drilling | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 11
Eni Starts Drilling First Exploratory Well in Bahrain’s Offshore Block 1
The National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) announced that Eni started drilling the first exploratory well in the offshore Block 1, an area of 2,800 km square, in the northern territorial waters of Bahrain as a part of ...
ExxonMobil Makes New Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil announced that it has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 in Guyana. The well is located approximately two miles south of the Longtail-1 well, according to a press release. The company elaborated that it enc...
Equinor Hires Third Odjfjell Rig
Equinor has awarded Odfjell a drilling contract to its Deepsea Stavanger rig, to start drilling in the North Sea in February 2022, according to Equinor’s press release. The contract is estimated at about $40 million ...
GPC Strikes Oil in Abu Sennan Concession
The General Petroleum Company (GPC) has announced that it achieved a new oil discovery in Abu Sennan concession at the Western Desert after drilling DSWS-1X exploration well with investments worth $1.5 million, accord...
EDC’s Onshore Market share Increases 80% in 2020
The Egyptian Drilling Company (EDC) has announced that it managed to increase its market share of the onshore drilling market by 80% during 2020 despite the challenges of the pandemic compared to 60% in 2019, a press ... Iraqi Cabinet Approves Tender for Drilling 96 Wells
The Iraqi Cabinet has approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy for conducting a tender to drill 96 oil wells in Basra, a statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Cabinet announced. T... EP Petroecuador to Drill new 13 Wells
Ecuador’s EP Petroecuador has announced that it will drill further 13 wells; eight in Tamboccha and five in Sacha to maintain production at 400,000 barrels per day (bbl\d) during 2021,a press release reported. A...
Libya’s NOC Completes Drilling of Erwan Field, Starts Testing
The National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC) announced that it has completed the drilling operations of Erwan field of Zallaf company and it has put the first well of E04 on testing by applying the technology of zero g...
