Drilling Contractor Magazine

Well 25H is the 20th horizontal well PetroTal has drilled at Bretaña and the first to use the higher-specification Estrella 2027 drilling rig.

PetroTal restarts drilling at Peru's Bretaña field ahead of schedule - Drilling Contractor PetroTal spudded the 25H horizontal development well at the Bretaña field in Peru’s Block 95 on 21 September, restarting development drilling at the field about one week ahead of schedule. It is the first new well drilled at Bretaña since January 2025. Well 25H is the 20th horizontal well PetroT...

Trio Petroleum signed a farm-in and development agreement with Calgary-based Croverro Energy covering up to 14 new multilateral heavy-oil wells in the Lloydminster region of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Trio Petroleum farms in to 14-well Lloydminster multilateral program - Drilling Contractor Trio Petroleum signed a farm-in and development agreement with Calgary-based Croverro Energy covering up to 14 new multilateral heavy-oil wells in the Lloydminster region of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Croverro will remain operator of the program. The drilling inventory includes five wells in Alberta....

Superior Energy Services entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Welltec International, the Denmark-based provider of robotic wireline-conveyed well intervention and metal expandable packer technologies.

Superior targets intervention growth with Welltec acquisition - Drilling Contractor Superior Energy Services entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Welltec International, the Denmark-based provider of robotic wireline-conveyed well intervention and metal expandable packer technologies. Welltec’s intervention platform is built around its Well Tractor technology, which conv...

Equinor awarded SLB a contract to expand real time leak detection, virtual flow metering and digital production monitoring across the Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 development in the North Sea.

SLB to extend leak detection system across Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 - Drilling Contractor Equinor awarded SLB a contract to expand real time leak detection, virtual flow metering and digital production monitoring across the Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 development in the North Sea. The award extends monitoring coverage to new subsea infrastructure at Johan Sverdrup, one of Equinor’s most str...

Invictus Energy handed SLB a drilling and well services contract for the Musuma-1 exploration well at the Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe.

Invictus taps SLB for well services on Musuma-1 exploration well - Drilling Contractor Invictus Energy handed SLB a drilling and well services contract for the Musuma-1 exploration well at the Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe. SLB will provide specialized services, technology and operational resources for the Musuma-1 campaign, building on its earlier work on Invictus’s Mukuyu-2 dri...

Vallourec secured a contract from EnEarth, a subsidiary of Energean, to supply premium tubular solutions for the first phase of the Prinos CO₂ storage project in Greece.

Vallourec wins tubular contract for Prinos CO₂ storage project - Drilling Contractor Vallourec secured a contract from EnEarth, a subsidiary of Energean, to supply premium tubular solutions for the first phase of the Prinos CO₂ storage project in Greece. The contract covers about 3,000 tonnes of casing pipe and accessories, including seamless carbon steel and corrosion resistant a...

Zefiro Methane began drilling its first carbon sequestration well, an eight-week project in eastern Indiana carried out by subsidiary Plants & Goodwin.

Plants & Goodwin drills first CCS well for Zefiro Methane - Drilling Contractor Zefiro Methane began drilling its first carbon sequestration well, an eight-week project in eastern Indiana carried out by subsidiary Plants & Goodwin. The well is drilled into a target geologic strata evaluated as a suitable CO₂ storage reservoir. Plants & Goodwin is applying the same crews, rigs...

PTTEP and Valeura also plan further exploration on Block G3/65, including an exploration well at the Nong Yao Northeast prospect.

PTTEP, Valeura take FID on Bussabong gas field development - Drilling Contractor PTTEP and partner Valeura Energy sanctioned the first phase of the Bussabong gas field development in Block G3/65, offshore Gulf of Thailand. Phase 1 calls for two gas wellhead platforms with 24 well slots each, tied back by a 9-km subsea pipeline to the Central Processing Platform at the nearby Nor...

Three additional wells are being drilled and will be tied into the plant as the campaign continues. The partners also plan to bring in a second Helmerich & Payne FlexRig, currently being prepared in Houston, with arrival set for Q2 2027.

Formentera, Tamboran tie in five Beetaloo wells as gas sales begin - Drilling Contractor Formentera Partners, Daly Waters Energy and Tamboran Resources tied five Shenandoah South wells into the Sturt Plateau Compression Facility as the Beetaloo Basin achieved its first natural gas sales. Three additional wells are being drilled and will be tied into the plant as the campaign continues.....

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) signed a three-year integrated drilling services contract with Weatherford on 21 September 2026, covering 274 wells in Marmul and the Greater Saqar area.

PDO taps Weatherford for 274-well drilling program in Oman - Drilling Contractor Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) signed a three-year integrated drilling services contract with Weatherford on 21 September 2026, covering 274 wells in Marmul and the Greater Saqar area. The contract supports PDO’s plans to increase production and improve operational efficiency. Weatherford will d...