Offshore driller Fred. Olsen Energy ASA and South Korea’s rig builder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. have resolved their dispute over the canceled order for the ‘Bollsta Dolphin’ semi-submersible drilling rig. To remind, In October 2015, Hyundai Heavy asked for more time and money from Fred. Ols
An Aberdeen-based well management company, Zenith Energy, has completed a plug and abandonment project of a platform well offshore Italy. Zenith said on Monday that it provided well engineering and project management services to Rockhopper Exploration during a P&A project on the Ombrina Mare develop
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count report on Friday, August 19. Offshore rig count show one rig more than last week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +10 to 491 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 10 rigs from last week to 491, with oil rigs up 10 to 406, gas rigs unchanged at 83, […]
PSW Group, a maintenance and service provider to the Norwegian subsea and drilling industry, has signed a deal with Songa Offshore. The deal is reportedly for the maintenance of subsea and drilling equipment on the company’s offshore drilling rig fleet. According to a report from Offshore.no, a Norw
Danish Port of Esbjerg has posted a photo on social media showing several offshore jack-up drilling rigs lined up in the port. The photo, posted on Thursday, shows the jack-up installation vessel Pacific Osprey (far left) about to call the Port of Esbjerg after a job in the North Sea. The Pacific Os
Transocean’s operations director Dave Wells is sorry for the inconvenience caused by the grounding of the company’s drilling rig on a beach in Scotland. To remind, the Transocean Winner semi-submersible drilling unit was under tow in the North Sea, on its way to Malta, when severe weather caused the
Two jack-up drilling rigs owned by the offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling recently arrived at Semco Maritime’s Invergordon shipyard facility. Semco Maritime informed on Friday that the 2009-built jack-up rig Maersk Reacher will be berthed in Semco’s Queens Dock facility for an undisclosed
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has completed its first operated appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery which lies in the UK sector of the North Sea. IOG, the 100% owner and operator of the Skipper well located in Block 9/21a in license P1609, started drilling the well in July with the Sedco 704
UK-based offshore drilling contractor Ensco has received a notice of early termination of a drilling contract for the drillship Ensco DS-7 from the French oil company Total. Ensco said on Thursday that the termination will become effective in early fourth quarter of 2016, based on Total’s current we
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has informed that salvors are planning to attach the second towline on Thursday to the grounded drilling rig, Transocean Winner, off the Isle of Lewis. Offshore Energy Today reported early on Thursday that the salvage team was looking at possible options to
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported on Wednesday that the salvors were continuing to look at possible re-flotation and fuel transfer options on the Transocean Winner drilling rig, which is currently grounded off the Isle of Lewis. The MCA said that the helicopter, that is now based in
China’s oil giant CNPC has hired Frigstad Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig Frigstad Shekou. This is Frigstad’s first of two drilling rigs under construction at China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles yard. With the length of 117m, width of 92.7m and height of 118m, Frigstad Shekou is equipped with DP3 d
UK-based offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling posted a lower profit and revenues for the second quarter of 2016 when compared to the same period last year. Awilco’s net profit for the quarter totaled $6.9 million, compared to $35.3 million in the corresponding period in 2015. However, when c
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has experienced issues during drilling operations on the Skipper appraisal well, in the UK sector of the North Sea, that in turn extended the duration of the well by thirteen days. However, IOG has managed to retrieve oil from the well. IOG, the 100% owner and operator
