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| | | | Shell will spend ~$1 billion for seismic surveys and drilling as the country seeks to raise production. |
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| | BW Energy continues to study results from its recently completed Kharas-1 well; says further appraisal drilling will be needed. |
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| | The Deepsea Bollsta rig will continue operations for the Johan Sverdrup field development project. |
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| | ConocoPhillips and its partners will use the semisubmersible Transocean Equinox to drill the Essington gas prospect in shallow water offshore Victoria. |
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| | Noble’s latest awards include extensions for two drillships operating for bp in the US Gulf, and Borr’s haul covers three jackups at work offshore Mexico. |
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| | | | Intervention activity on the UK Continental Shelf declined last year, but many of the shut-in wells could be reactivated. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is working with operators to stimulate greater activity and to drill more new wells on existing fields. |
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| | Petrobras has awarded Tenaris a two-year contract, from 2027-29, covering a broad range of services and equipment to support presalt and offshore Equatorial Margin drilling programs. |
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| | Shell and Ithaca Energy have extended the contracts of three of Valaris’ jackups currently working in the UK North Sea. Another jackup will support GE Vernova on an offshore wind project. |
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| | The new programs offshore Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Libya and Indonesia involve two deepwater drillships and one semisubmersible rig. |
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