SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- A drillship participating in a major resource exploration project in the East Sea began its first drilling operation early Friday, the state-run oil company said, marking ...

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Brazil’s oil regulators have temporarily ordered halts to several drillship operations due to what could be minor issues that do not usually disrupt drilling, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing ...

UK offshore contractor Stena Drilling is planning a “significant” equipment upgrade to its Stena Evolution vessel that will enable the drillship to complete wells in high-pressure fields, particularly ...

Deepwater drilling is becoming increasing important in the oil and gas (O&G) industry as shallower reserves are depleted. According to Global Energy Monitor’s Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker, in ...

Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) (“Valaris” or the “Company”) announced today that it has been awarded a five-well contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-15. The contract is expected to ...

The new ultra-deepwater drillship Atlantic Zonda has started its first drilling assignment for Brazil’s Petrobras after completing a journey from Seatrium’s yard in Singapore that started in ...

Drillships are mobile, dynamically positioned deepwater drilling vessels used to construct, evaluate, and sometimes complete offshore wells in water depths typically 400–12,000+ ft (estimated), where ...

The wells will be drilled in the West Nile Delta in 300-1,500 m of water and will use existing production infrastructure with possible tie-back options. Sept. 9, 2025 bp plc signed a memorandum of ...

By John Lee. Drilling operations have begun at the Akkas gas field in Anbar province as part of efforts to expand domestic ...