Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to Statoil to use Saipem’s Scarabeo 5 semi-submersible drilling rig for maintenance of a production well on the Snorre field, offshore Norway. The rig is under contract with Statoil until 2017 but has had a prolon
Quadrant Energy has experienced a delay while drilling the Roc-2 appraisal well offshore Australia due to a mechanical issue with the drilling rig. The Roc-2 well is located within the WA-437-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia. The equity interest holders are Quadrant Energy a
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil its consent to use the Songa Enabler semi-sub Cat D rig for drilling three wells at the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. Statoil is the field operator at Snøhvit, a gas field northwest of Hammerfest developed using a subse
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has decided to cut jobs following a recent, early contract termination for its 2014-built drillship. According to Reuters, the company will cut 122 jobs due to the contract termination for the drillship Maersk Valiant. To remind, the offshore driller rece
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use Songa Offshore’s semi-sub rig Songa Delta for well plugging at Tune field, offshore Norway. The Tune field is a gas and condensate field in the North Sea, around 10 kilometers west of the Oseberg field center. Statoil is t
Quadrant Energy has started drilling the Driftwood-1 commitment well on the WA-320-P permit, offshore Western Australia. Quadrant-operated WA-320-P permit is located in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia and the Driftwood-1 commitment well is located in WA-320-P in the Barrow sub-basin
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Det norske consent for exploration drilling in production license 442 in the North Sea with the Maersk Interceptor jack-up drilling rig. The PSA said on Tuesday that Det Norske will drill the exploration well in PL 4
Drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has decided to cold stack one semi-submersible drilling rig and one jack-up rig, and scrap two semi-subs. The company said on Monday in its 2Q 2016 report it decided to cold stack the semi-sub Ocean Endeavor and jack-up rig Ocean Scepter. The Ocean Endeavor, buil
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Noble Corporation to oversee the load-on, transportation and load-off operations of the first journey of the ‘world’s largest’ jack-up rig, the Noble Lloyd Noble. Aqualis Offshore said on Monday that its scope of wor
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. has indirectly acquired two drillships and one semi-sub rig by acquiring its subsidiary Transocean Partners LLC. Transocean has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Transocean Partners not already owned by Transocean in a share-for-uni
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore fell to a loss during the second quarter of 2016 compared to a profit in the prior-year quarter due to impairment charges. Diamond Offshore on Monday reported a net loss for the second quarter amounting to $589.9 million, compared to a profit of $87.4 mi
Oil company Hess has extended a farm-out deal for a jack-up rig with Malaysia’s Perisai Petroleum Teknologi. Hess hired Perisai Petroleum’s jack-up drilling rig Perisai Pacific 101 in October 2015 through a farm-out agreement. Namely, the rig was originally contracted by the Malaysian oil company Pe
Weekly offshore rig count in the U.S. remained flat at 19 active units, Baker Hughes, an oilfield services provider, informed in its report on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +1 to 463 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 463, with oil rigs up 3 to 374, gas rigs down […]
Drilling contractor Songa Offshore informed on Friday that its fourth and last Cat D rig has started working for Statoil in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The drilling contractor said that its rig Songa Enabler started drilling operations on Friday, July 29, 2016 under its eight-year drilling con
