1430 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • Competing for Petrobras deal

    13 August 2010

    Seadrill and Odfjell are competing for a Petrobras deal. Petrobras is considering offers for the drilling capacity at the Papa Terra field offshore Brazil, which were delivered this week. Aban Offshore has already bagged a five year deal for Aban Abraham, but many companies are competing for a similar deal, says Upstream according to TDN […]

  • Petrobras gets hold of additional source of funds with $5 billion credit line

    17 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has signed a revolving credit facility in the amount of $5 billion, maturing in December 2026.

  • Keppel Delivers New‐Build Jack‐Up Rig to AOD (Singapore)

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (“AOD”), an associate company, has taken delivery of its third new‐build jack‐up rig,  ʹAOD IIIʹ, from Singapore‐based builder Keppel FELS Ltd. The Company founded AOD in 2010 and currently holds a 33.76% stake in the venture. Seadrill is AOD’s manager and owns 66.23% of its shares. ʹAOD […]

  • ConocoPhillips hires two rigs for ten-year terms

    11 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL), a subsidiary of Seadrill, has secured ten-year contract awards for the jack-ups West Elara and West Linus with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia for work in the Greater Ekofisk Area offshore Norway.  NADL said on Tuesday that the total additional backlog for the new contract awards is estimated at $1.4 billion excluding performance […]

  • Eidesvik Names New CFO

    2 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Eidesvik has appointed Tore Byberg as the new chief financial officer. Byberg has comes from the position of CFO of Altibox, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to this, he was in Seadrill companies and held leading positions within finance. Byberg will start in his new position at latest February 01, 2019, Eidesvik noted.

  • Top News of the Week July 15 – 20, 2013

    21 July 2013

      Seadrill to Build Four New UDW Drillships (South Korea)   Shell’s Olympus on Its Way to U.S. GoM Mars Field   COSCO Secures USD200 Mln Semi-Submersible Construction Contract   SBM Offshore’s New FPSOs to Work in Lula Field Off Brazil   Norwegian Projects to Increase European Drilling Expenditure to $12.8 Bln in 2016   […]

  • Half of the Oil and Gas Workforce Globally Could Retire by 2015, Warns Former SVP HR, Seadrill

    15 March 2013

    HR faces big challenges in the oil and gas industry due to an ageing working force and huge skill shortages, according to Derek Massie, former SVP HR at deepwater drilling company, Seadrill.

  • VIDEO: Rough landing for CHC helicopter offshore Brazil

    18 April 2017

    A video has emerged over the weekend showing a CHC helicopter if not crashing, then experiencing a rough landing aboard a helideck of the Sevan Brasil drilling rig. Offshore Energy Today reached out to CHC, seeking confirmation and more info. This is what CHC said in an email: “We can confirm that on April 15, […]

  • Top News of the Week of June 09 – Jun 15, 2014

    15 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    1. Fugro’s Survey Vessel to Support Search for Flight MH370 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has awarded Fugro a contract that will see the deployment of its specialist vessel, equipment and expertise in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. 2. Seadrill Bags ‘West Jupiter’ Drillship Contract from Total Seadrill Limited […]

  • Nod for Equinor to use West Hercules rig on North Sea pilot hole

    16 January 2020
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.

  • Popular news, May 25 – 31, 2015

    31 May 2015

    As the end of the last week of May approaches, we are bringing the weekly summary of the most popular articles on Offshore Energy Today. The most read story was the one on a man who was sentenced for lying to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) inspectors in relation to the veracity of blowout preventer […]

  • South Korea: GE Signs Multi-Million Deal for New Drilling Platform

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    GE’s Power Conversion business has signed a multi-million dollar contract with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Ulsan, South Korea. GE will supply electric power, propulsion systems and drilling drives for a new semi-submersible drilling platform HHI is building for Seadrill Ltd., which is expected to work in either the North Sea or offshore Canada. […]

