Ophir Energy started drilling the Ayamé-1X exploration well, offshore Ivory Coast, on Saturday, April 29, 2017, using the Seadrill-owned West Saturn drillship. The well, operated by Ophir Energy, is located on the CI-513 license. African Petroleum holds a 45% interest in the license, with Ophir Ener
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has reached an agreement with Shelf Drilling to sell three jack-up drilling rigs for a total consideration of $225 million. The rigs included in the agreement are the West Triton, West Resolute and West Mischief. Seadrill said on Monday that The West Triton and
ASX-listed oil and gas company Nido Petroleum has completed drilling operations on the Galoc-7 sidetrack well in the Palawan Basin offshore The Philippines after which the rig has been demobilized. Nido informed on Monday that the Deepsea Metro I drillship reached a total depth of 2,569 meters measu
DNV GL, a certification body and classification society, has appointed Transocean’s director of reliability, innovation, and fleet planning, Julian J. Soles, as the chairman of its Rig Owners Committee. DNV GL hosted the 2017 Annual Rig Owners Committee meeting at its North America headquarters in H
Lamprell, a provider of engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, has completed the construction on the final jack-up drilling rig in a series of nine, the Al Lulu, and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC). The contract for the NDC Al Lulu rig was awarded in
Figures from the 2016 study of trends in risk level in Norway’s petroleum activity (RNNP) show an increase in serious hydrocarbon leaks and well control incidents, Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has said. The major accident indicator is still at too high a l
The U.S. offshore rig count saw a drop for a third week in a row, the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes reported on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +13 to 870 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 13 rigs from last week to 870, with oil rigs up 9 to 697, gas rigs up 4 to […]
Offshore driller Shelf Drilling is set to expand its fleet with three jack-up rigs. The company, one of the world’s largest jack-up rig contractors, has decided to conduct a private placement of new common shares, aiming to raise $250 million, to be used for fleet expansion. Shelf has entered into l
UK drilling contractor Ensco went from black to red during the first quarter of 2017 as its revenues dropped by 42 percent due to decline in rig utilization and dayrates. The driller on Wednesday posted a net loss of $25.7 million, compared to $175.3 million profit in the year-before period. Revenue
Offshore deepwater drilling contractor Seadrill has received notification from British oil giant BP to begin preparations to return the West Capricorn semi-submersible drilling rig back in operation. The 2011-built West Capricorn rig is under a long-term contract with the UK oil major operating in t
Cairn Energy is set to spud an exploration well at the FAN prospect offshore Senegal. The well is the first pure exploration well to be drilled there since the discovery wells of FAN-1 and SNE-1 in 2014 after a series of SNE appraisal wells. According to Far Ltd, a partner in the Senegal joint ventu
Statoil has awarded Prosafe a contract for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible accommodation vessel for a giant North Sea development – the Johan Sverdrup field. Under the contract, the Safe Zephyrus will support Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup hook-up and commissioning project in the
Offshore driller Ensco has been awarded several contracts and contract extensions for its jack-up rigs. In its fleet status report on Monday, the driller said that the 2005-built jack-up rig Ensco 106 was awarded a four-well contract with Sapura Energy offshore Malaysia, which started in March 2017
Following a one-rig-drop in the week before, last week’s U.S. offshore rig count was down by one more rig, according to a Friday report by the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +10 to 857 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 10 rigs from last week to 857, with oil rigs up 5 […
