Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to take Transocean’s drilling rig and start drilling the Skipper appraisal well, in the UK North Sea, in the second half of July 2016. IOG will take Transocean’s 1974-built Sedco 704 semi-submersible drilling rig on contract for the Skipper appraisal which lies
Quadrant Energy has decided to replace the previously proposed Palmerston-1 well for Driftwood-1 well in the WA-320-P permit in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. A commitment well is due in WA-320-P by the fourth quarter 2016. According to Tap Oil, a partner in the permit with 9.778%
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has reportedly announced a round of layoffs that will affect over 150 employees. According to Offshore.no, a Norwegian-language website covering the country’s offshore oil and gas industry, the reduction will affect just under 140 offshore and 25 onshore
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has revealed audit results for North Atlantic Drilling’s capacity and competence within drilling and the arrangements for employee participation at the jack-up rig, the West Linus. PSA said on Wednesday that the audit at the West
SapuraKencana Petroleum’s wholly-owned subsidiary companies have been awarded new contracts and contract extensions related to drilling and engineering and construction services with a combined value of approximately $125 million. In the drilling sector, SapuraKencana Drilling Tioman has been awarde
Norwegian oil major Statoil has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to drill an exploration well offshore Norway with Songa Offshore’s semi-submersible rig. PSA said that the consent allows Statoil to use the Songa Delta semi-submersible drilling rig
Norwegian oil company Statoil has suspended another drilling rig under its contract – this time the contract was suspended for one of Dolphin Drilling’s rigs. To remind, Songa Offshore recently informed that Statoil would suspend the contract for the semi-submersible rig Songa Delta putting the rig
Det norske oljeselskap has been cleared by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in production license 626 in the North Sea, offshore Norway, using the Maersk Interceptor jack-up drilling rig. Det norske, soon-to-be-renamed Aker BP after its recent merger with BP Norge, w
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil its consent to start operations on Asgard and Heidrun fields offshore Norway using the Songa Encourage drilling rig. The PSA said the consent covers production drilling, completion, workover, intervention and plugging. According to the safe
UK-based offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling has confirmed that the semi-sub WilPhoenix has moored at Apache’s drilling location in the UK North Sea. The drilling contractor reported on Monday that its 1982-built drilling rig WilPhoenix resumed operations at Apache’s drilling location on th
Singapore’s offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd. (“POSH”) has been awarded a contract to support Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility using its semi-submersible accommodation vessel the “POSH Arcadia”. According to POSH, which won the contract wit
Offshore regulator, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB), has permitted Shell Canada to resume drilling with restrictions at its Cheshire L-97 exploration well offshore Nova Scotia. Drilling was halted on March 5th after an operations incident on the Stena IceMAX drillship. After
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has now received the full settlement value of $540 million from Freeport-McMoRan regarding previously announced settlement and termination of drilling contract for two drilling rigs. Noble received $540 million in cash through the receipt of Freeport shares, which
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has recently audited Total E&P Norge, a subsidiary of French major Total, regarding its drilling activities using the Maersk Gallant jack-up drilling rig. PSA said on Thursday that the audit concerning pressure-balanced drilling o
