1444 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • Aker Kvaerner awarded major drilling equipment contract

    9 February 2006

    Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd in South Korea for delivery of drilling systems for two semi-submersible drilling rigs ordered by SeaDrill. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately NOK 930 million.

  • WATCH: PLSV SAPURA ÔNIX Naming Ceremony

    25 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The following video shows the naming ceremony of the pipelaying vessel SAPURA ÔNIX. The Sapura Ônix was launched at the Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, near Rotterdam, in August last year. In April this year, Royal IHC named the vessel, at the same shipyard. The naming ceremony was carried out by Dahlia Abdul Aziz, […]

  • Top News of The Week, September 16 – 21, 2013

    22 September 2013

    Top News of The Week, September 16 – 21, 2013

  • Fredriksen Enters SapuraKencana Boardroom (Malaysia)

    15 May 2013

    John Fredriksen, a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping tycoon, has been appointed Non Independent & Non Executive Director at Malaysia’s oil and gas services and solutions provider SapuraKencana. Fredriksen has served as Chairman of the Board, President and a Director of Seadrill Limited since its inception in May 2005.  Furthermore, Fredriksen is Chairman, President, Chief Executive […]

  • Saudi Aramco extends rig contract with AOD, slashes dayrate

    11 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD) has secured a drilling contract extension for a jack-up drilling rig AOD III with Saudi Aramco, off Saudi Arabia, but with a reduced dayrate.  AOD is a partnership venture between Mermaid and Seadrill where Mermaid has 3.76 percent equity stake while the other 66.24 percent equity is owned by Seadrill. In […]

  • Borr Drilling wins back compliance with NYSE listing standard

    3 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) continued listing standard.

  • Well-Safe to create 100 new jobs after buying Seadrill rig for P&A projects

    14 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance

    Well-Safe Solutions has acquired the West Epsilon jack-up rig from Seadrill sparking another job boost for the company. Namely, this move will create around 100 new jobs.

  • 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.

  • Seadrill’s drillship picks up 1,095-day drilling job offshore Brazil

    18 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Seadrill has won a multimillion-dollar assignment off the coast of Brazil for one of its drillships, which will work for the South American country’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]