Spanish oil giant Repsol has reportedly stopped drilling for oil and gas in the Vietnamese waters, after China’s alleged threats. BBC has this week reported, citing an industry source, that Vietnam ordered Repsol to cease its drilling operations in the part of the South China Sea claimed both by Chi
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for its drilling rigs, which meant returning from idle state for a couple of them, and decided to sell two. In its quarterly fleet status report on Tuesday, Transocean confirmed that the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible GSF Development Dr
Houston-based oil and gas company W&T Offshore has contracted a jack-up rig previously owned by the bankrupt driller Hercules Offshore to drill the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) gas/condensate prospect in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. W&T Offshore is the operator of the license with a 39 percent stake. It
Eleven activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise took to the water in inflatable boats on Friday to protest against Statoil’s exploration activities in the Arctic Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The activists were joined by actress Lucy Lawless, known for her role in the TV show Xena: Warrior
The number of active offshore rigs operating in the U.S. water rose this week to 23, according to Baker Hughes, as of recently a GE company. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. -2 to 950 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 950, with oil rigs down 1 to 764 […]
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has found work for a number of its jack-up as well as semi-submersible drilling rigs in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Australia, and Qatar. According to the driller’s latest fleet status report issued on Thursday, two semi-submersible drilling rigs have been awarded
Noble Energy and its partners at the giant Leviathan gas field have terminated the contract for the Atwood Advantage drillship. According to Delek, a partner in the field the Leviathan 5 appraisal and production well, being drilled by the rig, is expected to be completed soon, after reaching the fin
Suretank, a provider of engineered solutions to the offshore o&g industry, has manufactured and delivered specialized helifuel re-fuelling tanks and jettison skids for two rigs operating in the Gulf of Thailand. Suretank said on Tuesday that the equipment was manufactured for offshore driller Shelf
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a Chinese offshore services provider, has won a contract to perform drilling operations in Papua New Guinea for the Australian oil & gas company, Twinza Oil. COSL said on Wednesday that the contract had already been signed by the two parties. According to the
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has been awarded new contracts and contract extensions for its jack-up drilling rigs working in the UK, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Trinidad. In its fleet status report on Wednesday, the driller reported that the 2011-built jack-up drilling rig Rowan Norway has been hir
Oil exploration and production company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the North Sea using the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig. The PSA said on Wednesday that the well would be drilled in a prospect named Nordfjellet in block 25/
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found a number of non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of the Maersk Intrepid rig. The PSA said on Wednesday that it carried out an audit of Maersk Drilling’s management of emergency preparedness and empl
Australian energy company Cooper Energy has hired Norway’s offshore vessel provider Solstad Farstad to support its drilling operations within the Bass Strait region of Australia. Namely, the Australian company has awarded a contract to Solstad Farstad for two anchor handling tug and supply vessels,
Australian oil and gas company Quadrant Energy has hired one of Transocean’s semi-submersible drilling rigs to drill the Phoenix South-3 well offshore Western Australia. Carnarvon Petroleum, Quadrant’s partner in the permit, informed on Tuesday that the contract to drill the Phoenix South-3 well has
