Rowan Companies, a Houston-based drilling contractor, has seen several revised operating rates for their rigs contracted by Saudi Aramco. According to its latest fleet status report, five of its jack-up rigs under contract with Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia, are under revised operating rates beginnin
The Petroleum Safety Authority’s (PSA) investigation of the incident on Scarabeo 8, when a man fell overboard, has been completed. According to the PSA, several regulatory breaches were identified. A man fell overboard from the semi-submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 8, that was located in the Barent
Coastal Contracts’ subsidiary, Thaumas Marine Pte Ltd, has secured a contract for the sale of one jack-up drilling rig (JUDR) for approximately RM807 million ($224.1 million). According to Coastal Contracts’ Bursa Malaysia filing, the rig was sold to a “reputable oil company”. The rig is expected to
Det norske oljeselskap AS, operator of production licence 001 B, has completed drilling of appraisal wells 16/1-21 S and 16/1-21 A on the Ivar Aasen field, in the North Sea. The field is located in the central part of the North Sea and was proven in 2008. The size of the field prior to drilling [&he
Today, Deepsea Aberdeen started drilling operations under its 7-year contract with BP on the Quad 204 field development project West of Shetland, UK. Deepsea Aberdeen is the latest addition to Odfjell Drilling’s fleet of ultra deepwater and harsh environment mobile offshore drilling units. The rig w
Today marks the fifth anniversary since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, offshore Louisiana, USA, in which eleven men died. Their bodies were never found. The incident happened on April 20, 2010, when the Transocean-owned semi-submersible drilling rig exploded, causing the oil from the BP-o
The Blue Marlin, a Curacao-flagged heavy-lift vessel carrying the Polar Pioneer drilling rig, has arrived to its anchorage location in Port Angeles Bay, in Washington, on April 17, 2015. The U.S. Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, Clallam County and City of Port Angeles boatcrews were prese
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Wintershall Norge AS (WINO) within the disciplines of cranes and lifting operations and the management of maintenance on the Brage installation, in the North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to verify re
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website according to which offshore rig count has stayed the same as the week before. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -34 to 954 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 34 rigs from last week to 954, with oil rigs down 26 to 734, [&hell
Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, has notched up $26 million worth of rig contract extensions since its last update in March 2015. It has also lost a contract for one rig, and decided to scrap one. In its latest fleet update, Transocean Ltd. said it won contract extension
KrisEnergy’s Rossukon-3ST sidetrack exploration well, located in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, has encountered 148 feet TVD of oil and gas pay. The well was spud on April 15, 2015, by the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig and is the last of four wells in the 2015 drilling campaign in the contract area. Ros
LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C. (LLOG) initiated production from the Delta House floating production system (FPS) at Mississippi Canyon 254, in the Gulf of Mexico, in 4500 feet of water. LLOG’s Gulf of Mexico joint venture partner is Blackstone Energy Partners, and its co-owners, the entities manag
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has released preliminary production figures for March 2015 which show an average daily production of about 1 935 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 3 000 barrels per day (about 0.2 percent) more than in February 2015. Total gas sales were about 10.9 b
BG Norge AS, operator of production licence 373 S, is completing drilling of exploration well 34/3-5, located approximately five km southeast of the Knarr Field in the Northern North Sea, around 120 km West of Florø. The well is dry. The objective of well 34/3-5 was to prove petroleum in Early Juras
