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Aker BP has completed its Omega Alfa exploration campaign in the Norwegian North Sea, resulting in a significant oil discovery that adds substantial new resources to the Yggdrasil area. The recoverable volume is estimated at 96–134 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).The campaign had five exploration targets – Omega, Alfa, Alfa South, Sigma NE, and […]

Talos Energy announced successful drilling results at the Daenerys exploration prospect located in the US Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge blocks 106, 107, 150, and 151.The discovery well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 33,228 ft using the West Vela deepwater drillship and encountered oil pay in multiple high-quality, sub-salt Miocene sands. A

Shape Digital, Shell Brasil, MODEC Brasil and Unicamp signed a partnership to develop new methodologies for monitoring operational risks using artificial intelligence (AI).The solution will be based on Shape Reef, a tool for operational process safety designed by Shape Digital. It will be enhanced to identify the degradation of safety barriers in offshore units –

Falcon Oil & Gas announced that Shenandoah South 2H Sidetrack (SS-2H ST1) achieved an average 90-day initial production flow rate of 6.7 million cu ft per day over 1,671 m within the Amungee Member B-Shale in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia, making it a Beetaloo Basin record.The SS-2H ST1 well has now been suspended

DOF Group announced two new long-term contracts in Brazil. In addition to Skandi Achiever signing on for a four-year charter as RSV, Skandi Carla and Geoholm have also been contracted on four-year charters with Petrobras.Skandi Carla will operate with one work class ROV and subsea crane, while Geoholm will use its subsea crane and two

Akrake Petroleum spudded the first well in the Sèmè Field in Block 1, Benin, using the Borr Gerd jackup drilling rig. The drilling is part of a 100-day, three-well work program to redevelop the Sèmè Field. The campaign includes two horizontal production wells in the H6 formation and a deeper vertical appraisal well to gather

Shelf Drilling secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Winner jackup rig with Tenaz Energy for operations in the Netherlands. The firm term of the contract is one year, with an option for Tenaz Energy to convert the term to three years within the first six months of operations. The operations are expected to commence

Halliburton received a contract award to provide completions and downhole monitoring services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture and storage (CCS) system in northeast England’s East Coast Cluster (ECC).NEP is a joint venture that includes BP, Equinor, and TotalEnergies. It was formed in 2020 as the ECC CO₂ transportation and storage provider, which

SLB acquired Stimline Digital, a cloud-based software company for the energy sector specializing in well intervention.Stimline’s IDEX platform provides operators with a visualization canvas and collaborative environment to optimize the planning and execution of well intervention operations. IDEX enables operators to standardize digital workflows through all phases of interventions, from planning to real-time execution and

Kongsberg Martitime signed a Development Program Framework Agreement with Noble Corp, for the co-development of advanced marine technologies for the offshore drilling sector.This long-term strategic partnership will focus on the joint development, piloting and commercialization of innovative solutions aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, risk assessment and sustainability in offshore operations. The first pilot project under

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TotalEnergies awarded Tenaris a contract to supply casing and tubing and Rig Direct services for the GranMorgu project, located about 150 km off the coast of Suriname. In addition, Saipem, which secured an EPCI contract by TotalEnergies, has selected Tenaris to provide the seamless line pipe and thermal insulation coatings package for the project.With first