Drilling
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February 05, 2026
ConocoPhillips says recovering billions from past Venezuela expropriations will take priority over new drilling, highlighting ongoing financial and political hurdles facing foreign investment in the country’s oil sector.
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February 02, 2026
World Oil marked a milestone in its annual Forecast Breakfast series on Friday, celebrating 100 years of forecasting and its 58th Forecast Breakfast event, with industry leaders offering a clear-eyed view of global energy demand, U.S. shale productivity, regulatory challenges and the year ahead for drilling activity.
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January
U.S. natural gas demand is on track to surge by roughly 30 Bcfd by 2030, driven largely by LNG exports—but can drilling keep up? In this month’s Drilling Advances column, Ford Brett breaks down what isn’t holding the industry back anymore—and the bottlenecks that could determine whether drillers can deliver the next wave of gas supply.
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January 29, 2026
Condor Energies Inc. reported progress on its multi-well drilling campaign in Uzbekistan, including a record-length horizontal well with strong gas shows, while announcing the sale of its Turkish gas assets to sharpen its strategic focus in Central Asia.
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January 27, 2026
India is targeting up to $100 billion in upstream investment by opening new acreage and accelerating drilling, as it seeks to curb oil imports and strengthen long-term energy security.
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January 23, 2026
SLB closed 2025 with signs of stabilizing upstream activity across global markets. The company is leaning into production optimization, digital growth and offshore developments as it looks toward 2026.
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December 2025
Unconventional drilling demands uncompromising rig performance, and new rig designs are delivering value by reducing flat time, increasing efficiency and improving safety
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January 16, 2026
Low oil prices are forcing a rare pause in Bakken drilling, as Continental Resources founder Harold Hamm says margins have largely disappeared.
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December 2025
This article explores how advanced space technology and resilient satellite connectivity can support the development of autonomous oil rigs by addressing connectivity challenges in remote, hazardous environments. Improved remote monitoring, control and autonomous tools have the potential to enhance safety, increase operational efficiency and strengthen resilience across the energy sector.
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December 2025
In the Middle East, operators are leveraging underbalanced coiled tubing drilling (UBCTD) to reduce formation damage, improve reservoir connectivity, and deliver higher production with lower completion complexity.
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January 06, 2026
Halliburton has launched the Hypersteer MX matrix-body directional drill bit, addressing erosion and abrasion challenges in high-flow shale wells to enable longer runs and reduced well construction time.
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December 2025
H&P’s FlexRobotics™ system has reached its first commercial use in the Permian, where robotic arms are handling pipe-movement tasks typically performed manually. Following lab and field testing, the company is now evaluating the technology’s impact on crew workflow, rig-move times and operational consistency.
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December 11, 2025
Dana Gas has confirmed a significant 15–25 Bcf gas discovery at the North El-Basant 1 exploratory well in Egypt’s onshore Nile Delta. The find supports the company’s $100 million drilling program, with production expected to exceed 8 MMscf/d once tied into the national gas network.
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December 11, 2025
DNO has restarted drilling in the Kurdistan region after surpassing 500 MMbbl of cumulative production at the Tawke license. Two rigs will drill eight wells through 2026 as the operator targets increasing gross output to 100,000 bopd across the Tawke and Peshkabir fields.
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December 08, 2025
Block Energy has received a non-binding farm-in offer from a major energy company for its Project III appraisal and early development program in Georgia. The proposal includes a full carry for well re-tests, sidetracks, and a 20 MMcf/d early-production facility.
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November 2025
Eavor Technologies Inc.’s Geretsried project in Bavaria, Germany, is the first commercial deployment of its closed-loop (Eavor-LoopTM) advanced geothermal system. This article outlines the technical achievements in multilateral drilling performance, including a 90% improvement in rate of penetration, 3x increase in bit run lengths, and the integration of enabling technologies, such as insulated drill pipe and active magnetic ranging.
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November 2025
As LNG export capacity surges and AI-driven power demand skyrockets, U.S. natural gas is poised for its biggest growth cycle yet. In this month’s Drilling Advances, columnist Ford Brett breaks down why “trash gas” may soon turn to gold—and what a 25% jump in gas production by 2030 means for rigs, crews and drilling technology.
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December 03, 2025
Black Stone Minerals and Caturus Energy have entered a 220,000-acre Haynesville development agreement, establishing a multi-year drilling program to expand Gulf Coast natural gas output.
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December 03, 2025
ReconAfrica has encountered 64 m of hydrocarbon pay at its Kavango West 1X well in Namibia’s onshore PEL 73. The company will conduct a production test in early 2026 to evaluate flow potential and advance the emerging Damara Fold Belt play.
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December 01, 2025
Perenco has completed a 12-well drilling campaign at Chad’s Badila field, adding horizontal, appraisal and water-disposal wells and boosting combined Badila–Mangara production to over 18,000 bopd. The rig has now moved to the Doba Basin for the next phase of development.
