Odfjell Drilling has secured a one-well contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I. The drillship has been hired by Galoc Production Company W.L.L., a subsidiary of Nido Petroleum Limited, for drilling offshore Philippines. According to Odfjell, the Deepsea Metro I will be contracte
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into a one-well contract extension with Statoil for use of the semi-submersible drilling rig Bideford Dolphin. The driller said on Tuesday that the contract is for operation on the Norwegian Continental Sh
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has chartered the Al Doha jack-up rig, owned by Qatari rig operator Gulf Drilling International (GDI), a subsidiary of Gulf International Services. According to data from VesselsValue, Qatar Petroleum hired GDI’s semi-sub rig for one year and four months starting January 23, 201
UK-based drilling contractor Ensco has agreed with a South Korean shipyard to postpone the delivery of a newbuild drillship by two years. Ensco recently entered into an amendment to the Ensco DS-10 drillship construction contract with the shipyard constructing it, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). Ens
Drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has reportedly been awarded a contract with the Australian energy company BHP Billiton for the semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean Monarch. According to data from VesselsValue, BHP Billiton has hired Diamond Offshore’s semi-sub rig for a six-month contract starti
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a new contract with Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. for the jack-up rig, Maersk Resolute. Maersk Drilling said on Monday that the firm contract covers the drilling of the two wells, A8 and A9 in the A12 block of the Dutch continental shelf. T
Irish oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources has been given consent to progress to the second phase of the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14 in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. The FEL 2/14 drilling project lies in 2,250-meter water depth in the southern Porcupine
Cairn Energy started drilling the SNE-5 appraisal well, offshore Senegal, the first of two firm wells planed to further evaluate the SNE oilfield, on Saturday, January 21. Cairn recently said the 2017 drilling program off Senegal includes two new, firm wells. Cairn’s partners in three blocks offshor
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd (NADL) has been awarded a contract extension from Statoil for the jack-up rig West Elara. The offshore driller informed on Friday that the contract is for a firm one-well extension plus one optional well. The work will start in direct continuation of West Elara’s existing
Statoil has completed investigations of a well control incident on the offshore Troll field and a hydrogen leak at Mongstad, and revealed that the Troll incident could have been fatal. On October 15, 2016, a serious well control incident occurred off Norway on a drilling rig Songa Endurance, while i
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. has received contract extensions for a pair of jack-up rigs from the oil company Saudi Aramco. The drilling contractor said in its latest fleet status report on Thursday that the 2009-built jack-up rig Noble Scott Marks has received a five-year contract exten
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for wellbore 7219/12-1 A, in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The wellbore 7219/12-1 A will be drilled from the Ocean Rig’s semi-sub rig Leiv Eiriksson. The drilling program for wellbore 7219/12-1 A relates to the
The 2016 total offshore discovered liquids resources reached only slightly below 2.3 billion bbl, 90% lower than in 2010, Energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has informed. The group says the drop is most significant to the overall decline in discovered volumes; and in fact, total global discover
Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-sub accommodation rigs, has decided to sell one of its units for scrap after buying two new ones from Axis Offshore. Following the completion of the acquisition of Safe Nova and Safe Vega through a deal made with Axis in November 2016, Prosafe has now taken a f
