Noreco Norway has informed that the Haribo exploration well in the North Sea has been drilled to total depth without encountering hydrocarbons. The well will now be plugged and abandoned as the targeted high porosity reworked chalk reservoir was not found. Spudded on June 21, 2015 the well was drill
InterMoor Inc., an Acteon company, has completed its role in the installation campaign for BP’s Juniper gas project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The final stage of the project involved hooking up Diamond Offshore Drilling’s Ocean Victory semi-submersible drilling rig to the preset mooring spread I
VAALCO Energy, Inc., an oil production company, has brought online the Southeast Etame 2-H well, the first development well drilled in the Southeast Etame Field, offshore Gabon. According to the company, the well was brought online at the rate of approximately 3,400 barrels of oil per day (approxima
Rowan Companies, a Houston-based drilling contractor, has sold two jack-up drilling rigs effective July 1, 2015. In addition, Rowan has signed several new contracts and contract extensions. Namely, the Rowan Alaska and the Rowan Juneau have been retired from service as drilling units as the company
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a 5-year contract extension for the semi-submersible Heydar Aliyev rig with BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited acting as Operator of the Shah Deniz field, offshore Azerbaijan. According to Maersk Drilling’s press release, the rig will continue working on the develop
Noble Corporation, an international offshore drilling contractor, has received a contract extension for one of its rigs. Namely, French energy company Engie, formerly known as GDF Suez, has extended the contract for the jack-up rig Noble Regina Allen. According to Noble’s latest fleet status report,
Karoon Gas Australia has announced that the Levitt-1 exploration well, in WA-482-P Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia, is expected to reach total depth during early August. The well was spudded on July 4, 2015 with the Ocean America semi-submersible drilling rig. Karoon has a material 50% e
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. The U.S. offshore rig count has stayed the same when compared to last week’s count. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -6 to 857 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 6 rigs from last week to 857, with oil rigs down 7 to [&helli
Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Ms. Gillian White, a Business Development Manager of Harland & Wolff, a Belfast-based shipyard best known for the delivery of world’s largest ship at the time, the famous Titanic. However, the topic of our website is oil and gas, so we’ve covered that part of th
Petsec Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, informed Thursday that drilling started on July 15, 2015 on the Main Pass Block 270 #3 well in the Gulf of Mexico. The exploratory well is being drilled in federal offshore waters on Petsec’s Hummer prospect, located appro
CIMC Raffles has, on July 16, 2015, cut first steel for Sinopec’s 90-meter jack-up at its Yantai shipyard in China. The basic design is completed by Sinopec Drilling Technology Research Institute while CIMC Raffles is responsible for detailed design, producing design and construction. CIMC Raffles s
South Korea’s shipbuilding, or in this case, offshore rig building giant, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) is seeking arbitration against Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor. According to Songa Offshore, which broke the news, DSME, which is building three drilli
Lundin Norway AS has completed wildcat well 10/4-1 located in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well is dry. Lundin Norway is a partner in PL734 with 30 percent working interest. The operator is Wintershall Norge AS with 40 percent working interest while Centrica Resources (Norge) AS has 30 percent
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given consent to Wintershall to drill exploration well 35/11-18 with Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig in the Norwegian North Sea. Wintershall is the operator for production licence 248 in block 35/11. According to the PSA, the formation i
