Transocean’s operations director Dave Wells is sorry for the inconvenience caused by the grounding of the company’s drilling rig on a beach in Scotland. To remind, the Transocean Winner semi-submersible drilling unit was under tow in the North Sea, on its way to Malta, when severe weather caused the
Two jack-up drilling rigs owned by the offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling recently arrived at Semco Maritime’s Invergordon shipyard facility. Semco Maritime informed on Friday that the 2009-built jack-up rig Maersk Reacher will be berthed in Semco’s Queens Dock facility for an undisclosed
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has completed its first operated appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery which lies in the UK sector of the North Sea. IOG, the 100% owner and operator of the Skipper well located in Block 9/21a in license P1609, started drilling the well in July with the Sedco 704
UK-based offshore drilling contractor Ensco has received a notice of early termination of a drilling contract for the drillship Ensco DS-7 from the French oil company Total. Ensco said on Thursday that the termination will become effective in early fourth quarter of 2016, based on Total’s current we
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has informed that salvors are planning to attach the second towline on Thursday to the grounded drilling rig, Transocean Winner, off the Isle of Lewis. Offshore Energy Today reported early on Thursday that the salvage team was looking at possible options to
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported on Wednesday that the salvors were continuing to look at possible re-flotation and fuel transfer options on the Transocean Winner drilling rig, which is currently grounded off the Isle of Lewis. The MCA said that the helicopter, that is now based in
China’s oil giant CNPC has hired Frigstad Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig Frigstad Shekou. This is Frigstad’s first of two drilling rigs under construction at China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles yard. With the length of 117m, width of 92.7m and height of 118m, Frigstad Shekou is equipped with DP3 d
UK-based offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling posted a lower profit and revenues for the second quarter of 2016 when compared to the same period last year. Awilco’s net profit for the quarter totaled $6.9 million, compared to $35.3 million in the corresponding period in 2015. However, when c
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has experienced issues during drilling operations on the Skipper appraisal well, in the UK sector of the North Sea, that in turn extended the duration of the well by thirteen days. However, IOG has managed to retrieve oil from the well. IOG, the 100% owner and operator
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has received an early contract termination for a jack-up drilling rig and a new contract for a drillship unit. Namely, Noble informed in its latest fleet status report on Tuesday that the Australian oil company Quadrant Energy exercised its right to ear
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported on Tuesday afternoon that an underwater survey continues to be carried out around the Transocean Winner drilling rig, which is currently grounded off the Isle of Lewis, and that there will be a new exclusion area covering the air. The semi-submersib
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Uruguay B.V. to support its drilling campaign offshore Uruguay. The contract provides for ROV and tooling services in the Raya-1 field in 3,400 meters water depth. Fugro is supplying two 200hp FCV 4000D work-class ROV systems and subsea tooling, which a
Independent oil and gas company Cairn Energy is planning to start a further exploration and appraisal campaign offshore Senegal in the fourth quarter of 2016 or in the first quarter of 2017. Cairn, as the operator, has a 40% WI in the three blocks offshore Senegal (Sangomar Deep, Sangomar Offshore,
Norwegian oil company Statoil has started drilling the Njord North Flank-2 (NF-2) exploration well 6407/7-9 S located in the Norwegian Sea. The NF-2 prospect is located in Licence PL107C immediately north of the Njord field. Statoil received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petro
