Offshore driller Rowan Companies has informed that ARO Drilling, a 50/50 joint venture with Saudi Aramco, started operations on October 17, 2017. The two companies announced an agreement to create the 50/50 joint venture to own, operate, and manage offshore drilling rigs in Saudi Arabia back in Nove
Project engineering company Semco Maritime has completed a winterization provisioning on a Noble Corp.-owned jack-up for future deployment to a cold-weather climate. The order follows an exclusive partnership agreement with offshore winterization supplier Advanced Mat Systems (AMS), Semco Maritime s
UAE’s Drydocks World has won the “Rig Repair Yard of the Year Award” at the 3rd Offshore Achievement Awards ceremony held in Dubai. The third edition of the Offshore Achievement Awards for the jack-up rig and liftboat industry took place on October 9, 2017, during the annual Offshore Jack-Up Middle
Offshore driller Transocean has secured a $106 million contract for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships. The two-year contract with BHP Billiton is for the Deepwater Invictus drillship. The contract is expected to start in the second quarter of 2018. BHP Billiton will have three one-year options t
Oil major Statoil has received consent from the Norwegian safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Songa Endurance drilling rig for work on the Troll field in the North Sea. The PSA said on Monday that the consent allows Statoil to perform drilling and completion work on the Tro
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to Statoil to use the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig on a well in the North Sea. The well, designated 30/8-5, is located in a Statoil-operated production license 190 in the North Sea off Norway. The PSA said o
After the number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. stood still at 22 for two weeks, the offshore rig count has fallen and now stands at 20. This is according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. -8 to 928 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 8 rigs […]
Ocean Rig, an international offshore driller, has signed a drilling contract with Statoil for a one-well drilling program offshore Tanzania. Ocean Rig said on Friday that the contract was expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018. The company added that the drilling operations would be performe
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has been awarded new deals for two of its drilling rigs. Noble reported on Thursday in its latest fleet status report that the 2013-built drillship Noble Bob Douglas was awarded a contract with an undisclosed operator in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract for the Gus
Danish driller Maersk Drilling has been awarded two contract extensions for two jack-up rigs working in the North Sea. Maersk said on Thursday that the jack-up Maersk Resolve was awarded a contract extension by Wintershall for the drilling of a third well in the ongoing drilling campaign. The drilli
The Norwegian safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to Aker BP for modifications relating to gas lift at the Tambar field, in the North Sea. The modifications on the Aker BP-operated Tambar are related to a redevelopment project that was approved in March. The redevelo
American energy corporation ConocoPhillips has received consent to use the West Elara drilling rig for drilling and completion of water injection wells at the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Watchdog (PSA), said on Wednesday that the consent regards dri
Norway’s Bayerngas Norge has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the North Sea with the Songa Enabler drilling rig. The well is located in production license 682 in the North Sea where Bayerngas is the operator. The offshore safety body has now
Operations in the Gulf of Mexico are slowly returning to normal following Storm Nate, but another 1 million barrels of daily production remains shut-in. According to Tuesday’s report by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), based on data from offshore operator reports submitted
