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Saipem sold its shallow-water driller to ADES Saudi as it narrows focus to deepwater and harsh-environment offshore work.

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Azule Energy Angola, the Eni-bp joint venture, hired Saipem for subsea work on the Agogo Integrated West Hub project.

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Saipem will present its FLNGenius and ZR-FLNG floating LNG plants, built on an expanded Liqueflex 2.0 liquefaction platform, at Gastech 2026.

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The AIM-listed operator has appointed NRG Well Management to assess rig availability and costs for its Walton-Morant license offshore Jamaica.

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EnCap-backed Grenadier Energy Partners III brought three wells online in Belmont County, Ohio, drilled with average laterals of 18,100 feet.

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QatarEnergy will hold 30% of Angola's offshore Blocks 8 and 22 under a deal with operator Shell and partner Sonangol E&P.

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GOE Petrol Sanayi hired Saipem to commission the Osman Gazi floating production unit for Türkiye's Sakarya gas field in the Black Sea.

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Eni Cyprus awarded McDermott engineering, procurement and installation work on the Cronos gas field, its first subsea deal with Eni.

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McDermott will run engineering, procurement and installation for the Cronos development offshore Cyprus, its first subsea award from Eni.

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The BLM and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe are scoping an environmental review of oil and gas development across 108,000 acres in southwestern Colorado.

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A test at RH Petrogas' Northwest Klagagi-1 well in Papua flowed gas, condensate and an unplanned oil rim, while a deeper zone came up dry.

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Woodside and Pemex signed a non-binding deal to explore new Gulf of Mexico deepwater opportunities, building on their $7.2 billion Trion project.

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Diversified Energy's $1.8 billion purchase of Birch Permian, funded through an asset-backed securitization with Carlyle, is its largest deal in 25 years.

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The Australian explorer finished the conductor pipe, water well and airstrip work needed before drilling its subsalt Hussar prospect in Western Australia.

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Chevron will invest more than $7 billion in its Venezuela joint ventures over five years, aiming to roughly double output to about 600,000 barrels a day.

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Comstock Resources agreed to sell SOCAR stakes in its Haynesville gas assets for $1.65 billion, aiming to cut debt and fund new drilling.

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Comstock Resources agreed to sell SOCAR working interests in its Haynesville assets for $1.65 billion, plus a $450 million drilling deal with Jerry Jones.

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The two companies expand their partnership on Apache's Beryl and Forties well decommissioning work in the North Sea.

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The Jersey-based operator sold 52,130 barrels in H1 2026 while advancing drilling preparations for wells in Trinidad and Morocco.

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EON Resources spudded the well 24 August 2026 in the Grayburg-Jackson Field, first of three under a Virtus Energy Partners farm-out.

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The IADC Geothermal Committee published guidelines covering aquathermal blowout risk, equipment limits and training for geothermal well control.

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SLB launched Deka diamond coating for rod pump barrels and the Synthetix hydraulic gas lift system for US land wells.

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Alve Nord, Idun Nord and Ørn are online in the Norwegian Sea, adding about 120 million barrels of oil equivalent tied back to the Skarv FPSO.

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Troll Phase 3 stage 2 began gas output 22 August, early and under budget, from a field that supplies about a tenth of Europe's gas.

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The subsea project began pumping gas into Troll A on August 22, accelerating production of 55 billion cubic meters from the Troll West reservoir.

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Norway's offshore regulator says Linerle, an unclaimed Norwegian Sea oil discovery, could recover far more using chemical enhanced recovery methods.

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Equinor and Aker BP found gas and condensate at the Linga prospect near Norway's Balder field, with volumes estimated up to 2.1 million cubic meters.

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Emerson will provide measurement instrumentation and lifecycle services across Equinor's onshore and offshore assets under a new 13-year frame agreement.

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Saipem is exhibiting its Flatfish and Hydrone-R underwater robots, plus a scale model of the drilling rig Scarabeo 8, at Offshore Northern Seas 2026 in Norway.

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Well 25/7-13 struck gas and condensate near Balder field, with recoverable resources put at up to 2.1 million cubic meters of oil equivalent.

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Questerre Energy is negotiating exclusive rights to explore the onshore Cumberland Basin, extending its Quebec Utica strategy into a new frontier basin.

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Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas cleared Hilcorp Alaska to drill three new wells on K Pad in the Beluga River unit.

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DeepOcean finished subsea construction and tie-in work connecting the Teal West field to the existing Anasuria FPSO in the UK's Central North Sea.

