The first U.S. weekly rig count of 2017 has shown a rise in both offshore and onshore drilling rigs, compared to the last week of 2016. Canadian rigs are on the rise too. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +7 to 665 U.S. Rig Count is up 7 rigs from last week to 665, with […]
After it recently announced a deal to take the Pacific Bora drillship for its Guinea drilling, oil company Hyperdynamics on Friday said there has been a change of plan – or rather, a change of drillship. Namely, the oil firm said it has accepted a proposal from its drilling contractor, Pacific Drill
Chinese offshore rig builder Cosco has agreed with an Asian client to delay the delivery of a newbuild rig by a year. Cosco’s Dalian shipyard secured a contract valued over $180 million from an unnamed Asian company to build a jack-up drilling rig in October 2013. The rig was initially scheduled for
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jack-up rig, the Maersk Invincible, from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. The company’s fourth and final XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jack-up was named in South Korea in October 2016.
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a report of a fire on an oil production platform near Grand Isle, Louisiana, Thursday. According to the statement on Thursday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans were notified at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time that an oil production platform cau
Oil and gas engineering services business Plexus Holdings has received an order for a second well offshore Oman from Masirah Oil. Masirah is a company majority owned by a technology-driven oil and gas company, REX International. Plexus said on Thursday that the new contract would see the company sup
Malaysia’s UMW Oil & Gas has received a conditional letter of award from the Malaysian energy giant Petronas for jack-up drilling rig services. UMW said in a Bursa Malaysia filing on Wednesday that the contract is for the provision of drilling rig services using the Naga 7 jack-up rig for a duration
A water leakage on board Songa Offshore’s Cat D rig Songa Encourage has prompted an investigation to identify the cause of the incident. The drilling contractor said on Monday, January 2, 2017, that a water ingress was observed in a pump room on board the Cat D semi-submersible drilling rig Songa En
Danish offshore inspection specialist SubC Partner has signed a deal with Maersk Drilling for inspection services. The company will, under a three-year framework agreement, carry out offshore underwater inspection by ROV of Maersk’s offshore drilling rigs worldwide. SubC Partner says it has develope
Maersk Drilling has secured a one well contract with Repsol Colombia for the deepwater semi-submersible, Mærsk Developer which has been stacked for almost a year now. The contract covers the drilling of the Siluro-1 Exploration Prospect well, estimated to have a duration of 42 days. The estimated co
Singapore’s rig builder Keppel has decided to resell a jack-up rig after the original buyer failed to take delivery of the rig and pay for it. The jack-up rig of a KFELS B Class was originally meant for the Uruguay-based Parden Holdings. Parden ordered the jack-up rig from Keppel FELS in August 2013
CIMC Offshore has entered into an agreement with Shenzhen Mangrove Venture Capital and China Industrial International Trust to establish a partnership that will build and operate two offshore platforms. To promote the group’s offshore business, CIMC Offshore, a subsidiary of China International Mari
Japanese manufacturer of heavy, industry equipment IHI Corporation has delivered a drillship hull to a Singaporean customer. The hull, which was constructed at IHI Aichi Works, was delivered on December 17, 2016. According to the company, the drillship, ordered by an unnamed client from Singapore, i
After two weeks and no change, the U.S. weekly offshore rig count went up during last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +16 to 653 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 16 rigs from last week to 653, with oil rigs up 13 to 523, gas rigs up 3 […]