  • Asia Offshore Drilling Takes Delivery of New Jack-Up Rig from Keppel FELS

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced yesterday that Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD), an associate company, has taken delivery of its third new‐build jack‐up rig, ʹAOD IIIʹ, from Singapore‐based builder Keppel FELS Ltd. (Keppel FELS). The Company founded AOD in 2010 and currently holds a 33.76% stake in the venture. Seadrill is AOD’s manager and […]

  • Brazil: OSX to Construct Pipe-Laying Vessel for Sapura

    29 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    OSX was hired by Sapura Navegação Marítima S/A for the construction of one PLSV (Pipe-Laying Support Vessel), for a total amount of approximately US$ 263 million, to be built and delivered by OSX at the Açu Shipbuilding Unit, in the north of the State of Rio de Janeiro. A PLSV is used for laying and […]

  • ONGC’s plans to restore production from Mumbai high

    1 September 2006

    State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) plans to restore normal production from the fire-hit Mumbai High North oilfield have been hit by start-up problems. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Crystal Sea, hired from SeaDrill of Norway, has not been able to start operations for past three months due to a fault […]

  • New multi-million drilling gig keeps jack-up rig busy off Mexico

    2 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    SeaMex, a subsidiary of Paratus Energy Services Limited, has won a new drilling assignment for one of its jack-ups offshore Mexico.

  • Trøim Follows Fredriksen. Joins SapuraKencana Board (Malaysia)

    20 May 2013

    Tor Olav Trøim, a Norwegian businessman and engineer, often described as the right hand of a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, has been appointed as Non Independent & Non Executive of Malaysia’s oilfield services provider SapuraKencana. To remind, Fredriksen himself entered the board last week. Trøim, born in 1963, has served as Vice-President and a […]

  • Keppel FELS Delivers Third New‐Build Jack‐Up Rig to AOD

    18 July 2013

    Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced on July 17th that Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD), an associate company, has taken delivery of its third new‐build jack‐up rig, ʹ AOD III ʹ , from Singapore ‐ based builder Keppel FELS Ltd. (Keppel FELS). The Company founded AOD in 2010 and currently holds a 33.76% stake in […]

  • Brazil: OSX to Build PLSV for Sapura

    29 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Brazil’s OSX has been hired by Sapura Navegação Marítima S/A for the construction of one PLSV (Pipe-Laying Support Vessel), for a total amount of approximately US$ 263 million, to be built and delivered by OSX at the Açu Shipbuilding Unit, in the north of the State of Rio de Janeiro. A PLSV is used for […]

  • GE to Power Seadrill’s New Semi-Submersible

    2 May 2013

    GE’s Power Conversion business has signed a multi-million dollar contract with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Ulsan, South Korea. GE will supply electric power, propulsion systems and drilling drives for a new semi-submersible drilling platform HHI is building for Seadrill Ltd., which is expected to work in either the North Sea or offshore Canada. […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of ROV Deck on Semi-Submersible Rig

    25 January 2013

    Check out this video in which Harris Pye installs new ROV deck on Seadrill’s semi submersible rig West Aquarius. Harris Pye is a rapidly expanding global organisation specialising in the provision of repairs, upgrades and conversions to the marine, offshore oil and gas and associated onshore industrial sectors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7q8MP4ecY4   [mappress] January 25, 2013

  • Equinor in Barents Sea well incident

    21 January 2019

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor last week reportedly suffered a well incident during exploration drilling in the Barents Sea. 

  • NADL sends rig fleet to Russian waters in $4B deal

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. has announced that 6 binding offshore contracts have been executed with Rosneft Oil Company (“Rosneft”). The total revenue potential for the six contracts exclusive of mobilization is approximately US$4.25 billion. According to the agreement, any break rights expire after 100 days. The executed contracts include 5 year contracts for the West Navigator, […]

  • Worker suffers injury while working for BP off Canada

    19 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    An offshore worker has been injured while working on Seadrill’s West Aquarius rig off Canada for BP. 

  • Sembcorp Marine to sell NADL rig for $500 million

    26 December 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has signed an agreement for the sale of the semi-submersible rig West Rigel to a buyer at a price of $500 million.