1444 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Equinor cleared to use Askeladd Phase 1 facilities

    16 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Equinor consent to use Askeladd Phase 1 facilities on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • 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 […]

  • BPC seals the deal with Baker Hughes for Bahamas well equipment

    20 November 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has finalized an agreement with Baker Hughes for the provision of equipment for its first exploration well in The Bahamas in 2020. However, the company is still working to secure the financing and finalize a rig contract with Seadrill.

  • 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.

  • SapuraKencana Nets $2.7 Bln PLSV Contract in Brazil

    27 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A., Brazil (SNM), a company jointly owned by SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad and Seadrill Limited has secured $2.7 billion contract in Brazil. Under the contract, awarded by the Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, SNM will build, charter and operate three Pipe Laying Support Vessels (PLSV)  for a period of eight years. Petrobras will have an option to extend […]

  • 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.

  • Aquadrill to reactivate two rigs for new jobs

    1 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Offshore drilling contractor Aquadrill has secured two new contracts, which will see it reactivating two assets.

  • New offshore driller takes two jack-up rigs from Hercules

    30 January 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling, formerly known as Magni Drilling, has taken delivery of two jack-up drilling rigs from the bankrupt drilling contractor, Hercules Offshore.   Borr announced the delivery of two rigs last Tuesday, January 24. The jack-up rigs were renamed Frigg, formerly Hercules Resilience, and the Ran, formerly Hercules Triumph. The rigs are […]

  • Wärtsilä to Supply Power Generation and Propulsion Systems for Six Brazilian Drill Ships

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract from Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine to supply main generating engines and thrusters for six new deep water drill ships to be built in Brazil at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz. The contract was signed at the end of […]

  • AOD Signs Drilling Contract for Jack-Up Rig AOR-1 (Singapore)

    26 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Asia Offshore Drilling Ltd (AOD) has signed a drilling contract whereby AOD’s first jack-up drilling rig AOR-1 will be leased to a reputable client. The charter has been entered into and will be managed by Seadrill, on behalf of AOD. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus a one-year option. The potential […]

  • Mermaid Names Subsea Group Regional Director in Middle East

    6 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Mermaid Maritime, a provider of subsea and drilling services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has appointed Graham McKnockiter as Subsea Group regional director, Western Hemisphere. According to the company, “the appointment should contribute to the strategy of streamlining and enhancing Mermaid’s subsea services business unit in the Middle East region and the growth and performance of […]

  • ‘Sevan Louisiana’ Rig Getting Ready for Sea Trials in China

    28 August 2013

    Sevan Drilling, a Norway-based drilling contractor, has announced that its Sevan Louisiana drilling rig is expected to undergo sea trials in China in the first week of September. According to Scott Kerr, CEO, the rig will go on sea trials between September 5 and 7, depending on the height of the river and the level of […]

  • Oceanteam Names New Company Captain

    25 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Oceanteam Shipping recently welcomed Holger Reurslag as company captain, with 25 years experience in the offshore construction, drilling and production sector. Before accepting new role, Reurslag worked among others for Seadrill and for various international owners and operators of FPSOs around the world, the company said. The company captain will be responsible for a range of (managerial) tasks, […]