A 147-room hotel module is set to be mounted on the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig. According to Semco Maritime, a company doing the job, this will mark the completion of a major conversion of the upcoming hotel rig. The work is expected to be wrapped up on Wednesday. The company said that the turnkey
Following Monday’s grounding of a giant semi-submersible drilling rig near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK, the coast guard has warned people not to attempt to visit the area.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway. NPD said on Monday that the 35/11-20 B well will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig following the completion of drilling of w
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that the semi-sub Cat D rig Songa Enabler has started drilling a new injection well for CO2 gas on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea off the coast of Hammerfest. Next, a production well will be drilled for replenishment of gas for Hammerfest LNG, Statoil
Drilling contractor Paragon Offshore posted a net loss for the second quarter of 2016 compared to a profit in the year-ago quarter amid a sharp drop in revenues. Paragon Offshore reported the second quarter 2016 net loss of $25.1 million, as compared to second quarter 2015 net income of $47.3 millio
Weekly offshore rig count in the U.S. dropped by two rigs, Baker Hughes informed in its report on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +1 to 464 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 464, with oil rigs up 7 to 381, gas rigs down 5 to 81, and miscellaneous rigs […]
Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) has built an accommodation block for Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig Maersk Guardian in Poland. EPG said on Thursday that, after a two-day loading process onto a special pontoon, the module sailed out from the Gdynia port in Poland. The 1,140-ton heavy accommodation mo
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes reported on Friday that the international offshore rig count for July 2016 was up sequentially and down year over year. The international offshore rig count for July 2016 was 226, up 3 from the 223 counted in June 2016, and down 38 from the 264 counted in July
Premier Oil has completed drilling of the Bagpuss well in the UK sector of the North Sea proving a ‘significant volume of oil in place’. The JV partners in the Bagpuss Prospect are Premier Oil, the operator, Maersk Oil, EnCounter Oil, Groliffe Limited, and North Sea Energy. According to North Sea En
Mexican drilling contractor Grupo R has informed that its first two jack-ups, Cantarell I and Cantarell II, have started operations for the Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex. According to Grupo R, the rigs started their work on Monday, August 1, 2016, in the Mexican Gulf of Mexico. The Cantarell
Det norske oljeselskap has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-15 S, in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled in the central part of the North Sea, about six kilometres north of the Hanz discovery and 200 kilometres northwest of Stavanger. The well is located in production li
Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Italian oil company Eni, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat 7222/1-1 (Aurelia), in the Barents Sea. The well is dry. The well is located in located in Production License 226 where Eni Norge is the operator and its partners are DEA Norge,
One of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, Transocean, posted a sharp drop in second quarter 2016 profit while its revenues were almost halved. Transocean reported net income for the second quarter of 2016 attributable to controlling interest of $77 million, compared to $342 million i
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Det norske consent to use the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible accommodation rig to accommodate personnel during the completion and start-up phase of the Ivar Aasen development off Norway. Det norske is the operator of the Ivar Aasen field, located 175
