The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-22 A, in the North Sea. The area in this licence is part of block 16/1. The well will be drilled in the south-western part of the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of the North Sea. Wel
An offshore worker has been airlifted by Shetland Coastguard helicopter from a platform located in the UK North Sea. Aberdeen’s Evening Express reports that a man in his 50s, working on Shell’s Brent Delta platform, suffered an injury and he was subsequently airlifted to Gilbert Bain Hospital, in Le
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit for wellbore 2/11-11, in the North Sea, to Edison Norge AS. Wellbore 2/11-11 will be drilled from the Transocean Searcher semi-submersible drilling rig. According to the NPD, the drilling program for wellbore 2/11-11 applies to d
Kongsberg has been selected to deliver a complete Electro, Instrument & Telecom (EIT), propulsion, safety, automation and dynamic positioning package for two new Gusto NG-2500X DP II design, offshore construction, self-propelled jack-up vessels, also known as liftboats. According to Kongsberg, the o
Two activists have secured themselves to the anchor chain of Shell’s support vessel Arctic Challenger docked in Bellingham Bay in Washington. The activists chained themselves to the vessel in order to protest against Shell’s plan for Arctic drilling. The vessel is a part of Shell’s fleet bound to dr
An oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, 32 kilometers offshore Louisiana, caught fire on Friday, May 22, 2015. Watchstanders at Coast Guard (CG) Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:50 a.m. from the offshore supply vessel Miss Katherine reporting a fire on board an oil production platfor
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid four charges against Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) for alleged offences related to the spilling of crude oil from the offshore loading system of the Hibernia Platform. Hibernia is an oil field
Eighteen U. S. senators have urged the Obama’s administration to halt Shell’s Arctic drilling plans saying that it is an unacceptable and irresponsible decision. Offshore Energy Today recently reported on protests against Shell in Seattle where dozens of protesters in kayaks gathered in the Port of
Cue Energy has announced that production from the Maari MR7A development well, offshore New Zealand, has been brought on stream, with a provisional initial production rate between 1,500-2,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). According to the press release, the optimal production rate will be determine
Bentec, a manufacturer of drilling rigs and oilfield equipment has won three multi-million dollar contracts. The company has also confirmed its further expansion into offshore market. Offshore Rig Contract Award Bentec will build its first complete drilling rig for Nobel Oil Ltd for offshore operati
The United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Race Addington, 49, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced for making false statements to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) inspectors in relation to the veracity of blowout preventer testing on an
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website according to which the U.S. offshore rig count is 5 rigs down. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -3 to 885 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 885, with oil rigs down 1 to 659, gas rigs […]
Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned company, has reportedly stopped output at its P-56 offshore platform in the Campos Basin off Brazil after an explosion started a fire and injured two workers. According to Reuters, the explosion happened on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in the Marlim Sul field and left two
Odfjell Drilling, an international drilling, well service and engineering company, has seen a $5 million profit drop in its first quarter 2015 results. Namely, the company reported a net profit in Q1 2015 of $18 million compared to Q1 2014 of $23 million. The company also reported that its operating
