Aker BP has entered into two separate alliance agreements, one with Maersk Drilling and Halliburton for jack-up rigs, and one with Odfjell Drilling and Halliburton for semi-submersible rigs.
November 20, 2017 – Singaporean shipyards have held an influential position in the offshore shipbuilding world for years. Now they’re upping their game even more.
Mubadala Petroleum has abandoned an exploration well located in the G1/48 concession in the Gulf of Thailand.
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported that the U.S. weekly offshore rig count has risen to 21 active units. The overall rig count in the U.S. is also up this week, according to the company’s Friday report. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. +8 to 915 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 8 rigs from [&
OMV has received a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).
A U.S. bankruptcy court has granted a relief requested by offshore driller Pacific Drilling which earlier this week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The driller on Thursday said the relief was granted by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in certain first day mo
Spanish oil company Repsol is set to resume work on the Yme field in the North Sea offshore Norway, after years of delays at the project. The company has hired a drilling rig/production platform, and has ordered caisson support structure for the Yme New Development project. Danish driller Maersk Dri
Offshore driller ADES has secured a drilling contract for its Admarine III jack-up rig in Egypt. The contract is with Egypt’s General Petroleum Company, and is for two years. GPC will have an option to extend for two more years. Dr. Mohamed Farouk, Chief Executive Officer of ADES International Holdi
Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found serious breaches during an audit of Rowan Norway and the mobile drilling unit Rowan Stavanger. The PSA said on Thursday that the audit, conducted from October 17-20, was directed at emergency preparedness and maintenance manag
Debt-laden Pacific Drilling which this week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy has seen its fleet value drop from almost $6 billion a few years back, to a little over a billion today, according to VesselsValue (VV). The company, owning a fleet of ultra-deepwater drillships, on Monday filed for bankrupt
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for an appraisal well at the Tune Statfjord prospect offshore Norway.
Offshore driller Vantage Drilling has entered into a joint venture with ADES to provide deepwater drilling services in Egypt.
OMV Norge has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.
OOS Energy, has revealed a new design for a multi activity unit (MAU).
