CAMAC Energy Inc. has signed a contract with Transocean Ltd. for the provision of the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco Express for drilling and completion activities offshore Nigeria. The contract allows for the drilling or completion of up to three wells, and CAMAC says it intends to use the rig
Atwood Oceanics, a Houston-based drilling contractor, has found a new assignment for its Atwood Mako jack-up drilling rig. According to the company’s fleet status report, EnQuest PLC has through its subsidiary EQ Petroleum Developments Malaysia SDN BHD now hired the rig for its drilling operation in
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of four drilling consultancy companies: Acona Well Management Services, AGR Petroleum Services AS, Rig Management Norway and Ross Offshore. The PSA says that it is the operating company that has overall responsibility for ensuring
Prosafe has informed that Premier Oil UK Limited has exercised a one month option for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia semi-submersible accommodation rig. The rig will be used at the Solan installation on the UK continental shelf. The one month option extends on site operations through until en
Karoon Gas Australia has informed that as at 2000 hrs BRST on December 2, 2014, wireline logging of the Kangaroo-2 appraisal well, offshore Brazil, was complete and preparations were underway to run the 9-5/8” test casing prior to starting the production testing program which will take place over th
Offshore driller Northern Offshore has confirmed that the Western sanctions against Russia were the reason behind the rig contract delay with Rosneft, as announced on Friday, November 27, 2014. The execution of the contract for the Energy Endeavour jack-up rig valued at around $150 million has been
Chevron Corporation has announced that crude oil and natural gas production has begun at the Jack/St. Malo project in the Lower Tertiary trend, deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company says that Jack/St. Malo is a key part of Chevron’s strong queue of upstream projects and was delivered on time an
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 26/10-1, in the North Sea. Well 26/10-1 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig in the central part of the North Sea. The drilling programme for well 26/10-1 relates to d
Singapore’s rig builder Keppel FELS is set to deliver a KFELS B Class jackup drilling rig to Star Drilling Pte. Ltd., an associate company of India’s D P Jindal Group (Jindal). The rig which was named Jindal Explorer at a ceremony in the yard today, is on track to be delivered on time, on budget [&h
Centrica has made a natural gas discovery at the Ivory well, in the Production Licence 538 B, offshore Norway. Atlantic Petroleum, a partner in the licence, has said that the 6707/10-3S well tested the westernmost segment of the Ivory structure, one of several prospects within the license. The prima
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House FPS system reached its Gulf of Mexico location in mid-September 2014. According to the company, the mooring
Watch a video of a ceremony marking the launch of a pipe lay support vessel, held last week at a yard in the Netherlands. The vessel, named Seven Rio, was built by Royal IHC, formerly known as IHC Merwede, for an international subsea services provider Subsea 7. The Seven Rio, launched at the Krimpen
Offshore drilling contractor Ensco plc announced today that Carey Lowe has been promoted to Executive Vice President reporting directly to CEO and President Carl Trowell . He will be responsible for overseeing investor relations, public relations, employee communications and branding, led by Vice Pr
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill exploration well 2/4-23 in the southern part of the North Sea. Statoil is the operator for exploration licences 146 and 333 in block 2/4 in the southern part of the North Sea. Exploration well 2/4-23 is to be dril
