Petrofac has been appointed well operator by Hurricane Energy in a three-year contract to support wells located in the North Sea, West of Shetland. Petrofac said it is the first outsourced well operator to manage a drilling campaign in the UKCS under new regulations set by the Offshore Safety Direct
Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Santos has wrapped up all operations related to the AAL-4XST1 appraisal well in the Natuna Sea, offshore Indonesia. AWE, a partner in the project, said on Friday that the well was successfully drilled and intersected the primary G Sand and se
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), acting through BOEM and BSEE, on Thursday issued the final rule regarding offshore drilling in Alaska, requiring operators to have containment equipment and a relief well rig ready in case of a blow-out. The rule, focused on the offshore continental shelf w
TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) has been served with two winding-up petitions over an alleged debt of around $8.9 million in total, for the supply of equipment and work done on the Layang floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. In two separate Bursa Malaysia filings from Tuesday, THH
Oil & gas, exploration and production company Tullow Oil has completed drilling of the exploration well 16/5-6 on the Rome prospect in the Central North Sea, offshore Norway. Tullow informed on Thursday that the well, located in the production licence 776, did not encounter any hydrocarbons and will
Aberdeen-based Rigmar Services has been awarded a contract for the operations, technical and commercial management of Prime Meridian Docks in Takoradi, Ghana. Rigmar said on Wednesday that under the terms of the agreement, it will provide the management team and key technical personnel, while recrui
Romanian provider of offshore integrated services for oil and gas industry, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP), has been awarded an offshore drilling contract in Tunisia. The contract was awarded by Numhyd, a jointly owned and managed oil company, founded by the Tunisian Company of Petroleum Activities
UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy started drilling the 205/21a-7 well on the Lancaster field, West of Shetland on Wednesday, July 6. The well, located in licence P1368 Central in which Hurricane has a 100% interest, was spudded using the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig. The 205/21a-7
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has informed that a suspension period for its semi-sub rig Songa Delta will start later than expected. The 1981-built Songa Delta drilling rig was recently suspended by Statoil and the 75% suspension rate of $277,000 per day was supposed to start from the
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for well 35/11-20 A, in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well 35/11-20 A will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig, after completing the drilling of wildcat well 16/5-6 for Tullow Oil Norge in producti
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given ExxonMobil a consent to use a new subsea well on the Balder field, offshore Norway. PSA said on Monday that ExxonMobil has been given consent to use another subsea well, designated E-29-AH located 3,500 meters from the B
UK’s drilling waste management firm TWMA has secured a £1.5million contract with Apache on the WilPhoenix drilling rig in the North Sea Beryl field. As part of TWMA’s waste management solution, the one-year contract will utilize the company’s TCC RotoMill® for offshore processing and EfficientC® for
U.S. weekly offshore rig count dropped to 19 active drilling units, the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes informed in its weekly report on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +10 to 431 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 10 rigs from last week to 431, with oil rigs up 11 to 341, gas rigs down 1 to […]
Offshore drilling contractor Rowan Companies has been awarded several contracts extensions for its drilling rigs with a reduced dayrate. The drilling contractor’s drillship Rowan Resolute has been awarded blend and extend amendment with Anadarko in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Extension is at a dayrate
