Offshore drilling contractor Paragon Offshore has stacked one of its drillships and a semi-sub drilling rig in Puerto Rico. According to Paragon’s fleet status report on Monday, the 1981-built drillship Paragon DPDS2 was stacked in Puerto Rico. Petrobras early-released the rig in September 2015, as
Engie E&P Norge has started drilling the exploration well PL 636 Cara in the North Sea, off Norway. The Cara well, spudded on Monday, is located 35 kilometers from shore, and approximately 6 kilometers from Gjøa field in the North Sea. Water depth is about 350 meters and both oil and/or gas cases ar
Singapore’s offshore rig builder Sembcorp Marine has delivered what it says is the world’s largest jack-up rig to Noble Corporation. Noble Lloyd Noble, the seventh ultra high-specification harsh environment jack-up rig completed for Noble Corporation, is based on the GustoMSC CJ70 design as well as
Singapore’s offshore service rigs provider Ezion Holdings has entered into a partnership with Pacific International Offshore, an offshore vessel owner. The two firms are teaming up in order to provide additional assets to an existing client. While the client has not been named, Ezion said it was a n
Fred. Olsen Energy, a Norwegian offshore driller, has warned that the depressing conditions in the Norwegian floater market are expected to spill over into 2017 as well. According to the company’s second quarter presentation, where it reported a narrowed second-quarter loss, the company said there h
The drilling rig shown above was the first unit to have drilled for oil on the Norwegian continental shelf, and the first to discover oil, however, not in one attempt. Conveniently named the Ocean Traveler, the rig had traveled across the Atlantic for 52 days on a 13.000 kilometers-long voyage from
The clock is ticking for the interested parties to submit their bids to acquire Petrobras’ production platform – the P 27. To remind, Petrobras in April launched a tender notice inviting bids for the unit, with a deadline for sealed bids set at July 19, 18:00 o’clock Rio de Janeiro time. The Brazili
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) in the U.S., has delivered Uxpanapa, a KFELS B Class jack-up rig, to Mexico’s Central Panuco S.A. De C.V., a subsidiary of Mexico’s Perforadora Central S.V. De C.V. The rig was delivered by Keppel O&M’s wholly owned subsidiary, Keppel AmFELS LLC. It was christen
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to start drilling the Skipper appraisal well, in the UK North Sea, on July 22, 2016 with Transocean’s 1974-built Sedco 704 semi-submersible rig. The rig is expected to come on contract on or around July 20, 2016. Skipper lies in Block 9/21a in licence P1609 in t
Hercules Offshore, a struggling U.S. offshore drilling contractor, has sold a jack-up drilling rig to an undisclosed buyer. The company on Monday said its subsidiary, Hercules International Drilling Ltd., entered into an agreement to sell the Hercules 267 to an undisclosed buyer for $3.16 million. “
Quadrant Energy has completed drilling the Outtrim East-1 well offshore Australia and discovered the presence of hydrocarbons. The Outtrim East-1 well, located within the WA-155-P(1) exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia, was spud on June 18, 2016 with the Noble Tom Prosser jack-up
U.S. offshore rig count remained unchanged during the last week, the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has informed. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +9 to 440 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 9 rigs from last week to 440, with oil rigs up 10 to 351, gas rigs down 1 to 88, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged [&helli
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes informed on Friday that the international offshore rig count for June 2016 was down both sequentially and year over year. According to Baker Hughes’ report, the international offshore rig count for June 2016 was 223, down 6 from the 229 counted in May 2016, an
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) changes the investigation report and its conclusion which stated that the structural design and dimensioning of COSLInnovator were not in accordance with the regulations at the time of the accident on December 30, 2015 in which one person died. At the time
