Offshore Drilling News
| Nigeria >> 2/7/2006 - Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria Ltd and Equator Exploration Ltd provided this update on drilling activities on the "B-DX1" well located on the OML 122 licence area, offshore Nigeria. OML 122 is loca... |
| Tunisia >> 2/7/2006 - Candax Energy Inc. announced that the Chaal-1 exploration well, located on the Chaal Permit in Tunisia, was spudded on February 5, 2006. Surface casing is due to be set at 480 metres, and the well is ... |
| Mauritania >> 1/30/2006 - Hardman Resources Limited announced that the ‘Stena Tay’ has drilled the Dore-1 exploration well to a total depth of 2,266 meters. Wireline logging has been completed and indicates the well has not en... |
| Angola >> 1/26/2006 - Total announced that the Belize field, part of Angola’s deep offshore BBLT (Benguela-Belize-Lobito-Tomboco) Development, has been brought on stream in Block 14. Total has a 20% interest in BBLT, along... |
| Mauritania >> 1/23/2006 - Hardman Resources Limited announced that the ‘Stena Tay’ has drilled the Dore-1 exploration well to a depth of 1,993 metres. Current operations have the ‘Stena Tay’ preparing to run casing and drill a... |
| Nigeria >> 1/23/2006 - Afren plc announced that Chevron, the Operator of Block 1 of the Nigeria - S?o Tomé and Pr?ncipe Joint Development Zone ("JDZ"), has confirmed that it has commenced drilling of the first exploration w... |
| Egypt >> 1/23/2006 - LUKOIL Overseas started drilling of the second exploration well at North-East Geisum offshore block in the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea (Egypt). The main contractor is Global Santa Fe, a well-known dri... |
| Tunisia >> 12/19/2005 - PA Resources AB has entered into a contract with Diamond Offshore to charter the 300ft jack-up drilling rig “Ocean Spur” for a period of 12 months. The rig is expected to be available in the Gulf of G... |
| Mauritania >> 11/24/2005 - Dana petroleum has announced that the Stena Tay drilling rig is now on location in Block 1 and has commenced drilling operations on the Faucon-1 well, the first of a number of higher-risk but potentia... |
| Norway >> 10/31/2005 - Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has awarded Aker Kvaerner MH, a company in the Aker Kvaerner group, the contract for delivery of advanced deepwater drilling system for one semi-submersible drilling rig t... |
| Norway >> 10/24/2005 - Ocean Rig has entered into a final contract for a two-year term with Shell U.K. Ltd, Shell Exploration and Production Ireland and Norske Shell for the drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson. The contract is for ... |
| Angola >> 10/22/2005 - Sociedade Nacional de Combust?veis de Angola (Sonangol) and BPannounced the 'Hebe-1' oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. Hebe-1 is the ninth successful discovery BP has drilled... |
| Tunisia >> 10/22/2005 - The operator, PetroCanada, has spudded the first offshore well on the Mellita Permit, Amira 1in the Gulf of Gabes on October 16, 2005. The well is expected to reach total depth in approximately 60 d... |
| Turkey >> 10/20/2005 - Stratic Energy Corporation provided an update of its operations in Turkey, following the Operating Committee
meetings held last week in Ankara, Turkey, and the announcement made by Toreador (as opera... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 10/19/2005 - Noble Energy, Inc. announced successful test results from its "O-1" exploration prospect on Block "O" offshore Equatorial Guinea. The "O-1" well, located in 250 feet of water and approximately 20 mile... |
| Mauritania >> 10/18/2005 - The ‘Stena Tay’ drilling rig has sidetracked the Tevét-2 borehole from 3,048 metres. An 8-1/2” hole section was drilled to the 7” casing point at 3,667 metres. At midnight on the 17 October preparatio... |
| Singapore >> 10/10/2005 - Frigstad Offshore Drilling Ltd., has just signed with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME) of Korea , to build 2 ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling units. The expected delive... |
| Nigeria >> 10/1/2005 - Transocean Inc. announced that its High-Specification drillship, the Deepwater Pathfinder, has been awarded an estimated 800-day contract by an operator consortium led by Shell Nigeria Exploration and... |
| Mauritania >> 9/6/2005 - Espadon-1 Exploration Well ,(PSC B), Progress and Current Status: Since the last report on 30 August 2005 the Espadon-1 well was drilled by the “Stena Tay” rig to a depth of 2,523 metres when operatio... |
| Norway >> 9/1/2005 - Ocean Rig has agreed to a Letter of Intent with Vanco Energy of Houston, who is taking the lead for a group of independent and major oil companies, for the use of the semi submersible drilling unit Le... |
