Pacific Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor, has postponed the delivery of its newbuild drillship Pacific Zonda for the fourth quarter of 2015. Namely, the delivery of the drillship, that is being built at Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea, was postponed for October 2015 although th
BG Group said it achieved first oil production from the Mukta-B, a 4 legged Wellhead Unmanned Platform in the Bombay basin, offshore India, on July 1. The Mukta-B and Mukta-A pipelines have also been successfully completed as part of the project, enabling a restart of production from the Mukta-A pla
Stone Energy Corporation informed that operations at the Cardona #6 development well, located in Mississippi Canyon block 29 in the Gulf of Mexico, have been proceeding ahead of schedule and below budget, and drilling has been completed through the targeted zones. According to Stone Energy’s press r
Aker Solutions informed that the process module for Lundin Petroleum’s Edvard Grieg platform has been transported from Aker Solutions’ yard in Egersund, Norway out to field last week. The Edvard Grieg field is located in the Utsira High area in the central North Sea, offshore Norway. The video shows
KS Energy Limited has announced that the contract for the KS Java Star jack-up drilling rig has been canceled. According to the initial contract, the rig was scheduled to start its work in March, 2015. However, KS Energy said that after several meetings with the client requesting to postpone the sta
Qatari offshore services contractor Gulf International Services has informed that there has been an incident at the Maersk Oil-operated Al Shaheen field, offshore Qatar. According to a statement by Gulf International Services, the company’s jack-up accommodation unit “Rumailah”, owned by its subsidi
Ezion Holdings Limited will buy 30% of shares in Rotating Offshore Solutions Pte Ltd (ROS), a Singapore-based private engineering company, for for $13,32 million. According to the agreement, Ezion, a provider of liftboats for the international offshore oil and gas industry, will subscribe for 321,42
Norwegian supplier of products and services within cranes and lifting operations, Westcon Løfteteknikk AS, has been awarded a contract to work on Dolphin Drilling’s rigs. Namely, the contract is for three Dolphin Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rigs Bideford Dolphin, Borgland Dolphin and Bredfo
Austrian OMV recently informed that its Maari offshore field redevelopment project in New Zealand has been completed. Horizon Oil, a partner in the project, has now reported that the final well, MR10, is on production. OMV previously reported that the well MR10 was being tied-in to the production ne
Atwood Oceanics, Inc., offshore drilling contractor, has reached an agreement for a six-month extension of its existing contract, with a revised day rate, with Eni S.p.A. for the jack-up rig, the Atwood Beacon. The Atwood Beacon started its initial two-year drilling services contract with Eni on Dec
On May 5, 2015, the rig Maersk Discoverer completed what is claimed to be the deepest well ever drilled in Egypt and the longest ever drilled in the Mediterranean Sea. The Maersk Discoverer is a sixth generation semi-submersible rig owned and operated by Maersk Drilling. Atoll-1 was drilled in 923m
Master Marine’s subsidiary, Jacktel AS, has won a contract from Mærsk Oil and Gas for the use of the accommodation jack-up “Haven” offshore Denmark. The contract has a duration of 6 months and starts on or around October 1, 2015. According to Master Marine, the client is responsible for towage of th
Heerema Zwijndrecht, one of the yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), has secured a contract from Oranje-Nassau Energie B.V. (ONE) for the Procurement & Construction of a topside and jacket. It concerns an unmanned and sustainable satellite platform for the P11-E field, located near the Dutch co
COSL Drilling Europe has reportedly secured a contract for its rig COSLRigmar with Maersk Oil. The COSLRigmar is a self-elevating jack-up accommodation rig built in 1979 and designed to operate in water depths up to 85 meter. The rig was converted to accommodation unit in 1992 in Brevik, Norway and
