1444 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • 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, […]

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • PTTEP books Energy Drilling’s rig for offshore campaign

    4 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Singapore’s tender-assisted drilling provider Energy Drilling, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, has signed a five-year contract with Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) for an offshore drilling campaign.

  • Drilling stops on Wintershall Dea field after serious rig incident

    23 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    An investigation has been launched following a serious incident on the West Mira rig, which happened while the rig was working for Wintershall Dea.

  • Santos Encounters Gas Pay Offshore Bangladesh

    16 February 2012

    Australia’s Santos yesterday reported a gas discovery offshore Bangladesh, explaining that Sangu-11 has penetrated a new gas reservoir in the Sangu area with approximately 20 metres of good quality gas pay. The well will be completed and tied into the Sangu facilities and will provide incremental gas to Chittagong in the coming months once marketing […]

  • Top News of the Week March 4 – 9, 2013

    10 March 2013

    Top News of the Week March 4 – 9, 2013

  • Norway: NADL Raises USD 300 mln Through Private Placement

    28 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling Ltd, a leading offshore harsh environment drilling company, 77 pct owned by Seadrill, has, via Private Placement, successfully placed 150,000,000 new ordinary shares at US$ 2.00 per share, raising gross proceeds of US$300 million. The private placement was directed towards Norwegian and international investors, and the minimum order in the placement was […]

  • Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling to buy two new drillships with option for third

    9 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    John Frederiksen’s Northern Drilling has entered into agreements to buy two newbuild drillships from a South Korean shipyard with an option to buy a third drillship. 

  • Top News of The Week July 29 – August 3, 2013

    4 August 2013

    1. Footbridge Collapses Between ‘Floatel Superior’ and ‘Kvitebjorn’   2. VIDEO: Gudrun Load Out, Sail Away and Offshore Installation   3. Gallery: Oil Spill Hits Thai Tourism. Greenpeace Calls for Drilling Ban   4. Eni Makes Significant Oil & Gas Discovery Offshore Congo   5. Seadrill Orders Two New Jack-Ups in China. Delivery in 2016. […]

  • Statoil to Use West Epsilon for Gudrun Drilling Ops (Norway)

    25 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Statoil Petroleum as has received consent to use the West Epsilon rig for production drilling. The consent relates to production drilling of well 15/3-A-14 on the Gudrun field. Water depth at the site is 109 metres. The expected start-up for drilling is July 2013. The duration of the activity is estimated at approx. 10 days. […]

  • VIDEO: Royal IHC launches vessel for Sapura Navegação Marítima

    21 August 2015

    Dutch firm Royal IHC has launched a Pipelay Support Vessel (PLSV) to be deployed in Brazil. The 146 meters long vessel, Sapura Rubi, is fifth and last in the series of vessels ordered by the SapuraKencana & Seadrill joint venture, Sapura Navegação Marítima. The launching ceremony was held Friday in Krimpen aan den IJssel, near […]

  • More Delays on Sevan Louisiana

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    As previously reported on August 19th and August 27th, the Sevan Louisiana continues to encounter operational difficulties due to the BOP and supporting systems. The original issue with the BOP has been rectified, however the BOP tensioner support systems still needs further repair and replacements prior to operation. Spare equipment has been sourced from Seadrill’s […]

  • Singapore: AOD Orders Jack-Up Rig from Keppel

    3 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Keppel FELS Limited’s (“Keppel FELS”) repeat customer, Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (“AOD”) has exercised its first of two options to build a KFELS B Class jackup rig worth US$184 million. The effectiveness of this first option is subject to AOD or its wholly owned subsidiary entering into a construction contract with Keppel FELS and fulfilling […]

  • Popular news, June 15 – 21, 2015

    21 June 2015

    The most popular article on Offshore Energy Today last week was the one about Airbus Helicopters revealing its offshore helicopter of the future.  Namely, the company revealed the concept phase start-up for a new European helicopter, the X6, at the Paris Air Show. According to Airbus Helicopters, entry into service is anticipated in the 2020s. You […]

  • Top News of The Week Dec. 24-29

    30 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

      1.Four Crew Members Kidnapped Off Nigeria Four crew members have been kidnapped off Nigeria’s coast from an Italian platform supply vessel. Armed pirates have attecked the vessel MV Asso Ventuno, operated by Naples-based Augusta Offshore, on Sunday evening about 40 miles (65 km) off the coast of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state.   2.South Korea’s DSME […]

  • KrisEnergy spuds Mancharee-1 (Thailand)

    11 August 2014

    Singapore’s KrisEnergy Ltd. has informed that the West Cressida jack-up rig has began drilling of the Mancharee-1 exploration commitment well in block G10/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where KrisEnergy is developing the Wassana oil field. Water depth at the Mancharee-1 well location is 170 feet (51.8 metres). The well is planned to be  drilled to a total depth […]

  • New job for Aquadrill rig

    16 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has secured a new contract for one of its rigs offshore Thailand.

  • Norway: PSA Conducts Audit on Working Enviroment Conditions on West Elara Jack-Up

    20 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    During the period 4-7 July 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of working environment conditions on the facility West Elara. Background The PSA’s activity was conducted as part of the processing of the company’s application for an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC). The facility will be used as a drilling facility for […]

  • Kenz Cranes’ equipment on ‘West Rigel’

    12 February 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    West Rigel, a harsh-environment semi-submersible drilling rig, currently under construction in Singapore, will feature two Dutch-designed boom hoist cranes. According to Kenz Cranes, a Dutch company specializing in offshore lifting and hoisting solutions, the two EHC 100/4000 cranes were designed in the Netherlands according to the highest Norwegian standards DNV 2.22/Norsok R002 and EN13852-1. Kenz says that the […]