Following a fatal accident involving the COSLInnovator rig on December 30, 2015, some 100 semi-submersible rigs approved by DNV GL will be reviewed. According to DNV GL, a classification body that certifies semi-submersible rigs, preliminary assessments indicate that a limited number of rigs will be
Drilling company North Atlantic Drilling Limited has received a notice of cancellation from Statoil related to the contract for the West Epsilon jack-up drilling rig. The West Epsilon was originally contracted for drilling services in Norway until the end of December 2016. The rig has been working f
More than a month after grounding on a beach on the Isle of Lewis, and the subsequent tow to Broad Bay, the Transocean Winner drilling rig is yet to be towed away from the UK. Offshore Energy Today last week reported that an exercise was to be held to prepare the rig for the loading […]
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig the Maersk Resolve has finalized the planned work scope for DONG Energy at the Hejre field in the Danish sector of the North Sea and Maersk Drilling has therefore received a letter of early termination. DONG hired the jack-up rig back in 2013 and the original contract w
Lamprell has received a contract award from Jacktel AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Marine AS, for the upgrade of the mobile operating unit “Haven” as an accommodation service vessel for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. The scope of works includes procurement, cons
The U.S. offshore rig count did not change last week according to the Weekly Rig Count reports by the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +5 to 511 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 5 rigs from last week to 511, with oil rigs up 2 to 418, gas rigs […]
Financial performance of the offshore rig builder Lamprell during the first half of 2016 was impacted by a late delivery of a jack-up drilling rig for which the company took a $35 million hit. To remind, the delivery of the Ensco 140 jack-up rig was delayed in June this year due to a technical issue
Some 15 km (9 miles) from the bustling port of Singapore,a rusting tanker as big as the world’s largest aircraft carriers lies idle in a muddy estuary flanked by mangrove trees on the coast of southern Malaysia.
Following Maersk’s confirmation on Thursday that the company would separate the Group’s businesses into Transport & Logistics and Energy divisions, several management changes have been announced as well. Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling, APM Terminals, Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Tankers will have n
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons at its first exploration well in the Shelburne Basin offshore Canada. The Shelburne Basin deepwater exploration project is located approximately 250 kilometers offshore, south of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Shell submitted a successful
A Transocean semi-submersible drilling rig that had run aground on a beach in Scotland recently, might soon leave the UK. Namely, the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Hawk, set to lift the rig and take it away, has reached the Scottish waters and is on its way to transport the now-anchored Transoc
Drilling contractor Paragon Offshore has been awarded contracts for two of its jack-ups and stacked a drillship that was previously under a contract with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. In its latest fleet status report issued on Monday, the drilling contractor reported that its 1977-built dril
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 7219/12-1, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The well 7219/12-1 will be drilled from the Ocean Rig’s drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson in a prospect named Filicudi. The oil company received a consent f
ESS Support Services Worldwide (ESS) Offshore recently secured three new contracts, which will see it delivering hotel and catering services on the newly constructed jack-up drilling rig Maersk Highlander, as well as two accommodation vessels. The Maersk Highlander recently arrived to and is current
