GustoMSC, a Dutch company providing engineering and design services for international offshore energy companies, has unveiled its new Scylax drillship design. GustoMSC said on Tuesday that Scylax was designed to make developments available in the mid to deepwater market by providing fit-for-purpose
Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Liz Tysall Senior Offshore Rig Analyst of Rystad Energy, an energy intelligence group based in Norway. The interview follows a recent report by Rystad on offshore drilling market, floating rigs, in particular. The interview itself focuses on the floaters market,
UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy has exercised its option over the semi-sub rig Transocean Spitsbergen to drill the Halifax prospect off the Shetland Isles. The option was exercised on November 25, 2016. According to the rig contract amendments entered into with Transocean, the oil comp
Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an appraisal well at Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway, with the Deepsea Atlantic rig. Statoil is the operator of the Johan Sverdrup field, in the North Sea, around 140 kilometers west of Stavan
An Iranian helicopter on its way back from an offshore oil rig reportedly crashed into the Caspian Sea off Iran early on Sunday killing all five people on board. According to a report by Iran’s Press TV, an English-language news and documentary network based in Tehran, the helicopter belongs to the
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported that the offshore rig count in the U.S. remained flat last week. BHI Rig Count: U.S +5 to 593 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 5 rigs from last week to 593, with oil rigs up 3 to 474, gas rigs up 2 to 118, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at […]
Cairn Energy has decided to drill two appraisal wells on the SNE oil field off Senegal in 2017 with Stena Drilling’s 2007-built drillship, Stena DrillMAX. Cairn, as the operator, has a 40% working interest in the three blocks offshore Senegal (Sangomar Deep, Sangomar Offshore, Rufisque Offshore). Co
Ensco-owned jack-up drilling rig Ensco 72 has completed its Special Periodic Survey (SPS) and left the yard, Semco Maritime, a project engineering company, reported through its social media channels on Thursday. Semco Maritime further said that, for the last two months, the company has been the main
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire which broke out in an engine room on the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig on November 22, 2016. The rig is working on the Statoil-operated Njord field in the Norwegian Sea. There were 106
Irish oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources has signed a contract for the Stena IceMAX drillship to drill at the FEL 2/14 license off Ireland and set a spud date for summer 2017. The Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14 drilling project lies in c. 2,250 meter water depth in the sou
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 6608/10-17 S, offshore Norway. The well 6608/10-17 S will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig built in 1983 and owned by Odfjell Drilling. The drilling program for well 660
Italian oilfield services provider and drilling contractor Saipem is looking into the cause of the engine room fire aboard its offshore drilling rig in Norway on Tuesday. To remind, the fire broke out on Saipem’s Scarabeo 5 semi-submersible drilling rig which is employed on the Statoil-run Njord fie
Oil giant ExxonMobil started drilling operations on the Mesurado-1 exploration well offshore Liberia on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. According to Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), an international oil and gas exploration and development company and a partner in the project, Exxon is utilizi
Integrated drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling returned to profit during the third quarter 2016 despite a $55 million decrease in revenues. The driller made a net profit of $21 million during the third quarter of 2016, compared to a net loss of $152 million in the prior-year quarter. Operating reve
