1460 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Pemex Reports Oil Discovery at Supremus-1 Well (Mexico)

    8 October 2012

    Pemex, Mexico’s national oil firm, on Friday confirmed a discovery of light oil at its Supremus-1 well, in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The news was announced by Mexican President Felipe Calderon. The Supremus-1 discovery, located in the Perdido Fold Belt is estimated to hold between 75 and 125 million barrels of oil. The drilling operations […]

  • Singapore: AOD Orders Jack-Up Rig from Keppel

    4 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Equinor gains consent to use West Phoenix rig for North Sea drilling

    2 May 2019
    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 Phoenix rig.

  • Eidesvik Board Member Steps Down

    15 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik informed that Kjell E. Jacobsen will resign from its board of directors. Jacobsen is a partner at oil and gas technology investment company Energy Ventures, and is independent of Eidesvik Invest AS, the majority shareholder of the company. He was formerly the managing director of Seadrill Management AS, and before that worked […]

  • Statoil Extends Contract for West Epsilon Jack-up Rig (Norway)

    21 December 2012

    North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., a majority owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited, announced today that Norway’s Statoil has exercised its option to extend the contract for the heavy-duty harsh environment jack-up rig West Epsilon by two years from December 2014 to December 2016. The estimated value of the contract extension is US$215 million. The West Epsilon […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Transocean, Valaris, Noble, Seadrill, and Diamond Offshore rigs’ drilling game lifts total backlog to $21.8 billion

    13 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Five rig-owning titans  – Transocean, Valaris, Noble, Seadrill, and Diamond Offshore -which are seen as the crème de la crème of the offshore drilling contractors, have managed to increase their combined total backlog to a whopping $21.8 billion.

  • Equinor granted drilling permit for North Sea well

    11 May 2020
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has been given a drilling permit to drill the 30/2-5 S well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

  • Transocean bags 300-day deal for newbuild rig with Equinor

    21 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Transocean has scored a six-well contract with Equinor for the newbuild, harsh environment semisubmersible Transocean Norge.

  • Wintershall Dea cleared to use West Mira rig on Nova field

    4 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling and completion on the Nova field using the West Mira drilling rig.

  • Maersk sued in Brazil over alleged corruption involving Petrobras

    14 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Brazilian prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit against Maersk, alleging corruption schemes in relation to securing shipping contracts with Petrobras.

  • Norway: Centrica Spuds Cooper Well

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Faroe Petroleum has announced that Centrica has begun drilling on the Cooper prospect in PL477 in the Norwegian Sea. The exploration well will target the Cooper prospect located in PL477 in block 6506/11 on the Halten Terrace between the Smørbukk oil field, immediately to the east, and the Morvin oil field, to the west. Cooper […]

  • Norway: Norske Shell to Use West Navigator for Drilling on Draugen Field

    13 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    AS Norske Shell has received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) consent to use the West Navigator mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to drilling and completion of production wells G1, G2, G3, and E4 and plugging and abandonment of wells A 53 and A 58 on the Draugen field. The planned start-up is mid-December […]

  • Vantage reactivating rig for ‘fourth major project’ in 2022

    19 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    A drillship managed by Vantage Drilling and owned by Aquadrill Offshore is being reactivated for its new job in India.

  • Billionaire Fredriksen to buy up distressed oil rig assets – paper

    18 December 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen has set up a company to snap up oil rigs from firms struggling with low crude prices, adopting a similar approach to the one he used in 2012 when the tanker market collapsed.

  • Diamond Offshore taking over marketing rights for two drillships

    9 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Diamond Offshore has sealed a deal with Eldorado Drilling to be in charge of marketing rights for two seventh-generation drillships.