A district court in Jæren, Norway has decided that all 229 employees who were dismissed from COSL Drilling in June 2015 can participate in a class action suit that the Norwegian union of energy workers, SAFE, has filed against the company. In June 2015, the Norwegian oil company Statoil cancelled a
Sembcorp Marine, a Singapore-based drilling rig builder, has launched an arbitration proceedings against Brazilian drilling contractor Sete Brazil. The news comes following reports that Sete Brasil was getting ready to file for bankruptcy protection. Sete Brasil was formed in 2011 to own and operate
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website, according to which the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has dropped. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -9 to 431 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 9 rigs from last week to 431, with oil rigs down 8 to [&hel
The image above shows the M.G. Hulme Jr. semi-submersible drilling rig, in Labuan, Malaysia. According to the author of the photo, Neil Johnston, the 1983-built, 1996-upgraded drilling unit, is now on its way to Japan to start a drilling contract with Inpex. The Transocean-owned rig left Labuan on W
One of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, Transocean, has received new contract awards for one of its semi-sub rigs and two drillships. According to Transocean’s latest fleet status report, the midwater floater Actinia was awarded a three-year contract offshore India at a dayrate of
Offshore drilling contractor Rowan Companies has been awarded two contracts for one jack-up drilling rig, while the dayrate for Rowan’s other jack-up could be slashed retroactively if the client exercises its extension option. According to the offshore driller’s latest fleet status report, Rowan’s h
A newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship owned by the offshore drilling contractor Transocean has arrived to a Gulf of Mexico location where it will operate for the oil giant Shell. In an e-mail to Offshore Energy Today, Shell’s spokesperson confirmed that the Transocean Deepwater Proteus arrived to the
Oil giant BP has reportedly removed two workers from its ETAP project, in the UK sector of the North Sea, after finding a syringe on an accommodation rig. According to Oil and Gas People, an oil industry’s job site, the incident happened on Prosafe’s 1982-built flotel Safe Caledonia that is under a
Panoro Energy, an independent oil and gas E&P company focused on West Africa, has informed that the Aje oil field offshore Nigeria is in the final stages of development operations. According to the company’s statement on Wednesday, the final hook up procedures are in progress with a view to the well
Two ultra-deepwater drillships being built in Singapore for one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, Transocean, have been delayed for the second time. Transocean said on Tuesday that an agreement has been made with with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, to defer the de
Byron Energy has completed the drilling of the SM- 71 #1 well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico intersecting hydrocarbon saturated sands in three intervals. This includes the primary D5 target, with a combined gross thickness of 150 feet/46 metres. The company started drilling the well, located at the Sout
Offshore Energy Today’s Bartolomej Tomić has interviewed Mr. Herman Ijsseling, the owner of the Dutch company Flying Focus. The company specializes in taking beautiful photos of maritime and offshore vessels and installations, as you can see in the gallery above. In the interview, Mr. IJsseling spea
Oil production has started at the Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, ExxonMobil said on Tuesday. The first production well is now online and a second well will start production in the coming weeks, the company said. The Julia development is located approximately 265 miles southwest of New Orlean
French oil major Total is gearing up for exploration drilling operations in the Khan Asparuh licence in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria. The country’s Ministry of Energy said on Tuesday that the drillship Noble Globetrotter II was presented in Burgas, Bulgaria on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Namely, No
