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TotalEnergies Advances Drilling Near Venus Discovery in Orange Basin

Rigzone: News

TotalEnergies finished drilling Tamboti-1X and spudded Marula-1X, both exploration wells in block 2913B - which contains the Venus discovery - on the Namibian side of the offshore Orange Basin.

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FIFTH CIRCUIT BEGINS TO CLEAN UP ITS JURISPRUDENCE ON HOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CONTRACT IS (OR IS NOT) MARITIME

The Energy Law Blog

Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., Turning to the second test, the court noted that the specific work order for the P&A job called for the use of three vessels — a supply barge, a tug, and the spud barge OB 808.

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