Seadrill Partners has secured one-year contract extensions for the T-15 and T-16 tender rigs with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd, a subsidiary of the U.S. based oil giant Chevron. According to Seadrill, the contracts will now expire in July and August 2019, respectively. The total
George Economou, CEO of Ocean Rig UDW, a provider of ultra-deepwater drilling services, expects 2016 will be challenging, and it will be tough obtaining new contracts for drilling rigs. The driller has posted a net income of $138.4 million for the third quarter of 2015. This is a rise compared to th
Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, has informed that its second Cat D drilling rig, Songa Endurance, arrived in Norway on December 3, 2015. The rig was expected to arrive in Norway in late November. According to the drilling contractor’s latest fleet status report, Songa Endurance has
The video above has been shared by the Azeri ministry of emergency situations. The footage, posted on YouTube on Monday afternoon, shows several offshore vessels fighting the fire aboard the Socar-operated Gunashli 10 platform in the Caspian Sea which burst into flames on Friday. The firefighting ef
Songa Offshore’s first Cat D rig, Songa Equinox, has started drilling operations at the Troll Field, offshore Norway, under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil. The rig is now on operating rate, Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, reported on Monday. The rig’s dayrate with Sta
Dead bodies of six offshore workers, which went missing following the explosion of Socar’s Caspian Sea platform on Friday, have been found. According to the Azeri ministry for emergency situations, two bodies have been brought to shore, and the other four are expected to be recovered soon. This now
Statoil is advancing the appraisal work on the Bay du Nord oil discovery, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, with plans for further drilling in 2016. The Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil is the operator of Mizzen, Harpoon and Bay du Nord discoveries, in the Flemish Pass Basin, with 65% interes
Baker Hughes, one of the world’s largest oilfield services companies, reported on Monday that the international offshore rig count for November 2015 has dipped when compared to the same period last year and October 2015 rig count. According to Baker Hughes’ report, the international offshore rig cou
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with Maersk Oil for the jack-up rig Maersk Guardian for accommodation on various fields in the Danish part of the North Sea. According to Maersk Drilling, the firm contract duration is 5 years with a start date in September 2016. The contract includes two
Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG), the North Sea-focused oil and gas company, has secured funds and set a spud date for its Skipper appraisal well, in the UK North Sea. Namely, on December 4, 2015, the company and its subsidiary IOG North Sea Limited entered into two loan agreements with GE O&G and
KrisEnergy, an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the KS Java Star jack-up rig has started drilling of the Mustika-1 exploration well offshore Indonesia. The well is located in the KrisEnergy-operated Sakti production sharing contract, in the East Java Sea. The company says
Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor, announced on Monday that one of its rigs has been awarded a two-year contract offshore Canada. Transocean’s harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig Henry Goodrich was awarded a contract with Husky Oil Operations Limited at a dayrate of $275,000. T
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil Petroleum its consent to use the COSLInnovator rig for drilling, completion, intervention, workover and well plugging on the Troll field, off Norway. In a letter sent to Statoil, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway gave the company i
The Netherlands-based contractor SPT Offshore has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from Muhibbah Engineering for the detailed design of the suction pile foundation, design supervision of the jacket and full transportation and installation (T&I) of the Ophir wellhead platform. Muhibbah is the Engine
