Malaysian oilfield services provider SapuraKencana has today announced several new contracts and contracts extensions. The contracts, worth $459 million in total, have been awarded to the company’s Fabrication, Hook-up and Commissioning division, Offshore Construction and Subsea Services division an
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted an international rig count report for November 2014 on its Investor Relations website according to which the international offshore rigs are up from last month. The international rig count for November 2014 was 1,324, up 16 from the 1,308 counted in October 2014,
Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas has announced oil discoveries from its 100-percent-owned Holstein Deep and Dorado development wells in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Production from these projects is expected to total approximately 30,000 barrels of oil equivalents (BOE) per day in 2016. Freeport-Mc
Russian State Committee for natural resources has confirmed the discovery of the new Arctic oil and gas field Pobeda located on the Kara Sea shelf. The field was discovered as the result of drilling of the northernmost well in the world – the Universitetskaya-1. In September, Rosneft announced Unive
Singapore-based Hoidi International, an offshore engineering & construction company and jack-up leg specialist, has been awarded a rig leg fabrication and construction contract by China Merchant Heavy Industry, for the Vanda offshore CJ50 400ft jack-up. The scope of work for the contract includes fa
Oil & gas operators must share ideas and information to manage ageing North Sea platforms as safely, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, industry leaders were told by a UK HSE manager. According to East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), about 70 per cent of installations and equipment in th
Maersk Oil Norway AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill exploration well 6406/6-4 in the Tvillingen Sør prospect, in the Norwegian Sea. Maersk is the operator for production licence 510 in blocks 6406/5 and 6406/6 at Haltenbanken located in the Norwegian S
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