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Continental signed a heads of agreement for half of Mercuria-backed Phoenix Global Resources, forming a Vaca Muerta joint venture.

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The UK government published new atmospheric guidance for the database that tracks emissions and discharges from offshore oil and gas installations.

UK Government · 27d

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DeepOcean completed subsea construction connecting the Teal West field to the Anasuria FPSO in the UK North Sea, using ROVs in place of divers.

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Average lateral length in the Permian rose from 6,149 feet in 2015 to 10,867 feet in 2025, and super-laterals over 15,000 feet made up 15% of new wells.

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Equinor is taking a 17.4% stake in a Chevron-operated Orange Basin license, its first entry into Namibia, with testing planned for 2026.

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Aker BP will take over Apache's stake in the Losgann/Froskelår discovery and return as operator to ConocoPhillips's Slagugle area in Norway.

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Santos reported first-half net profit of $355 million and a $377 million interim dividend as its Pikka and Barossa projects moved into production.

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Ecotricity founder Dale Vince says Britain should take a pragmatic approach to North Sea drilling, reversing his opposition to new projects.

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ReconAfrica flowed hydrocarbons from two zones at Namibia's Kavango West well and will next drill a 1,000-meter horizontal test of the Huttenberg formation.

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Equinor enters Namibia by picking up a 17.4% stake in a Chevron-operated Orange Basin license with a drill-ready prospect due to be tested in 2026.

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Chevron requested the 500-meter no-entry zone around its ANCHOR floating production unit in Green Canyon Block 763, Gulf of America.

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Georgina Energy has finished the water well for its Hussar drilling program in Western Australia, with the September 2026 spud date still on track.

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Chevron's 105-4X well found more than 600 meters of oil and gas condensate in Angola's Block 0, a find it plans to tie back to nearby facilities.

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CABGOC's 105-4X well found a condensate column of more than 600 meters in the Lower Congo Basin, Chevron said on 17 August 2026.

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The 105-4X well found a condensate column of more than 600 meters in Angola's Block 0, Chevron said on 17 August 2026.

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The Fort Trinidad re-entry reached 20,949 feet true vertical depth for about $4.4 million, versus $30 million to $45 million for new wells nearby.

By Global Energy Report · 30d

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Public consultation on the £8.7 billion Rosebank oil field has closed, alongside a similar review for the Jackdaw gas field, ahead of a UK decision.

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Empire Petroleum re-entered a 1959 Texas wellbore and logged it to 21,006 feet, opening about 11,000 feet of section below the field's historic depth.

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The 105-4X well in Angola's Block 0 hit more than 600 meters of oil and gas condensate, with over 90 meters of net pay in the Pinda reservoir.

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Adura says the OPRED consultation on the £8.7bn Rosebank field has ended, following a similar close for the Jackdaw gas field last week.

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BSEE wants public comment on renewing paperwork used to track oil and gas drilling operations, including the End of Operations Report form.

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Drillers.ai founder Sai Rao presented a physics-AI wellbore digital twin to industry judges at IADC's Advanced Rig Technology Spark Tank.

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The company's K-29 well in Sumatra has passed 2,500 feet toward a planned depth of about 3,400 feet, with a coring job planned near 3,000 feet.

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ADNOC's international gas arm joins bp and UCC in Venezuela's offshore Loran licence, which holds more than 4 trillion cubic feet of proven gas.

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IEC's K-29 well in Sumatra has passed 2,500 feet toward a 3,400-foot target as the company nears its reservoir zone.

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XRG, ADNOC's international energy investment company, will hold a stake in Venezuela's offshore Loran licence, which holds over 4 trillion cubic feet of proven gas, alongside bp and UCC.

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Emerson will supply integrated control and safety systems for BP's new offshore compression platform in the Caspian Sea.

PR Newswire and Emerson · 34d

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In production since 2010, Tupi is central to Petrobras' plan to source up to 82% of output from pre-salt by 2030.

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DNO reported record second-quarter revenue of USD 761 million and raised North Sea guidance, and separately disclosed a possible takeover offer for Genel Energy.

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Borr Drilling's August 2026 fleet status report adds work for seven rigs across Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Ivory Coast and the Netherlands.

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Murphy Oil has spudded the Lac Da Trang North-1X well off southern Vietnam, targeting 40 million to 80 million barrels of recoverable resources.

