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Drilling

AWE drills Irwin-1 exploration well onshore Perth Basin, Western Australia

AWE has drilled the Irwin-1 exploration well, located at onshore Perth Basin, Western Australia, to a measured depth of 2,770m. The Irwin-1 exploration well...

Europa Oil & Gas gets permission for underground drilling at Holmwood prospect in UK

Europa Oil & Gas has secured permission from the Surrey County Council's Planning & Regulatory Committee to carry out underground drilling of a borehole...

Sinopec wins drilling rig contract for Ain Tsila project in Algeria

Groupement Isarene, a joint venture comprising Sonatrach, Petroceltic and Enel, has awarded a drilling rig contract to Sinopec International Petroleum Service for the Ain...

Saipem wins onshore drilling contracts in Kuwait, Peru and Columbia

Italian oil and gas firm Saipem has won onshore drilling contracts worth around $250m in the Middle East and South America. Kuwait Oil Company,...

Korea National Oil Corporation contracts KS Drilling subsidiary for drilling services in Kurdistan

Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) has awarded a contract to Atlantic Onshore Services, a subsidiary of KS Drilling, to carry out drilling services in...

Shell obtains conditional approval from US regulator to drill for oil off Alaska

The Anglo-Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell has received conditional approval from the US regulator Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to explore oil in...

BP to reduce stake in oil project off southern Australia

BP has announced plans to divest some of its stake in the company's project in the Great Australian Bight. As part of the sale...

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