Transocean Ltd’s new ultra deepwater drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 is at work offshore India for Reliance Industries under a five-year contract.

The Songkhla B-02 sidetrack offshore Thailand has encountered 12 ft (4 m) of net pay in the Lower Oligocene reservoir.

PTTEP has made a natural gas discovery with the Oliver-2 exploration well in the Timor Sea.

ConocoPhillips China has awarded Sperry Drilling a $40-million, two-year contract, plus options for directional-drilling and logging-while-drilling services on the Peng Lai development in China's Bohai Bay.

Husky Energy has made a third gas discovery on block 29/26 in the South China Sea.

Gross oil production from the Zhao Dong C and D fields in China’s Bohai Bay averaged 14,678 b/d in the final quarter of 2009, according to operator ROC Oil.

SOCO plans a 12-month drilling campaign on its blocks in the Cuu Long basin offshore southern Vietnam.

The Songkhla B-01 exploration well on block G5/43 in the Gulf of Thailand has reached a total measured depth of 9,050 ft (2,758 m) and encountered oil-bearing sands in the Lower Oligocene formation.

The Cá R?ng Vàng well (07-CRV-01X) on block 07/03 offshore Vietnam is dry, says operator Premier Oil Vietnam South.

Coastal Energy is mobilizing an Atwood-owned rig to drill the Songkhla B exploration prospect in the Gulf of Thailand.