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Equinor and partners have finalized a new well design for the Arkenstone gas exploration well in production license 1014 in the Norwegian Sea, with spud now expected in mid-2027. The Transocean semisubmersible Spitsbergen is set to drill the well, following the redesign needed after the original 2024 attempt was suspended when shallow gas was encountered …
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Egypt’s House of Representatives approved a contract licensing Perenco to search for gas and crude oil in the Al-Fayrouz onshore area of North Sinai. Perenco, a subsidiary of Egypt Kuwait Holding, has operated the North Sinai concession since 2014. The Al-Fayrouz block was awarded in June 2025 through EGAS’s 2024 global bid round and is …
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Iraqi Drilling completed the directional oil well ZB-679 at the Zubair field in Basra, drilled to a depth of 3,846 m at a 20-degree inclination angle. The well was drilled using rig IDC-56 on behalf of the Zubair Field Operating Authority. The Zubair field, discovered in 1949, holds estimated reserves exceeding 4 billion barrels. The …
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Expro closed its acquisition of Enhanced Well Technologies, known as Enhanced Drilling, for approximately NOK 2 billion. The deal adds Enhanced Drilling’s managed pressure drilling (MPD) technologies, including controlled mud level drilling and riserless mud recovery, to Expro’s well construction portfolio. Enhanced Drilling operates primarily offshore Norway and in the US Gu...
Equinor and its partners discovered oil in the Skrugard North Tubåen prospect in the Barents Sea, with the licensees weighing a possible tie-back to the Johan Castberg field. The wildcat well, 7220/5-EC-2 H, was drilled by the Transocean Enabler semisubmersible about 3.7 miles north of the 7220/8-1 discovery well on Johan Castberg and 149 miles …
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