Oil & Gas Drilling

In the last half-hour

Geothermal drilling work has started in Tenerife, Canary Islands ThinkGeoEnergy18:17

In the last 4 hours

SLB wins integrated drilling contracts for Indonesia’s Tangkulo deepwater development World Oil15:56

EnerMech wins two-year offshore crane services extension in Middle East World Oil15:56

Slb wins offshore drilling pacts for giant Asia gas development Upstream15:33

Transocean wins contract award, extension totaling $184 million Drilling Contractor14:47

SLB awarded multiple offshore drilling contracts in Indonesia Drilling Contractor14:37

In the last 6 hours

SLB lines up offshore drilling work on Asian deepwater gas project Offshore Energy14:12

In the last 8 hours

Drilling of geothermal doublet in Geiselbullach, Germany officially starts ThinkGeoEnergy12:19

Earlier today

New job on horizon for last warm-stacked semisub rig Upstream10:27

Transocean secures contracts worth $184m for two rigs Offshore Technology10:13

North Sea hydrocarbon drilling ops hit a dead end Offshore Energy08:06

Adnoc Drilling delivers record 2025 profit as revenue surges amid expansion push The National07:47

Yesterday

U.S. opens door for oilfield services to support Venezuela production revival World Oil23:08 11-Feb-26

US shale market ‘appears to be stabilising’: top drilling CEO Upstream22:55 11-Feb-26

VRIC Video: Homeland Uranium drills Colorado for maiden resource The Northern Miner21:45 11-Feb-26

US eases Venezuela oil sanctions again, this time for oilfield contractors Upstream21:14 11-Feb-26

ONGC awards NoA to Vantage’s Platinum Explorer drill-ship Offshore Technology14:35 11-Feb-26

Tocvan restarts drilling at Gran Pilar project in Sonora, Mexico Deal News14:21 11-Feb-26

Transocean rig duo staying longer on drilling gigs in Norwegian waters Offshore Energy12:47 11-Feb-26

USA Allows Oilfield Contractors to Go to Work in VEN Fields Rigzone11:06 11-Feb-26

Auriginal Mining secures permits to drill Roger Project in Canada Deal News10:47 11-Feb-26

Next-Gen Tunnelling Tech for Global Infrastructure NS Energy05:20 11-Feb-26

In the last 7 days

Deep Fission Raises $80MM for Reactor That Uses Oil Drilling Tech Hart Energy22:31 10-Feb-26

Critical Metals confirms high-grade HREEs at Tanbreez project in Greenland The Northern Miner17:17 10-Feb-26

Market responds well to Transocean-Valaris drilling giant merger Upstream17:15 10-Feb-26

Fervo Energy drills hottest well to date at giga-scale geothermal site Drilling Contractor15:57 10-Feb-26

Vantage awarded ONGC contract for Platinum Explorer Drilling Contractor15:46 10-Feb-26

Sunda Energy prepares for Chuditch-2 appraisal drilling Drilling Contractor15:36 10-Feb-26

Fervo Energy drills hottest well to date at geothermal project site Energy Global15:07 10-Feb-26

Market responds well to merger to create offshore drilling giant Upstream15:03 10-Feb-26

Azimut announces first drill results from Rosa Zone, Québec Deal News12:35 10-Feb-26

Fervo Energy confirms 290 °C geothermal resource at Project Blanford in Utah ThinkGeoEnergy12:30 10-Feb-26

Transocean signs agreement to acquire Valaris for $5.8bn Offshore Technology10:25 10-Feb-26

Rig search ongoing to get Southeast Asian gas drilling project back on track Offshore Energy09:50 10-Feb-26

Vantage wins major deepwater drillship deal Upstream08:56 10-Feb-26

Vantage Drilling’s 2010-built drillship lines up multi-year gig in India Offshore Energy08:49 10-Feb-26

ReeXploration begins inaugural drilling at Namibia’s Eureka Project Deal News08:41 10-Feb-26

Iraq tightens control over West Qurna-2 oilfield as sanctions force Lukoil retreat The National05:01 10-Feb-26

Surprise grades expand Collective’s Apollo in Colombia The Northern Miner02:20 10-Feb-26

ONGC takes Vantage drillship for three-year campaign offshore India Offshore Magazine00:00 10-Feb-26

Oilfield services executives head to Washington to push permitting reform World Oil21:55 9-Feb-26

