1430 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • Statoil to Use West Alpha for Norwegian Sea Exploration

    2 November 2012

    Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted approval to oil company Statoil to carry out exploration drilling with West Alpha offshore drilling rig. Statoil will use the 1986. built semi-submersible rig to drill the 6610/10-1 well, located in PL 286 in the Norwegian Sea. The drilling, in a water depth of 244 meters, is expected to […]

  • Statoil cleared to use West Elara rig for Valemon drilling

    17 August 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has received a consent to use the West Elara drilling rig for drilling and completing on the Valemon field, offshore Norway. According to the Petroleum Safety Authority that has given the consent, Statoil will use the West Elara jack-up drilling rig to drill and complete production wells 34/11-B-6 and 34/11-B-16 on […]

  • Fredriksen’s new drilling company receives nod for Oslo listing

    25 October 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Northern Drilling, a recently established offshore drilling company, has received an approval to begin trading in Oslo. At meeting on Tuesday, October 24 the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit the shares in Northern Drilling Ltd. to listing on Oslo Axess. Northern Drilling is an offshore drilling contractor formed by a Norwegian-born billionaire and […]

  • Nature Group grabs ‘West Alpha’ contract

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nature Group PLC, the provider of port reception facilities and waste treatment solutions for the oil, marine and process industries, has announced that its subsidiary, Nature Oil & Gas AS, has been awarded a two year contract by North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. The contract concerns the deployment of a Compact Treatment Unit, designed for on-site […]

  • ExxonMobil comes out empty-handed after completing Brazilian well

    28 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    ExxonMobil has completed its drilling operations on the Cutthroat prospect, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin off Brazil.

  • Two rigs getting new names following manager change

    11 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has decided to rename its two rigs following a recent decision to change their manager.

  • Borr Drilling scores its first jack-up rig contract

    11 July 2017

    Borr Drilling, a recently established offshore drilling company, has received a letter of commitment from Total for the use of one of its jack-up rigs in Nigeria. According to the driller, which recently bought Transocean’s entire jack-up rig fleet, the company has, together with its Nigerian partner Valiant Energy Services West Africa, received the commitment […]

  • Wärtsilä Engines for 6 Deepwater Drillships in Brazil

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    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 […]

  • Royal IHC names pipelaying vessel Sapura Jade

    20 April 2015

    Royal IHC has named and launched the pipelaying vessel Sapura Jade in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the fully integrated vessel was performed by Belle de Bruin, Managing Director of the Indofin Group. Earlier on the same day, the naming ceremony of its sister […]

  • ‘Bollsta Dolphin’ construction and drilling contract cancelled

    27 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Fred. Olsen Energy has terminated a newbuilding contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of a semi-submersible drilling rig, the Bollsta Dolphin, as a result of delay in delivery of the rig.  The rig construction contract provides that on termination Bollsta will be entitled to a refund of the first instalment paid to HHI of $186,390,240 plus accrued […]

  • Wartsila to Power Up Six New Brazilian Drill Ships

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Fire breaks out on drillship in Sri Lanka

    17 February 2022
    Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Safety, Vessels

    A drillship owned by Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has caught fire while docked at a port in Sri Lanka.

  • Wintershall Hires Drilling Rig for Nova Field Subsea Wells

    28 June 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Norge has awarded a rig contract for the Nova field development to Seadrill Norway Operations who will operate the West Mira drilling rig on behalf of Northern Drilling. In addition, Wintershall has entered into a long-term frame agreement with Seadrill for potential future rig needs. The West Mira will drill six subsea wells on […]

  • Jurong Shipyard Awards Major Contract to Wartsila, Brazil

    15 October 2012

    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 drillships to be built in Brazil at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz. The Jurong Aracruz shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore […]

  • Wintershall gets nod for Balderbrå drilling

    19 September 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian offshore safety body, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, has given a nod to Wintershall to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. In a statement on Tuesday, the PSA said Wintershall would drill the exploration well 6604/5 in a prospect named Balderbrå. Wintershall Norge AS, a subsidary of German Wintershall, will use the West […]

  • Rystad: With offshore market gaining momentum, employment shifts from shale to offshore

    30 July 2019

    In an analysis of the oilfield service industry, sector intelligence firm Rystad Energy noted that the main driver of employment was shifting from shale to offshore.

  • KrisEnergy finds no pay at Mancharee-1 (Thailand)

    25 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    KrisEnergy Ltd., an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that drilling operations have concluded at the Mancharee-1 exploration commitment well in G10/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where the Company is developing the Wassana oil field. Mancharee-1, which started drilling on 8 August 2014, reached a total depth at 12,205 feet (3,720 metres) […]

  • BG Gets the Go-Ahead For Drilling with West Alpha Rig in Norwegian North Sea

    21 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    BG Norge AS has received consent to use the mobile facility West Alpha for drilling of wells 15/12-E1H and 6/3-A1H in the southern part of the North Sea. The wells (the Gaupe field) belong to production licence 292 and are located approx. 240 kilometres southwest of Stavanger, near the UK shelf border. The water depth […]

  • Iran to Develop Arash Gas Field on Its Own?

    2 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Iran decided to develop the Arash gas field on its own if Kuwait doesn’t answer to an offer to develop the field together. Iran said it would launch full-scale development of the offshore Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf if Kuwait does not respond to its offer of joint development, Fars News Agency reported. […]

  • Archer chairman resigns

    9 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The chairman of offshore services provider Archer Limited, Ørjan Svanevik, has resigned from the company’s board of directors.

  • Noreco Gets Go-Ahead to Drill with West Alpha Rig Off Norway

    8 September 2010

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in the North Sea with the mobile installation West Alpha. The well is part of production licence 545 and is located approx. 110 kilometres southwest of Haugesund. Well 17/6-1 has the following geographical coordinates: North 58º 44′ 15.461″, East 3º 55′ 34.931″. Water […]

  • Tug Fairmount Sherpa Tows UDW for 11,500 Miles

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Tug Fairmount Sherpa has towed rig Sevan Louisiana safely from Singapore to Curaçao. During the 11,500 miles voyage via Cape of Good Hope, stops were made in Port Louis (Mauritius), Walvis Bay (Namibia) and Port of Spain (Trinidad) to take bunkers and for crew changes. The Sevan Louisiana is a so called Ultra Deep Water […]

  • New regional director named for Mermaid Subsea

    6 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Mermaid Maritime has named Graham McKnockiter as the Subsea Group’s Regional Director, Western Hemisphere. The company said on Monday that McKnockiter has extensive work experience in the offshore oil and gas industry. According to Mermaid, his appointment will contribute to the company’s strategy of streamlining and enhancing its subsea services business unit in the Middle East […]

  • Northern Drilling cancels drillship order from DSME

    19 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Billionaire John Fredriksen-owned offshore drilling firm Northern Drilling has cancelled a drillship resale contract with the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

  • Private equity aids Shelf Drilling in jack-up trio buy

    12 July 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Private equity investment firm Castle Harlan and its partners, Champ Private Equity and Lime Rock Partners, have supported Shelf Drilling in a recent acquisition of three premium jack-up rigs, and the investors are eager to support further fleet expansion if the price is right. The acquisition of the rigs in the Middle East has been […]