Premier Oil plc has announced that the Isobel Deep re-drill (well 14/20-2) has confirmed the oil discovery encountered in the original Isobel Deep well, offshore the Falkland Islands. In addition, this re-drill has discovered new hydrocarbons in additional sandstones. According to Premier, the opera
Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-sub accommodation vessels, has re-established the main tow for its flotel Safe Bristolia in the North Sea. The tow line was re-established on Friday, January 8, 2016, and the Safe Bristolia has reassumed the tow at midnight. The Safe Bristolia was being relocat
According to Baker Hughes’ Weekly Rig Count reports, the U.S. offshore rig count has climbed up for a second week in a row. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -34 to 664 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 34 rigs from last week to 664, with oil rigs down 20 to 516, and gas rigs down 14 […]
The international offshore rig count for December 2015 has dropped by 88 rigs when compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Baker Hughes, an oilfield services provider. The international offshore rig count for December 2015 was 250, down 9 from the 259 counted in November 2015
Songa Offshore, a Norway-based midwater drilling contractor, has received the Petroleum Safety Authority’s Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for its Songa Endurance drilling rig. Songa Endurance is a semi-submersible drilling rig and the second of four Cat D rigs that Songa is building for Statoil
Lundin Malaysia, a subsidiary of Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum, has completed the drilling of the Imbok-1 well, offshore Malaysia. The company said that the well, which was targeting hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands, encountered minor oil shows and was plugged and abandoned. The well, locat
Prosafe, the owner of semi-submersible accommodation rigs, is still waiting for the weather to improve to re-attach its flotel Safe Bristolia to a tug vessel in order for it to continue its journey to Poland. The Safe Bristolia was heading to Gdansk attached to an anchor handling tug vessel Sea Lynx
Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras has cancelled its contract with a drilling contractor Ensco for the drillship DS-5 over corruption charges. Petrobras hired the drillship from Pride International, a company Ensco took over in 2011. Petrobras alleged that there were irregularities w
Prosafe still has not managed to establish the towline for its semi-sub accommodation vessel the Safe Bristolia that broke loose in the North Sea. To remind, after the towline connecting the Safe Bristolia to an anchor handling tug vessel Sea Lynx snapped due to heavy weather, the vessel was left dr
Prosafe will try to reinstate the tow for its flotel Safe Bristolia today after the towline snapped on Sunday leaving the flotel adrift in the UK North Sea. The vessel was on its way from England to Poland when it broke loose due to the heavy weather. The flotel currently has 33 people on board. Acc
Statoil, a Norwegian oil and gas company, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway using the Songa Delta rig. Statoil is the operator for production licences 272 and 035 and has received consent to drill explorati
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has found safety non-conformities on the Wintershall-operated Brage field situated east of Oseberg field in the northern part of the North Sea. The goal of the audit was to determine whether the operator, drilling contractor and well service companies are mee
Offshore Energy Today reported last week that an offshore worker had died after a heavy wave hit the COSL Innovator drilling rig offshore Norway. The worker has now been identified by his union, Industri Energi. Rune Morten Narvåg, aged 53, was killed by a giant wave that hit the rig operating for S
The article has been updated to include a statement by Prosafe One of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessels is running loose in the UK North Sea and Prosafe is trying to regain control of it after a towline connecting it to a tugboat snapped on Sunday. According to the Norwegian news webs
