Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior have boarded the Prezioso offshore oil platform operated by the Italian oil company ENI in the Sicilian Channel. The activists yesterday morning unfurled a 120 meter square banner depicting the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, with a message sa
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of offshore accommodation rigs, has informed its accommodation rig Safe Bristolia has sustained damage in a storm last week. The company has said that last week, operation of the rig was suspended due to damages sustained to lifeboats after experiencing extreme weather.
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the organisation of employee participation at Talisman’s Gyda organisation. The PSA focused in particular on the structures, remits and coordination of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) activities in t
China’s Huangpu Shipyard recently held the keel laying ceremony for the H6001 R-550D Zentech jack-up rig being built for Alliance Offshore Drilling (AOD). The R550-D is a Zentech-designed jack-up drilling rig capable of operating in a water depth of up to 400 feet (121.9 meters). According to China’
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won new contracts that will see electrically-driven versions of its mooring systems fitted to two new tender assist drilling rigs for Thailand-based Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited. The Self-Erected Drilling Tender (Hull No. CMHI (JS)-151-1 and Hull No. CMH
According to the Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Count report, the U.S. offshore rig count is down three rigs from last week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +8 to 1930 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 8 rigs from last week to 1930, with oil rigs up 18 to 1609, gas rigs down 10 to 320, and […]
Noble Corporation has been awarded two short-term contract extensions for its Noble Driller semi-submersible drilling rig.
Following a 12,345 nautical miles long journey from Singapore, the XLE-2 drilling rig, dubbed largest of the kind in the world, has arrived in Stavanger, Norway.
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has informed that Prospector 1 rig has been placed on Total E&P UK’s Franklin location in the central North Sea. The rig has now started its two year drilling services contract. In addition, Prospector has announced that Total is installing their equipment on Prospe
COSL Prospector, the fourth semi-submersible drilling built by CIMC Raffles for COSL, has set off on sea trials in China. COSL Prospector is 104.5 meters long, 70.5 meters wide, 37.55 meters high, with operating depth 1,500 meters, drilling depth 7,600 meters and accommodation for 130, classified in
Stone Energy Corporation has entered into an agreement to contract the ENSCO 8503 dynamically positioned deep water drilling rig for Stone’s multi-year deep water drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico. The primary contract term is for 30 months and is expected to start during the second quarter of
Ensco, a UK-based offshore drilling contractor, has informed that, following a long journey from Singapore, its new ENSCO 122 jack-up rig has arrived in the Netherlands where the rig will start its initial contract with NAM later this year.
SBM Offshore has signed a Production Handling Agreement (PHA) with Noble Energy to produce the Big Bend and Dantzler fields to the Thunder Hawk DeepDraft™ Semi located in 6,060 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Production fees associated with produced volumes are estimated to lead up to pro
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., an international offshore drilling contractor, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime to supply an extensive offshore and navigation simulator package for a brand new training centre.
