Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company focused on the exploration of oil in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, CGX Energy, has canceled a partnership deal for the company’s proposed wharf and logistics yard in Berbice, Guyana. CGX had entered into a term sheet agreement with an undisclosed potential
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP, a new oil exploration and production company formed by BP Norge and Det norske merger, a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 B, offshore Norway. According to the agency, the well 25/2-18 B will be drilled from the Maersk Drilling-owned Maer
Drilling contractor Paragon Offshore has been awarded a contract for one of its jack-up drilling rigs. In its latest fleet status report on Monday, Paragon said its jack-up drilling rig Paragon B391 has won a contract with Centrica in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is for light well in
Norwegian oil company Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea. The well and side-track, NF-2 and NF-3, are located in License PL107C, approximately six kilometers to the north of the Njord production platform. The wells were drilled with Songa Offshore
October 17, 2016 – Waves are like snowflakes, and no two snowflakes are alike…
Total’s Norwegian exploration and production subsidiary, Total E&P Norge, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 30/4-3 S, off Norway, after encountering a gas and condensate. The well was drilled with the Mærsk Intrepid jack-up drilling rig in production license 043. The licen
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that on Saturday, October 15 a well control incident occurred off Norway on the drilling rig Songa Endurance prompting the company to evacuate non-essential personnel. The well has been secured with a blowout preventer around the drill string on the seabed
The Transocean Winner, a semi-submersible rig that ran aground near a beach on the Isle of Lewis, in August, is now on its way to Malta, after weeks spent in the UK. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland after the harsh weather blew it ashore in […]
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that a fire broke out on Sunday aboard its Statfjord A platform, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to Statoil at 8:20 am CET on Sunday October 16, the platform manager reported smoke and fire in a utility shaft on Statfjord A. No injuries
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an irregularity during an audit of a newly installed blowout preventer (BOP) on the Stena Don semi-submersible drilling rig. The agency said on Monday that the audit identified one non-conformity in connection with ma
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) informed on Friday that sea fastening work to make the Transocean Winner rig ready for its journey on the back of the Hawk heavy lift vessel has been completed and signed off. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Maersk Drilling’s fourth and final XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jack-up was named Friday morning at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. Bente Norheim, wife of Jan Norheim, Managing Director of BP Norge, named the rig Maersk Invinci
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has been awarded several new drilling contracts for its jack-up rigs while also preparing to stack other rigs that remained unemployed. According to Ensco’s latest fleet status report on Thursday, the 1981-built jack-up rig drilling rig Ensco 84 has been awarded a con
ConocoPhillips UK, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips, has chartered three anchor handling supply tug vessels to tow the Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig. What is interesting is that Transocean’s latest fleet status report dated July 2016 shows the Sedco 712 drilling unit as
