Stena IceMAX Drillship, owned by the UK company Stena Drilling, arrived in the Nova Scotia’s waters on Tuesday. The vessel will work on Shell Canada’s $1 billion exploration program in the Shelburne Basin, about 250 kilometres off southwestern Nova Scotia. Shell submitted a successful bid for the ar
INPEX Corporation on Tuesday published a video that shows a launch of its Ichthys Project central processing facility (CPF) from the offshore floating dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project launched the CPF on September 19, 2015,
Det norske oljeselskap AS, the operator of the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, has shared images of a helideck being lifted on top of the Living Quarters (LQ) for the Ivar Aasen platform, being built by Apply Leirvik in its construction site in Stord, Norway. According to Det norske, it took thre
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has shared a photo of the topsides for Marathon Oil’s new Alba B3 platform, loaded on a seagoing barge in Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands. Preparations are now under way for a sail away to the Heerema Vlissingen yard, where the lower part of the platform, the jack
Paragon Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, has informed that Brazil’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras has given an early release to its drillship DPDS2. According to Paragon’s latest fleet status report,Petrobras released the drillship in September 2015 although it was originally contracted
The Ocean Rig Athena drillship has been mobilized from Luanda, Angola in preparation for the appraisal and exploration drilling program for Cairn Energy and its joint venture (JV) partners offshore Senegal. The SNE discovery made in late 2014 will be appraised with the first two wells in the three w
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor with a stake in former Sevan Marine’s subsidiary Sevan Drilling, has denied its relation to a bribery case with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. To remind, Sevan Marine on Friday said that some of its former employees might have been involved in a b
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website according to which the offshore rig count has climbed up a notch from last week, but dropped year over year. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -8 to 787 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 8 rigs from last week to 787, with [&
Noble Energy has recorded oil and gas shows during the drilling of the Humpback exploration well in the South Falklands Basin, offshore the Falkland Islands. Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL), a partner in the licence, said on Friday that progress on the well has been slower than anticipated becau
Noble Corporation, a UK-based drilling contractor has won two new rig contracts, and one extension. The driller, in its fleet status report on Thursday, said it had secured work for the following rigs: Noble Danny Adkins, Noble Houston Colbert, and Noble Sam Hartley. The first rig, the semi-submersi
Lundin Petroleum AB has spudded an exploration well on the Rolvsnes prospect, south of the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The Swedish oil and gas company on Friday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has started drilling of exploration well 16/1-25
Panoro Energy ASA, an independent E&P company has announced that the Aje-5 production well located on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria, has been successfully completed, and the reservoir has been perforated in the Upper and Lower Cenomanian Oil-bearing zones. In an announcement on Friday, Panor
Archer (UK) Limited announced today the award of a three-year contract with two times two-year extension options, for the provision of platform drilling services for Talisman Sinopec. The contract will see Archer provide onshore rig operations, maintenance and QHSE management, and offshore operation
Lukoil, PanAtlantic, and Romgaz have discovered a gas field at the Trident block (EX-30) in the Black Sea, offshore Romania. The Russian company announced Wednesday the completion of drilling of the exploratory well Lira-1X and the discovery of a gas field in the Lira offshore structure in the Black
