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Every Vessel Hunter story on Deepwater: 6 stories, from 11 August 2026 to 7 October 2026. Newest: "Shell books Deepsea Mira for a Trinidad and Tobago campaign from April 2027". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.

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Shell books Deepsea Mira for a Trinidad and Tobago campaign from April 2027

Northern Ocean has signed the semisubmersible Deepsea Mira to a Shell unit for about 150 days off Trinidad and Tobago from April 2027, worth about $70m firm.

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Shell completes $840m sale of Na Kika and Coulomb interests to Talos and Ridgewood

Shell Offshore has completed the sale of its Na Kika platform and Coulomb field interests in the US Gulf to Talos Energy and a Ridgewood Energy affiliate for about $840m in cash.

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Ventura Takes On Deep Value Driller and a $58m Petronas Well

Ventura Offshore will market and operate the drillship Deep Value Driller for Eldorado Drilling and has signed a one-well contract with Petronas in Indonesia worth about $58m.

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Offshore drilling rig and platform at sea
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BP Hands Halliburton Integrated Contract for Bumerangue Appraisal

BP has awarded Halliburton an integrated drilling and evaluation contract for the first appraisal campaign at the Bumerangue deepwater discovery offshore Brazil.

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Petrobras Opens Negotiations on Four Offshore Blocks in Ghana's Keta Basin

Petrobras has submitted an expression of interest for four offshore blocks in Ghana's Keta Basin, part of a plan to make Africa its main exploration region outside Brazil.

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Petrobras Confirms Deepwater Gas Discovery Off Colombia's Caribbean Coast

Petrobras has confirmed a deepwater gas discovery at the Sandia-1 well offshore Colombia, the third success within a few kilometres in the same Caribbean block.

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