Perenco installs $200 million Congo platform to extend life of mature offshore field World Oil19:32 9-Feb-26

Perenco Congo installs Kombi 2 platform on KLL field Oil & Gas Journal19:07 9-Feb-26

Transocean to reclaim jackup capacity in Valaris mega-merger Energy Voice17:35 9-Feb-26

Transocean denies plan to divest jack-up rig fleet under Valaris merger Upstream16:18 9-Feb-26

Transocean to acquire Valaris, forming 73-rig high-spec offshore fleet Drilling Contractor14:29 9-Feb-26

Nevis selects Iceland Drilling for geothermal drilling operations to commence in 2026 ThinkGeoEnergy14:06 9-Feb-26

Transocean’s play for Valaris forging $17 billion offshore drilling giant with 73 rigs Offshore Energy14:01 9-Feb-26

Transocean to acquire Valaris in $5.8-billion deal, creating offshore drilling giant World Oil13:34 9-Feb-26

Transocean to acquire Valaris to create world’s largest drilling contractor Upstream13:25 9-Feb-26

North America Increases Rig Count Rigzone11:57 9-Feb-26

Shell honoured for “Best Oilfield Development Projects” at Abuja energy summit News Diary Online22:09 8-Feb-26

Petrobras wins approval to resume drilling in Brazil’s Foz do Amazonas frontier World Oil15:00 8-Feb-26

Oil Servicers Look to Middle East for Growth Rigzone12:28 8-Feb-26

Petrobras Prepares Drilling Program for Equatorial Margin Energy Intelligence23:14 6-Feb-26

US adds 5 rigs, Canada’s rig count drops by 4 Oil & Gas Journal20:24 6-Feb-26

Calls for scrutiny of North Yorkshire’s handling of Burniston gas plan after “local loss of… Drill or Drop?18:08 6-Feb-26

Petrobras cleared to resume drilling in Foz do Amazonas basin Upstream17:00 6-Feb-26

PetroChina spuds first well of 2026 drilling program in Indonesia Drilling Contractor16:12 6-Feb-26

Guest article by David Eddy: Who advocates for Yorkshire’s water? Drill or Drop?16:06 6-Feb-26

Elixir continues drilling progress at Taroom trough appraisal well Drilling Contractor16:02 6-Feb-26

Weatherford secures multi-year Gulf contracts across completions, drilling, MPD services Drilling Contractor15:52 6-Feb-26

Abcourt launches 20,000m drilling campaign at Quebec’s Flordin site Deal News14:43 6-Feb-26

Sharing the spoils: Who will be the winners and losers as stakes change in Norway's largest oilfield? Upstream04:26 6-Feb-26

Baker Hughes US rig count up 2 at 546 Petroleum News Alaska01:53 6-Feb-26

Australian indie plans ‘extensive’ drilling Upstream20:38 5-Feb-26

PetroChina kicks off 2026 Indonesia drilling programme Upstream20:38 5-Feb-26

ConocoPhillips seeks Venezuela compensation before resuming drilling World Oil20:27 5-Feb-26

Afentra eyes 2026 drilling and workovers offshore Angola Drilling Contractor17:59 5-Feb-26

BW plans 2027 drilling campaign at Maromba field offshore Brazil Drilling Contractor17:49 5-Feb-26

Petrobras is authorized to resume drilling in the Foz do Amazonas basin Business News Americas17:13 5-Feb-26

Vaalco Energy to sell non-core producing Canadian asset Oil & Gas Journal16:20 5-Feb-26

Slb narrates leveraging of drilling know-how in Azerbaijan Trend News Agency14:19 5-Feb-26

What a Stanford study reveals about EGS and clean grids ThinkGeoEnergy14:17 5-Feb-26

Keppel biding its time to sell its modern drilling rigs Upstream11:49 5-Feb-26

Stena Drilling ups GHG abatement ante as 2024-built drillship gets DNV’s notation Offshore Energy11:09 5-Feb-26

BW will start drilling in Brazilian field in 2027 Business News Americas11:06 5-Feb-26

African multi-well offshore drilling campaign on BW Energy’s agenda in July Offshore Energy09:58 5-Feb-26

Azerbaijan’s Socar Aqs expands footprint in Iraq and joins new tenders Trend News Agency06:21 5-Feb-26

