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TAG Oil spudded the T-200 vertical well at its Badr Oil Field (BED-1) concession in Egypt’s Western Desert on 6 August 2026. The NDC-9 rig is drilling the well, which targets the Abu Roash F formation, a naturally fractured reservoir where nearby wells have produced light crude oil. The well is planned to reach a …
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Seadrill secured a contract extension for the drillship West Capella with PTTEP in Malaysia and additional days for the semisubmersible Sevan Louisiana in the US Gulf. The West Capella extension covers an estimated 75 days and commits the rig into August 2027, building on its initial contract with PTTEP that started in March 2026. The …
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Sonangol and Angola’s National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels completed drilling and testing of the Katambi-2 appraisal well in Block 24 of the Benguela Basin. The Seadrill-operated drillship West Gemini, contracted through the Sonadrill joint venture, drilled the well 1.3 km from the original Katambi-1 well, which BP drilled in 2014 and 2015 before …
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MCF Energy drilled the Kinsau-1A well in Lech, Bavaria to a total depth of 10,860 ft MD, bottoming out in the Jurassic Malm Reef Carbonate interval within 213 ft of the original 1983 Mobil discovery well. RED Drilling Rig 202 drilled the well for Energieprojekt Kinsau 1 GmbH, in which MCF’s German subsidiary Genexco GmbH …
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Noble was awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips for the ultra-harsh environment jackup Noble Interceptor. The scope comprised plug and abandonment work on wells in the Greater Ekofisk Area offshore Norway, with the contract expected to commence in Q3 2027 and run for an estimated 670 days. Built in 2014, the Noble Interceptor was a Gusto …
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