No pollution has been detected as a result of the Transocean Winner drilling rig running aground near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK. Offshore Energy Today reported earlier on Thursday that two fuel tanks on the grounded semi-submersible rig had been breached causing concerns that oil from t
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling on Thursday posted a loss for the second quarter of 2016 after emerging from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February. The drilling contractor, with a fleet of three ultra-deepwater drillships and four jack-up drilling rigs, reported a net loss of approximate
Russian oil company Rosneft has found a gas condensate discovery at an exploration well located in the Nam Con Son basin, offshore Vietnam. Rosneft started drilling the well, the company’s first drilling project as an operator in the international waters, in March 2016 with the Hakuryu-5 semi-submer
Image by John Gray/Dell-licious-Ness Two fuel tanks on the grounded semi-submersible rig Transocean Winner have been breached and it remains unclear how much oil has leaked into the environment. To remind, the Transocean Winner drilling rig ran aground near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK aft
Saipem’s 6th generation, semi-submersible, drilling rig Scarabeo 8 is now staying at Westcon’s yard in Olen, Norway. The rig arrived at Westcon for classing activities and, according to Westcon, it will stay there until the end of the year. The semi-sub is under a contract with the Italian oil compa
A 147-room hotel module is set to be mounted on the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig. According to Semco Maritime, a company doing the job, this will mark the completion of a major conversion of the upcoming hotel rig. The work is expected to be wrapped up on Wednesday. The company said that the turnkey
Following Monday’s grounding of a giant semi-submersible drilling rig near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK, the coast guard has warned people not to attempt to visit the area.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway. NPD said on Monday that the 35/11-20 B well will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig following the completion of drilling of w
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that the semi-sub Cat D rig Songa Enabler has started drilling a new injection well for CO2 gas on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea off the coast of Hammerfest. Next, a production well will be drilled for replenishment of gas for Hammerfest LNG, Statoil
Drilling contractor Paragon Offshore posted a net loss for the second quarter of 2016 compared to a profit in the year-ago quarter amid a sharp drop in revenues. Paragon Offshore reported the second quarter 2016 net loss of $25.1 million, as compared to second quarter 2015 net income of $47.3 millio
Weekly offshore rig count in the U.S. dropped by two rigs, Baker Hughes informed in its report on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +1 to 464 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 464, with oil rigs up 7 to 381, gas rigs down 5 to 81, and miscellaneous rigs […]
Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) has built an accommodation block for Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig Maersk Guardian in Poland. EPG said on Thursday that, after a two-day loading process onto a special pontoon, the module sailed out from the Gdynia port in Poland. The 1,140-ton heavy accommodation mo
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes reported on Friday that the international offshore rig count for July 2016 was up sequentially and down year over year. The international offshore rig count for July 2016 was 226, up 3 from the 223 counted in June 2016, and down 38 from the 264 counted in July
Premier Oil has completed drilling of the Bagpuss well in the UK sector of the North Sea proving a ‘significant volume of oil in place’. The JV partners in the Bagpuss Prospect are Premier Oil, the operator, Maersk Oil, EnCounter Oil, Groliffe Limited, and North Sea Energy. According to North Sea En