In the last month

Geothermal drilling in Koluszki, Poland reaches target depth ThinkGeoEnergy18:17 4-Feb-26

Veitur to drill exploration geothermal well at Akranes, Iceland ThinkGeoEnergy16:46 4-Feb-26

Drilling yields ‘non-significant’ gas shows, next Black Sea well to be spud soon Offshore Energy13:27 4-Feb-26

Equinor pilots drilling success for major gas prospect in Norway Upstream13:05 4-Feb-26

Azerbaijan's Socar Aqs plots to deploy cutting-edge drilling tech at Gunashli field Trend News Agency13:04 4-Feb-26

Critical Elements launches drilling programme at Rose West in Canada Deal News12:44 4-Feb-26

Exploration drilling for geothermal resources starts in Virovitica, Croatia ThinkGeoEnergy12:21 4-Feb-26

Azerbaijan's Socar highlights completion of major wells via casing string and perforation Trend News Agency07:27 4-Feb-26

Azerbaijan's Socar weighs new technical solutions to combat corrosion Trend News Agency07:07 4-Feb-26

bp targets drilling new multi-lateral well at East Azeri field in Azerbaijan Trend News Agency06:57 4-Feb-26

Azerbaijan's Socar Upstream announces its drilling targets for 2026 Trend News Agency06:05 4-Feb-26

Fat-finger error nearly caused heli crash at Woodside rig The West Australian04:09 4-Feb-26

Eni seeks vessels for ultra-deepwater drilling Upstream01:12 4-Feb-26

Tenaris strengthens Black Sea presence with ultra-deepwater contracts Drilling Contractor22:13 3-Feb-26

Tenaris awarded ultra-deepwater contracts for Phase 3 of Türkiye’s Sakarya gas development World Oil16:31 3-Feb-26

Rex subsidiary completes drilling of AK-2H production well offshore Benin Offshore Technology14:57 3-Feb-26

Geothermal drilling in Konskie, Poland encounters permeability issues ThinkGeoEnergy14:29 3-Feb-26

Baytex targets Duvernay growth with rig program Drilling Contractor14:13 3-Feb-26

Seismic data acquisition for GéothermY project complated in northern Vaud, Switzerland ThinkGeoEnergy12:57 3-Feb-26

KazMunayGas, Türkiye's Tpao considering well drilling in Caspian Sea Trend News Agency12:46 3-Feb-26

WATCH: Valaris drillship undergoing upgrades in Spain as another rig reaches Brazil Offshore Energy11:40 3-Feb-26

North America Adds 3 Rigs WoW Rigzone11:24 3-Feb-26

Kazakh state player announces gas find close to country's largest oilfield Upstream11:18 3-Feb-26

Baker Hughes launches autonomous well construction solution at Annual Meeting in Florence Oilfield Technology08:56 3-Feb-26

Drilling done: MOPU and FSO hook-up in motion at African oil field Offshore Energy08:27 3-Feb-26

Flowco Buys Valiant Artificial Lift as Oilfield Services Eyes M&A for Scale Hart Energy23:34 2-Feb-26

World Oil Forecast Breakfast marks 100 years of industry outlooks World Oil23:12 2-Feb-26

Baker Hughes, Expand roll out analytics platform across US gas operations Drilling Contractor17:09 2-Feb-26

Aker BP brings Solveig Phase 2 onstream in Norwegian Sea Drilling Contractor16:59 2-Feb-26

Condor continues multi-rig drilling program in Uzbekistan Drilling Contractor16:49 2-Feb-26

Vista to acquire Equinor’s position onshore Argentina Oil & Gas Journal16:38 2-Feb-26

Seadrill wins contract extension for drilling rig offshore Brazil Upstream15:06 2-Feb-26

AI Boom Fuels Natural Gas-Fired Power Demand, New Growth for Oilfield Services Giants Natural Gas Intelligence14:00 2-Feb-26

Exclusive interview with Noble: Tight rig demand on 2026 horizon – Golden Triangle and US Gulf as core growth regions Offshore Energy12:58 2-Feb-26

Exclusive interview with Noble: Tight rig demand on 2026 horizon with Golden Triangle and US Gulf at the forefront Offshore Energy12:51 2-Feb-26

Essar Oil & Gas to invest $100m in West Bengal’s CBM block Offshore Technology10:50 2-Feb-26

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