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Permitting delays push 80 Mile's Jameson exploration well in East Greenland to winter 2027, and Greenland has issued the company a formal warning.

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The new set is now fracturing wells at Tecpetrol's Los Toldos II East field in Argentina's Neuquén Basin, under an 18-month contract.

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Georgina Energy has begun water well and conductor pipe work at its 300 km² Hussar prospect in Western Australia ahead of a September 2026 spud.

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NABI Construction will prepare the onshore location for Star Valley Rig 205 as the well targets the Herrera #8 and Herrera #1 Sands to about 5,450 feet.

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The Italian contractor will handle engineering, procurement, construction and installation of offshore and subsea structures under the deal.

By Global Energy Report · 35d

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The first well in Norwegian license 979, drilled by Aker BP and Equinor near the Solveig field, found no proven reservoir and has been plugged.

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A three-year contract puts Wood in charge of technical information for Equinor's offshore, subsea and onshore sites in Norway.

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Well 15/6-17, drilled to 3,704 meters in production licence 979, found only weak hydrocarbon indicators before being plugged and abandoned.

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Afentra's Pacassa SW well off Angola found 136 metres of net oil pay, with potential for up to 70 million barrels and first oil due in Q3 2026.

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MCF Energy's Genexco subsidiary reached 10,860 feet at Kinsau-1A in Lech, Bavaria, landing within 213 feet of a 1983 Mobil gas discovery.

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The natural hydrogen explorer's first major U.S. land position covers Audubon County, with a drilling campaign expected in late 2027 or 2028.

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Sonangol and Angola's oil regulator completed testing on the Katambi-2 appraisal well in Block 24, about 1.3 km from the well BP drilled in 2014.

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Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce says the case for the North Sea gas field is overwhelming as the public consultation on Jackdaw closes today.

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An upgraded power-take-off system helped Minesto's Dragon 4 tidal kite plant hit record electricity output this summer in the Faroe Islands.

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Shearwater Geoservices received two letters of award from India's ONGC for offshore 3D seismic surveys, adding about 15 vessel months to its backlog.

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Vaalco Energy sold 17,812 net barrels a day in the second quarter, above guidance, and posted net income of $42.4 million.

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Invictus Energy has secured Exalo Rig 202 for the Musuma-1 well at Cabora Bassa, a target holding an estimated 1.2 Tcf of gas and 73 million barrels of condensate.

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The company recovered all 325 barrels of produced water and 75 gallons of crude oil spilled at its Thomas 4I tank battery near Epping, North Dakota.

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The Coast Guard wants a permanent 500-meter safety zone around Shell's Whale floating production system in the Gulf of America.

Federalregister · 40d

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SLB and Equinor signed a multi-year deal to convert the MV Island Captain into a fully proppant-capable stimulation vessel for Norway's shelf.

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PetroTal posted second-quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $43.5 million and free funds flow of $32.4 million as production held above its 2026 budget.

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The Thailand and Türkiye producer reported free cash flow of $104.7 million and net cash of $316.5 million with no debt for the quarter ended June 30.

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Serica Energy swung to net cash in H1 2026 on $184 million of free cash flow, refinancing its debt and bidding for Pharos Energy.

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The NSTA extended Jersey Oil & Gas's P2170 Verbier license to 28 February 2027, aligning it with the Buchan license as it plans a phased North Sea hub.

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The NSTA extended Jersey Oil & Gas's P2170 Verbier license to 28 February 2027, aligning it with the Buchan license as development plans get reviewed.

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Interior's BSEE and BOEM propose revising the 2016 rule for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.

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Valaris picked up a two-well exploration program for drillship DS-18 and new North Sea contracts across its jackup fleet.

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YPFB Chaco will begin drilling the Junín-9D gas well in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department, targeting first production in November 2026.

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Vaalco Energy brought the ETBNM-3 gas well onto production in Gabon's North Tchibala structure and moved its jackup to drill a new well at SE Etame.

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A new gas-supply well in VAALCO's offshore Gabon field beat pre-drill estimates, while a second well begins testing a nearby fault block.

By Global Energy Report · 42d

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ADNOC's Real-Time Operations Center, built on SLB's DrillOps software, now spans more than 120 onshore and offshore rigs.

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ExxonMobil awarded Sercel a one-year contract to run its Marlin software for offshore coordination on the Whiptail project in Guyana's Stabroek Block.

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TGS and Egypt's EGAS will reprocess 34,000 kilometers of 2D seismic data to sharpen images of salt-covered basins ahead of a planned licensing round.

