27+ min ago   (151+ words) ExxonMobil, partners make 20th discovery in Angola’s Block 15 Drilling Contractor ExxonMobil and its partners confirmed a new hydrocarbon discovery at the Vicango East-01 exploration well in Angola’s offshore Block 15. The well is located about 370 km northwest of Luanda and was drilled…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (181+ words) Drilling Contractor Equinor signed an agreement with Chevron to acquire a 17.4% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration License 90 in Namibia's Orange Basin, marking the company's first entry into the country The deal was struck with Harmattan Energy, Chevron's Namibian subsidiary, which…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (170+ words) Drilling Contractor Murphy Oil spudded the Lac Da Trang North-1X exploration well in Block 15-1/05 offshore southern Vietnam, targeting 40 MMbbl to 80 MMbbl of recoverable resources in the Cuu Long Basin Murphy operates the block with a 40% interest, alongside partners PetroVietnam Exploration…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (205+ words) Drilling Contractor Afentra confirmed a successful oil discovery at the Pacassa SW well offshore Angola, with the well reaching a total measured depth of 5,381 m and encountering a 217-m gross hydrocarbon-bearing interval in the fractured Albian Pinda carbonate formation Evaluation…...

1+ mon, 27+ min ago   (188+ words) Drilling Contractor Sonangol and Angola's National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels completed drilling and testing of the Katambi-2 appraisal well in Block 24 of the Benguela Basin The Seadrill-operated drillship West Gemini, contracted through the Sonadrill joint venture, drilled the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (227+ words) Drilling Contractor Invictus Energy executed a Deed of Variation to its drilling contract with Exalo Drilling, securing Exalo Rig 202 to drill the Musuma-1 exploration well at the Cabora Bassa Project in Zimbabwe The revised contract, along with agreed rig preparation…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (213+ words) Drilling Contractor BP started up its Atlantis Major Facility Expansion project in the US Gulf, adding new water injection capacity to one of its longest-running offshore assets. The expansion adds two new subsea water injection wells, along with new subsea…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (243+ words) ReconAfrica, along with partners BW Energy (20% working interest) and NAMCOR (10% carried working interest), announced preliminary production testing results from the three lowest zones in the Elandshoek formation at the Kavango West 1X discovery well in Namibia. The uppermost tested zone in…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (305+ words) France pulls back on renewables in national policy shift At the same time, PPE3 re-anchored nuclear energy as the primary contributor to the country’s electricity system. It confirmed the construction of new reactors while supporting the extension of the existing reactor…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (140+ words) Drilling Contractor Northern Ocean's Deepsea Mira semisubmersible completed a drilling contract with Shell offshore Namibia on 2 July 2026, after starting operations on 4 April 2026, and is demobilizing to Walvis Bay for planned upgrades and modifications ahead of future operations Shell did not…...