Sterling Resources Ltd., a Canada-headquartered oil and gas company, has announced that the Crosgan gas discovery appraisal well 42/15b-3 in the UK Southern North Sea, will be plugged. The well, operated by RWE Dea, and drilled by the Ensco 70 jack-up drilling rig, has reached a total depth of 8401
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted an international rig count report for January 2015 on its Investor Relations website according to which the international offshore rigs are down by 24 from last month. The international rig count for January 2015 was 1,258, down 55 from the 1,313 counted in Decem
Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary, Lundin Norway, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 26/10-1, off Norway. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Zulu prospect in PL674BS, which is located 100 km west of Stavanger on the Norwegian west coast and approximately 30 km northeast of th
Drilling contractor Noble Corporation has informed that the company will retire three of its semi-submersible drilling rigs Noble Paul Wolff, Noble Driller and Noble Jim Thompson. Noble Corporation also reported a fourth quarter 2014 loss from continuing operations of $595 million, or $2.38 per dilu
Development drilling has started at the Ichthys gas-condensate field
From 8 to 10 December 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Lundin Norway AS and the Edvard Grieg development project, in the Norwegian North Sea. The Edvard Grieg field is being developed using a manned fixed facility comprising a processing facility, living quar
Maritime union RMT has slammed Shell UK’s decision to award to Swiss-based Allseas Group SA the contract for the decommissioning of three of its Brent platforms that are situated on the UK Continental Shelf using its newest vessel, the Pieter Schelte, for the task. Shell has today said it has begun
Lamprell has announced the completion of construction on the jack-up rig “Jindal Pioneer” and its delivery to Dev Drilling Pte Ltd of Singapore, a D. P. Jindal Group Company, on time and within budget. The contract for the “Jindal Pioneer” rig was signed in January 2013 and this is the second rig wi
Royal Dutch Shell has started preparing plans for the decommissioning of the Brent Delta Platform in the UK North sea. The platform is one of four platforms located in the Brent oil and gas field. According to Shell, the Brent field has produced roughly 10 percent of all UK North Sea oil and gas and
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) UK has informed that an offshore services company, Bilfinger Salamis UK, has been fined for serious safety failings following an incident in which a worker died after plunging 23 metres from a platform into the sea. Lee Bertram, then 37, from Newcastle, Tyne and
CNOOC Limited has announced that its Jinzhou 9-3 comprehensive adjustment project, in the Bohai Sea, off China, has started production. The Jinzhou 9-3 oilfield is located in the North Liaodong Bay in Bohai with the water depth in the range of 6.5~10.5 meters. The main production facilities of this
Eirik Raude semi-submersible drilling rig has begun its mobilization to the North Falkland Basin from West Africa. The rig is currently anticipated to be on hire in the North Falkland Basin in the first week of March when it will start the 6 well 2015 Falklands drilling campaign. The drilling campai
Singapore’s Keppel FELS is on its way to deliver the fourth semi-submersible accommodation rig to Floatel International Ltd (Floatel) At a ceremony in Singapore, held on Saturday, January 31, the rig was named Floatel Endurance at the Keppel FELS yard. It will be deployed to work for Chevron in West
Drydocks World, the international service provider to the shipping, offshore, oil, gas and energy sectors currently has nine rigs in the Drydocks World-Dubai yard which is a new record for the shipyard. “Drydocks World is proud of our ability to provide solutions to any technical challenges and offe
