Heerema Fabrication Group, the Netherlands-based manufacturer of large structures for the oil and gas industry, has informed through social media that the Alba B3 topside and jacket have been installed at the Alba field, offshore Equatorial Guinea. The platform sailed away from the Netherlands towar
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has warned China to withdraw its drilling rig from the disputed sector of the South China Sea. China quickly responded that the rig was not located in the disputed waters and urged Vietnam to meet it half way in resolving the issue. MOFA has been tracking
Petsec Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, informed on Wednesday that a platform jacket will be fabricated and installed over the Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 1 well on the Hummer exploration prospect, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The well is located in U.S. federal of
Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and evaluation of exploration well 6407/10-4 on the Lorry prospect, in the Norwegian Sea. The well was dry. The well is located in PL700B, on the northern part of the Frøya High in the southern Norwegian Sea. The primary exploration target for the well was
The second appraisal well to be drilled on the Cairn Energy-operated SNE oil field, 100km offshore Senegal, has been re-entered and will now be drilled to planned total depth. The SNE-3 well, located approximately 3km south of the initial SNE-1 discovery well, will further evaluate the potential of
Prosafe, an owner and operator of offshore accommodation rigs, has postponed its last portion of the payment due to Jurong Shipyard for the newbuild flotel Safe Zephyrus for June 2017. Namely, the final delivery instalment of the Safe Zephyrus will be reduced by $30 million and, according to Prosafe
Suncor Energy Norge, operator of production licence 571, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-14 S, in the Central North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled in the central part of the North Sea, about five kilometres west of the Balder field and about 200 kilometres north-west of
Norwegian drilling company Odfjell Drilling has won a contract for its Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig. The contract is with JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (“JX Nippon”) for one exploration well located West of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. “The contract
Baker Hughes has posted yet another Weekly Rig Count reports and yet again, offshore rigs in the U.S. are down, together with the overall rig count. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -14 to 650 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 14 rigs from last week to 650, with oil rigs down 1 to 515, and gas […]
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has issued a monthly rig fleet status report, where, under the section titled New Contracts/Extensions/Modifications/Letters of Intent, the company posted this: “Nothing to Report”. While there are no new contracts on the horizon, Noble’s current contracts are not
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Ltd has reached an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Enigneering (DSME) to defer the delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships. According to the new schedule, the West Aquila and West Libra drillships will now ne delivered in the second quarter of 2018
Offshore Energy Today is bringing you an exclusive interview with Craig Mann, the creator of a series of images that combine life offshore with one of the most popular movie franchises of all time, Star Wars. Mann agreed to share with us the story behind this project and how it all came about. We ca
One of South Korea’s major drilling rig builders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, has informed that it has agreed to delay a delivery of two drillships at the request of a client. Drilling companies have been negatively impacted by low oil prices, cuts in spending by their clients – the
Finland’s solutions provider for offshore oil and gas industry Wärtsilä, has signed a long-term maintenance agreement with Prosafe, the world’s largest owner of semi-submersible accommodation vessels also known as flotels. The 10-year agreement covers the diesel engines onboard Prosafe’s new build f
