras Taps SBM to Grow Fleet of Production Vessels
SBM Offshore has two massive oil vessels heading to Brazil and is waiting on Petrobras to offer tenders for similar units to help accelerate production growth.
8:00 PM EST | September 11, 2024
Transocean Bags Drilling Contracts for US Gulf of Mexico, India
The Swiss driller secured a combined $355 million under two separate contracts with BP and Reliance.
8:00 PM EST | September 10, 2024
BSEE Activates Hurricane Response Team, Reveals Production Outages
'The BSEE team will work with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations return to normal and the storm is no longer a threat to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities'.
8:00 PM EST | September 10, 2024
Invictus Identifies New Gas Prospects in Zimbabwe's Cabora Bassa Basin
Invictus identified eight key prospects with a total of 2.9 Tcf of gas and 184,000 barrels of condensate.
8:00 PM EST | September 10, 2024
Tropical Storm Francine Disrupts Gulf Coast Oil, Gas Output
Tropical Storm Francine forced some oil drillers to halt production and evacuate crews.
8:00 PM EST | September 09, 2024
GOM Weather System Forecast to Become Hurricane This Week
'It is too soon to pinpoint the exact location and magnitude of impacts'.
8:00 PM EST | September 08, 2024
North America Posts Another WoW Rig Loss
North America cut one rig week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | September 08, 2024
UK Oil Body Models Impact of EPL on UK Economy
'The analysis shows the policy will undermine the UK offshore energy sector's ability to support the government's overarching goal of driving economic growth'.
8:00 PM EST | September 02, 2024
Oman Inks Exploration, Production Sharing Agreement for Block 15
Oman signed the agreement with MB Group and China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development.
8:00 PM EST | September 02, 2024
North America Posts WoW Rig Loss
North America dropped one rig week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest rotary rig count.
8:00 PM EST | September 01, 2024
UK Oil Regulator Launches Decom, Enforcement Consultation
The consultation launched on August 29 and will end on October 31.
8:00 PM EST | September 01, 2024