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As AI campuses scale past 300 MW, operators are turning to mechanical insulation to cut cooling loads and the power they must generate on-site.

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Diamondback Energy reported second-quarter production of 1,018 MBOE/d, cut debt by $1.3 billion and raised its 2026 output guidance.

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Second-quarter earnings reached $14.5 billion, or $3.48 a share, with adjusted EPS of $3.52 and $9.4 billion returned to shareholders.

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MOL Group will pay Shell up to $720 million for BG Cyprus, the unit holding a 35% stake in Cyprus's Aphrodite gas field.

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BP's Gulf of Mexico upgrade adds two subsea water injection wells, expected to add 10,000 boe/d of gross production at Atlantis.

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Shell's Velox-1X well found oil indicators in record-deep water off Egypt, raising the prospect of the Western Mediterranean's first crude discovery.

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The UK government's total energy dataset posts quarterly figures a quarter late and monthly figures two months late, a gap set by the release schedule itself.

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Predator Oil & Gas Holdings has amended its Rig 101 contract with Intrepid Drilling to drill the MOU-6 well in Morocco from 1 August to 1 October 2026.

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The semisubmersible went off hire in April after its blowout preventer fell to the seabed near the Rosebank field west of Shetland.

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The water bores clear the way for Ensign 970 to drill Georgina's Hussar helium and hydrogen prospect in Western Australia in Q3 2026.

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DNO's Q2 2026 trading update shows North Sea volumes surging year on year while Kurdistan output stayed near zero as the restart continues.

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ONGC virtually spudded its first deepwater exploratory well off Odisha on 25 July 2026, opening a campaign to test India's deep offshore reserves.

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A Helmerich & Payne rig is heading to Omega's Canyon-3 well, the first of up to six wells testing Permian sands in Australia's Taroom Trough.

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Vår Energi posted USD 2.1 billion in Q2 2026 cash flow and agreed to combine with BlueNord, creating Europe's largest independent oil and gas producer.

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Jadestone's EBA-07ST1 well came online at 2,800 bopd, setting a new Malaysia extended-reach drilling record on the East Belumut field.

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The partners have finished six of ten planned wells and installed the Neptun Alpha platform as they push toward first gas from the Black Sea project in 2027.

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The uppermost of three tested zones in the Elandshoek formation flowed gas to surface, the first hydrocarbons produced onshore Namibia.

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Transfer agent Equiniti will credit shareholders one new share for every 30 held on July 22, 2026, as Next Bridge addresses concerns over dividend crediting.

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Gas reached surface on three flow tests in the Elandshoek formation at Kavango West 1X, and testing now moves up to the Huttenberg's 76 net meters of pay.

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The European Commission approved Czechia's market-wide capacity mechanism, financed by consumer charges at an estimated €3.1bn to €6.2bn.

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Tetragon Energy hired DUG Technology to reprocess seismic data over its Philippines offshore permits, a $1.45 million contract meant to attract a farm-in partner.

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DeepOcean recovered a wellhead protection structure at Spirit Energy's Seven Seas field and disconnected subsea gear at Grove West, ahead of a rig campaign.

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James Fisher will build a digital twin of a Caspian Sea rig to support a custom air, steam and well test package under a new contract.

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The AIM-listed operator has grown net production at its East Texas field from 54 to 135 barrels a day and is now hunting for larger deals.

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Vår Energi's net production fell 7% to 376 kboepd in the second quarter on turnarounds, and it still targets 390-410 kboepd for the year.

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Archer will lease a super-spec rig from Patterson-UTI for YPF's Vaca Muerta fleet under a five-year, roughly $90 million contract with two option years.

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Wellpad works and rig mobilization move Invictus toward a H2 2026 spud of Musuma-1, a well testing a new play outside its Mukuyu gas find.

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The predictive maintenance system, built with Prescient Devices, now runs on 300+ mud pumps across 120+ rigs in the US, Canada and the Middle East.

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Field data from more than 310 wells shows cloud-based closed-loop drilling automation lifting penetration rate and lateral footage while cutting BHA runs.

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NOV's self-learning AI system builds mud report parsing prompts in 8.8 minutes on average, versus about 960 minutes by hand, testing found.

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A new appraisal well at the 2023 Carmen gas-condensate discovery in the Norwegian North Sea has pushed recoverable resource estimates to between 21 and 107 million boe.

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