An oil worker from Scotland employed on a Stena Drilling-owned drillship has reportedly died after falling into a harbor in the Canary Islands. According to a Monday report by BBC, the worker was a member of the crew on the Stena IceMAX drillship, which is currently moored in Las Palmas. UK’s Evenin
Fred. Olsen Energy’s entire offshore rig fleet will be out of action soon once its last working rig comes off contract next month. The offshore fleet of Fred. Olsen Energy with subsidiaries consists of three ultra-deepwater/deepwater units and four harsh environment mid-water semi-submersible drilli
Greek oil company Energean Oil & Gas has reportedly hired one of Stena Drilling’s drillships last week on a term deal set to begin in 2018. According to information provided by VesselsValue, Energean hired Stena Drilling’s Stena Forth drillship last Monday on a five-month deal. The contract will beg
Singapore’s industrial conglomerate Keppel Corporation posted a revenue of S$1,6 billion for the third quarter of 2017, an increase S$158 million or 11% above that of 3Q 2016. However, revenue from the Offshore & Marine Division, Keppel is mostly famous for, declined by S$136 million to S$380 millio
KrisEnergy, an independent oil and gas company, has started drilling the East Mayura-1 exploration well in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand. The PV Drilling I jack-up drilling rig started drilling the exploration well in the G10/48 contract area on Friday, October 20, 2017. The oil c
Houston-based oil and gas company W&T Offshore has started drilling the ST 224 #1 well within the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) lease in the Gulf of Mexico. W&T Offshore is the operator of the ST 224 lease with a 39% stake and Otto Energy is its partner with a 25% interest. According to Otto’s statem
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has been awarded several new contracts and extensions for its jack-up rigs while some of its other rigs have recently come off contracts. According to Rowan’s fleet status report on Thursday, the contract for the jack-up rig Rowan Norway with Repsol Sinopec in the UK
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 […]
