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Home Fossil Energy Dolphin Drilling’s 52-year-old rig secures longer run in India’s oil & gas exploration game July 8, 2026, by Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh-environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has revealed that one of its units is staying longer at an assignment off the coast of India with Oil India Limited, an exploration and production company. Blackford Dolphin rig; Source: Dolphin Drilling Dolphin Drilling has

Blackford Dolphin rig; Source: Dolphin Drilling Dolphin Drilling has announced that the 1974-built Blackford Dolphin deepwater-capable semi-submersible rig will continue its drilling contract with Oil India Limited, following a new extension that will keep the unit busy until at least August 28, 2026

Blackford Dolphin rig; Source: Dolphin Drilling Dolphin Drilling has announced that the 1974-built Blackford Dolphin deepwater-capable semi-submersible rig will continue its drilling contract with Oil India Limited, following a new extension that will keep the unit busy until at least August 28, 2026. This contract extension is said to enable completion of drilling, testing, and abandonment work at locations East of India, under the same terms and scope of work as the existing deal

A steel-cutting ceremony has been held at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore

” The FSRU forms part of the company’s long-term strategy to expand its fleet of floating LNG assets in response to growing global demand for flexible gas infrastructure, combining advanced regasification technology with integrated marine and terminal systems. Kinetics claims that LNGT Karadeniz will provide a complete floating LNG receiving solution capable of rapid deployment and efficient operation as the first in a planned series of next-generation FSRUs

Kinetics’ FSRU; Courtesy of Kinetics, a Karpowership initiative Kinetics describes the start of construction of LNGT Karadeniz, its first high-capacity FSRU, as “a major milestone” in the expansion of its floating LNG infrastructure portfolio. A steel-cutting ceremony has been held at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore

com Brightstar Resources says ongoing drilling continues to reinforce its view that the Sandstone gold project is emerging as a material Western Australian gold camp with significant scale and development upside

com Brightstar Resources says ongoing drilling continues to reinforce its view that the Sandstone gold project is emerging as a material Western Australian gold camp with significant scale and development upside. The latest diamond and reverse circulation drilling results support an updated Mineral Resource Estimate due in the coming weeks, with a pre-feasibility study (PFS) targeted for completion in the second half of 2026

In addition to resource drilling, the diamond program collected structural, geotechnical and metallurgical data to support the ongoing PFS. Four drill rigs remain active across the Sandstone Hub, completing infill drilling for the PFS while also targeting resource growth