Anadarko Petroleum, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company based in the U.S., has informed that its giant Heidelberg truss spar hull has left a yard in Texas, and is now on its way to its offshore location in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company shared the info through Faceboo
Lundin Norway AS has started drilling its second Alta appraisal well in the Barents Sea South and drilling of an appraisal well on the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea. Drilling has also started on the partner-operated Zeppelin exploration well in the southern North Sea. The second Alta
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig for drilling and completing well 7121/4-G-4 H located in the Snøhvit field, in the Barents Sea. Scarabeo 5 is a type ME 4500 semi-submersible drilling rig built by Fincantieri Shipyards in Genoa, Italy
Bloomberg Business earlier in June reported that the offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling was being looked at by Transocean, Ensco and Seadrill as a potential takeover candidate. Also, it has been reported that Chevron, the driller’s largest customer has cancelled a Gulf of Mexico rig tende
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling is going to downsize its workforce in Norway as two of its rigs are going out of contract later this year. The rigs in question are the two jack-up units, Maersk Giant and Maersk Guardian. According to a Maersk Drilling spokesperson, the rigs will
Transocean, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, has amended its construction contracts with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, to delay the delivery of its two newbuild, ultra-deepwater drillships by 24 months. Transocean ordered two drillships, $540 million each, f
VNG Norge has started the operation of the first of two new explorations wells in the Boomerang prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The new exploration wells are located in PL 586, at the Halten Terrace in the Boomerang prospect, not far away from the Pil & Bue discoveries that were made in 2014. VNG Nor
Tullow Oil plc announces that the Zumba exploration well (6507/11-11) in licence area PL 591 in the Norwegian Sea has not encountered hydrocarbons and will now be plugged and abandoned. Tullow received permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill Zumba wildcat in May and the drilling sta
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 10/4-1 in the North Sea. Well 10/4-1 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 10/4-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 73
Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner Project located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Tenaris said it will be providing TenarisHydril Blue and TenarisHydril Wedge connections with Dopeless technology, together with a fu
PSE Kinsale Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has entered into a contract with Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Limited for the Ocean Guardian drilling rig to drill a well on the Midleton Prospect, in SEL 4/07, offshore Ireland. The Ocean Guardian is expected to drill the Midleton w
Noreco Norway AS announced that the drilling of the Haribo prospect in Norwegian licence PL616 in the North Sea has started. Noreco Norway holds a 20% interest in the licence. Edison Norge is operator with 25% interest, Concedo 20%, Lime Petroleum Norway 15%, North Energy has 15% and Skagen 44 5% in
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. According to the latest report, offshore rig count has dropped from the previous week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -2 to 857 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 857, with oil rigs down 4 to 631,
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to extend use of Oseberg C platform, in the Norwegian North Sea, and associated pipelines till March 2031. According to the PSA, consent has been granted based on Statoil’s documentation of assessments which conclude that
