Some 15 km (9 miles) from the bustling port of Singapore,a rusting tanker as big as the world’s largest aircraft carriers lies idle in a muddy estuary flanked by mangrove trees on the coast of southern Malaysia.
Following Maersk’s confirmation on Thursday that the company would separate the Group’s businesses into Transport & Logistics and Energy divisions, several management changes have been announced as well. Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling, APM Terminals, Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Tankers will have n
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons at its first exploration well in the Shelburne Basin offshore Canada. The Shelburne Basin deepwater exploration project is located approximately 250 kilometers offshore, south of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Shell submitted a successful
A Transocean semi-submersible drilling rig that had run aground on a beach in Scotland recently, might soon leave the UK. Namely, the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Hawk, set to lift the rig and take it away, has reached the Scottish waters and is on its way to transport the now-anchored Transoc
Drilling contractor Paragon Offshore has been awarded contracts for two of its jack-ups and stacked a drillship that was previously under a contract with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. In its latest fleet status report issued on Monday, the drilling contractor reported that its 1977-built dril
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 7219/12-1, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The well 7219/12-1 will be drilled from the Ocean Rig’s drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson in a prospect named Filicudi. The oil company received a consent f
ESS Support Services Worldwide (ESS) Offshore recently secured three new contracts, which will see it delivering hotel and catering services on the newly constructed jack-up drilling rig Maersk Highlander, as well as two accommodation vessels. The Maersk Highlander recently arrived to and is current
Diamond Offshore, a U.S. based offshore drilling contractor has reportedly taken legal action against Petrobras for the recent rig contract termination. To remind, Offshore Energy Today has earlier reported that Petrobras had on August 30, terminated the contract for Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Valor s
U.S. offshore operators added two more rigs to the U.S. offshore rig count this past week, the second week recording a rise in a row, Baker Hughes said in its Weekly Rig Count report posted on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -2 to 506 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week […]
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has received a contract extension for a semi-sub rig. However, the rig’s dayrate has been more than halved. According to the driller’s latest fleet status report on Thursday, the 1981-built semi-submersible rig Noble Paul Romano has received a one-well
Engie E&P Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 36/7-4 located in the North Sea. The well proved oil and gas. The well is located in production license 636, in a prospect named Cara, where Engie is the operator with 30% interest. The other partners are Tullow Oil Norge w
Oil exploration company Cobalt International Energy and drilling contractor Rowan Companies have agreed to amend a drilling contract for one of Rowan’s drillships allowing for an early termination. Cobalt said on Thursday it has entered into an amendment to its drilling contract with Rowan (UK) Reli
Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has issued a tender for a rig contract for the Druid exploration well, located in the Southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, with a spud date set for June 2017. The Druid well is located in the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 2/14 which lies in
Wintershall Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of four wells near the Vega field in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The company has made a minor oil discovery. The four wells are located in the production license 248 F where Wintershall is the operator. The wells are wildcat well 35/
