Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, has completed a construction of the Shelf Chaopraya jack-up drilling rig. The builder said on Friday it delivered the rig to its owner Shelf Drilling. The rig will sail within the next few days for depl
Due to a conflict between the workers’ union and the employers’ organization in Norway, where various groups of oil service workers are on strike, Songa Offshore informed on Friday that three of its rigs are out of operations. To remind, the oil service workers’ strike started on Wednesday last week
Floatel International, a Swedish provider of offshore accommodation rigs, has expanded its flotel offering. The company has taken delivery of is fifth semi-submersible accommodation rig – the Floatel Triumph. The Floatel Triumph is a semi-submersible accommodation and construction support rig equipp
Axis Offshore, a provider of flotels servicing the offshore oil & gas industry, has further postponed the delivery of its newbuild flotel Axis Nova that is being built at Cosco’s yard in China. Following completion of sea trials, the accommodation rig, or flotel, will be laid-up at the yard until Au
A new Duke University-led analysis of 270 miles of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts has concluded that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill six years ago caused widespread marsh erosion that may be permanent in some places. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oi
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring, a Norwegian provider of offshore mooring services, has signed a contract with Det norske oljeselskap to support Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig at the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. Deep Sea Mooring said on Wednesday that the contract also includes sup
Australian oil and gas safety body NOPSEMA on Wednesday requested further information from BP Developments Australia relating to the company’s environment plan for drilling of the Stromlo-1 and Whinham-1 exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight, off Australia. After BP’s first plan for drilli
Following a fatal accident involving the COSLInnovator rig on December 30, 2015, some 100 semi-submersible rigs approved by DNV GL will be reviewed. According to DNV GL, a classification body that certifies semi-submersible rigs, preliminary assessments indicate that a limited number of rigs will be
Drilling company North Atlantic Drilling Limited has received a notice of cancellation from Statoil related to the contract for the West Epsilon jack-up drilling rig. The West Epsilon was originally contracted for drilling services in Norway until the end of December 2016. The rig has been working f
More than a month after grounding on a beach on the Isle of Lewis, and the subsequent tow to Broad Bay, the Transocean Winner drilling rig is yet to be towed away from the UK. Offshore Energy Today last week reported that an exercise was to be held to prepare the rig for the loading […]
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig the Maersk Resolve has finalized the planned work scope for DONG Energy at the Hejre field in the Danish sector of the North Sea and Maersk Drilling has therefore received a letter of early termination. DONG hired the jack-up rig back in 2013 and the original contract w
Lamprell has received a contract award from Jacktel AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Marine AS, for the upgrade of the mobile operating unit “Haven” as an accommodation service vessel for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. The scope of works includes procurement, cons
The U.S. offshore rig count did not change last week according to the Weekly Rig Count reports by the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +5 to 511 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 5 rigs from last week to 511, with oil rigs up 2 to 418, gas rigs […]
Financial performance of the offshore rig builder Lamprell during the first half of 2016 was impacted by a late delivery of a jack-up drilling rig for which the company took a $35 million hit. To remind, the delivery of the Ensco 140 jack-up rig was delayed in June this year due to a technical issue
