Statoil has been given consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Songa Equinox drilling rig to drill a well on the Troll field in the North Sea. The well named 31/2-S-24 AY1H is located on the Troll field which is some 65 kilometers west of Kollsnes in Hordaland County, dubbed as th
A report into why the Transocean Winner semi-submersible rig grounded on the Isle of Lewis last year has been published, naming poor condition of the tow line and high winds as direct causes of the accident. On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) publish
Italian oil company Eni has secured a rig for a drilling program in the Rabat Deep Offshore license in Morocco. Eni is the operator of the Rabat Deep Offshore license with 40% interest with Woodside, ONHYM, and Chariot as partners with 25%, 25%, and 10% interests, respectively. Chariot informed on T
Repsol’s Norwegian unit, Repsol Norge, has received consent from the country’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for the use of Rowan Stavanger jack-up rig for permanent plugging of wells on the Varg field off Norway. The wells to be plugged are in production license 038 which is in the southern sect
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has informed that none of its warm stacked and working rigs have been damaged due to Hurricane Harvey that recently hit the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In its post-Hurricane Harvey fleet status update on Tuesday, Noble said that its Gulf of Mexico fleet consis
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday monitored the recovery and transit of the grounded drillship Paragon DPDS1 in the Aransas Pass near Corpus Christi, Texas. To remind, the grounded drillship, formerly known as the Noble Phoenix, broke loose of its moorings on Saturday, August 26, during Hurricane Harve
Energy sector’s engineering company, Semco Maritime, has been chosen to upgrade and prepare the West Elara jack-up rig for a new assignment with ConocoPhillips. Following the upgrade, the rig will sail out to undertake a long-term contract in the North Sea for ConocoPhillips, starting up in 2018. We
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has been awarded two contract extensions for its jack-up drilling rigs in the Netherlands and in the UK. In its latest fleet status report published on Monday, Maersk Drilling stated that jack-up Maersk Resolute has been awarded a two-month extension by Petrog
Petrovietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has entered into a contract for the provision of the jack-up rig PV Drilling I to the Singapore-based oil company KrisEnergy in Thailand. The two companies entered the deal on August 21, PV Drilling said last week. The work will be per
U.S. weekly offshore rig count dropped to 16 units last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. +3 to 943 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 3 rigs from last week to 943, with oil rigs unchanged at 759, gas rigs up 3 to 183, […]
Offshore driller Island Drilling has received a letter of award for a drilling operation with Centrica in Norway. Centrica has awarded the contract on behalf of Production License 433 on the Norwegian Shelf. Island Drilling said on Friday that the operation is for one HTHP appraisal well at the Foge
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are re-boarding platforms and rigs to assesses their ability to resume normal operations following Tropical Storm Harvey. According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), based on the data from offshore operator reports subm
Norway-based newcomer in the offshore drilling sector, Borr Drilling, has increased its stake in the U.S.-based offshore driller Atwood Oceanics to almost 10 percent as market for modern jack-up rigs shows signs of improvement. Atwood is currently in the process of being acquired by the UK rival Ens
PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based rig builder Sembcorp Marine, has terminated two contracts with the subsidiaries of the Malaysian oil and gas services provider Perisai Petroleum Teknologi for the construction of two jack-up rigs. The contracts for the construction of the two rigs we
