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SBI Offshore building five jack-up rigs for unknown China-Middle East consortium

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-08-27 10:03

27th August 2014

SBI Offshore building five jack-up rigs for unknown China-Middle East consortium

SBI Offshore Limited has announced that the Middle East-Chinese consortium, which recently awarded its subsidiary a contract to provide design and engineering services for a jack-up drilling rig, has commenced discussions with SBI Offshore to build up to five rig units

BG closer to Tanzania LNG hub project following gas-rich offshore drill

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-08-27 09:34

27th August 2014

BG closer to Tanzania LNG hub project following gas-rich offshore drill

BG Group has announced that results from a recently completed second drill-stem test (DST) on the Mzia discovery in Block 1, offshore southern Tanzania, provided further support for a hub development to supply a potential onshore LNG project

Circle Oil spuds second Sebou well onshore Morocco

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-08-27 09:21

27th August 2014

Circle Oil spuds second Sebou well onshore Morocco

The third drilling campaign in the Sebou permit and first campaign in the Lalla Mimouna permit continues with the spud of the second well, named CGD-12, according to Circle Oil

ONS 2014: NADL acquires 150 land rigs in major Rosneft equipment deal

Submitted by Mark Venables on Tue, 2014-08-26 10:28

26th August 2014

NADL acquires 150 land rigs in major equipment deal with Rosneft

North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) has announced at ONS that it will purchase a significant portion of Rosneft’s land drilling fleet in Russia

KrisEnergy strikes-out at final Wassana well offshore Thailand

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-08-26 09:54

26th August 2014

KrisEnergy strikes-out at final Wassana well offshore Thailand

KrisEnergy has announced that drilling operations have concluded at the Mancharee-1 exploration commitment well in G10/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where the company is developing the Wassana oilfield

Lundin-led joint venture to spud Gobi-1 well offshore Indonesia next month

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Thu, 2014-08-21 15:09

21st August 2014

Lundin-led joint venture to spud Gobi-1 well offshore Indonesia next month

Progressing is being made at the Gurita PSC offshore Indonesia as prepartions are made to spud its Gobi-1 well next month

CNPC Research Institute teams-up with Badger Explorer to develop drilling tech

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-08-20 17:03

20th August 2014

CNPC Research Institute team-up with Badger Explorer to develop drilling tech

Badger Explorer has signed a cooperation agreement concerning a potential long-term agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation Drilling Research Institute (CNPC DR), whereby CNPC DR will become a sponsoring partner in the development of the Badger Explorer autonomous drilling tool