The Transocean Winner, a semi-submersible rig that ran aground near a beach on the Isle of Lewis, in August, is now on its way to Malta, after weeks spent in the UK. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland after the harsh weather blew it ashore in […]
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that a fire broke out on Sunday aboard its Statfjord A platform, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to Statoil at 8:20 am CET on Sunday October 16, the platform manager reported smoke and fire in a utility shaft on Statfjord A. No injuries
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an irregularity during an audit of a newly installed blowout preventer (BOP) on the Stena Don semi-submersible drilling rig. The agency said on Monday that the audit identified one non-conformity in connection with ma
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) informed on Friday that sea fastening work to make the Transocean Winner rig ready for its journey on the back of the Hawk heavy lift vessel has been completed and signed off. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Maersk Drilling’s fourth and final XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jack-up was named Friday morning at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. Bente Norheim, wife of Jan Norheim, Managing Director of BP Norge, named the rig Maersk Invinci
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has been awarded several new drilling contracts for its jack-up rigs while also preparing to stack other rigs that remained unemployed. According to Ensco’s latest fleet status report on Thursday, the 1981-built jack-up rig drilling rig Ensco 84 has been awarded a con
ConocoPhillips UK, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips, has chartered three anchor handling supply tug vessels to tow the Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig. What is interesting is that Transocean’s latest fleet status report dated July 2016 shows the Sedco 712 drilling unit as
Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD) has secured a drilling contract extension for a jack-up drilling rig AOD III with Saudi Aramco, off Saudi Arabia, but with a reduced dayrate. AOD is a partnership venture between Mermaid and Seadrill where Mermaid has 3.76 percent equity stake while the other 66.
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has stacked one of its semi-sub rigs following a contract completion in September. The company has also informed that three of its Cat D drilling rigs have been impacted by an ongoing strike of the oil service workers in Norway. The 1984-built semi-submers
Following a decision by the British oil major BP to abandon its Great Australian Bight drilling program, Diamond Offshore has confirmed that the Ocean GreatWhite rig, that was due to drill offshore Australia for BP, will stay under a contract with the oil company. Diamond Offshore Drilling said on T
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to Statoil to drill four survey wells at the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Atlantic semi-sub rig. Statoil is the operator of the Johan Sverdrup field, which is located in the No
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has reportedly failed in its second attempt to terminate a drillship contract with the Brazilian drilling contractor Petroserv. According to an article in O Globo last week, Petrobras has been working on terminating the drilling contract with Ventura Petróleo and Commod
The number of offshore drilling rigs operating in the U.S. climbed up by one unit last week, the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes reported on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +2 to 524 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 524, with oil rigs up 3 to 428, gas rigs […]
After weeks spent moored in Broad Bay, Scotland, the Transocean Winner semi-submersible drilling rig is finally set to depart the UK waters. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland after the harsh weather blew it ashore in August. After that, the rig was tow
