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Wood’s joint venture company, Massy Wood, was awarded the engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and commissioning contract associated with the topsides brownfield development of BP’s Juniper platform, as part of the Ginger development located off the coast of Trinidad.Massy Wood will deliver detailed brownfield engineering and execute critical topside upgrades on the Juniper platform. The scope […]

Through its wholly owned subsidiary Shelf Drilling, ADES secured a new contract for the Compact Driller standard jackup with Brunei Shell Petroleum. The contract has a term of two years.The jackup will be deployed to perform plug and abandonment (P&A) operations at offshore Brunei. The estimated contract value is approximately $63 million. The Compact Driller

Arrow Exploration drilled the Mateguafa 6 well in the Tapir Block and placed it on production from the Carbonera C7 formation. The well was spudded on 8 November and reached 10,000 ft measured depth on 15 November. Arrow holds a 50% beneficial interest in the Mateguafa Attic field in Colombia’s Llanos Basin.The well was drilled

D-Tech commercialized its OmniSteer rotary steerable platform following field deployment that exceeded 1 million ft drilled across multiple basins over a decade.The OmniSteer platform integrates the RSTConnect surface software with updated downhole mechanical design. The system architecture allows operators to test, calibrate and monitor tool performance in real time. Features include AI-based analytics, real-time downlink

Oil India Limited has exercised its option to extend the contract for Dolphin Drilling’s ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig Blackford Dolphin. The extension covers an additional 120 days of operations through 10 May 2026 and includes drilling, testing and abandonment work at locations east of India.The extension builds on the original campaign of three wells over approximately

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract to provide subsea construction and tie-in work at a subsea field development on the UK continental shelf. The field is being developed as a subsea tie-back to an existing host facility.DeepOcean’s scope of work includes the installation of a flexible production riser and flowline and an

Petrobras confirmed an oil-bearing interval in the post-salt section of the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, in the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block. The exploratory well, designated 4-BRSA-1403D-RJS, is located roughly 108 km from the coast of Campos dos Goytacazes in a water depth of approximately 734 m.The drilling has been completed and confirmation of the

Saipem introduced the LiSa Hyper Harness, a sensor-equipped safety harness designed to monitor how workers connect to fall-protection systems during operations at height. The device detects missing or incorrect connections and emits an acoustic warning similar to a car seatbelt alert. It also transmits a notification to a supervisor for follow-up.The LiSa Hyper Harness was

Northern Ocean amended its contract with Rhino Resources to include an additional firm well test for the semisubmersible Deepsea Mira. The extension adds 28 days to the firm term, with the new work scheduled ahead of three existing optional wells.（2025-11-13）

TotalEnergies (40%, operator) and its partners QatarEnergy (35%) and Petronas (25%) have signed a production sharing contract for Block S4 with Guyana’s Ministry of National Resources, following the block’s 2023 award in the Guyana 2022 Licensing Round.Block S4 is a 1,788 sq km block located about 50-100 km from shore. The initial work program consists

SLB introduced an agentic artificial intelligence platform, Tela AI, designed to automate and optimize upstream energy workflows.The system uses multi-agent collaboration to perform complex technical tasks across drilling, reservoir management and production optimization. Tela AI enables faster decision-making by combining domain expertise with adaptive AI agents that learn from real-time data.The technology has been deployed

Staatsolie signed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for offshore Blocks 9 and 10 offshore Suriname with the operators PETRONAS (Block 9) and Chevron (Block 10). PETRONAS will serve as the operator alongside partners Chevron, QatarEnergy and Paradise Oil.By signing these PSCs, the companies obtain the exclusive rights for exploration, development and production in the respective blocks.