1430 results found for 'seadrill'

1430 results found for 'seadrill'
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  • Fairmount tows West Ariel rig from Vietnam to Singapore

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Tug Fairmount Summit has towed the jack-up rig West Ariel safely from Vung Tau, Vietnam, to Singapore. The towage over a distance of 1,305 miles was performed in seven days with an average speed of 4 knots. The West Ariel, a Kfels B class independent leg cantilever jack-up rig, was built in 2008 by Keppels […]

  • Repsol finds oil offshore Gabon

    18 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Spanish oil company Repsol has encountered oil offshore Gabon with the Ivela-1 exploration well. 

  • Sevan Louisiana rig arrives in Curaçao

    14 April 2014

    Fairmount Sherpa tug has towed the Sevan Louisiana rig from from Singapore to Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast, that forms part of the Dutch Caribbean. During the 11,500 miles voyage via Cape of Good Hope, stops were made in Port Louis (Mauritius), Walvis Bay (Namibia) and Port of […]

  • Bassoe: The hunt for offshore rig deals continues

    5 May 2017
    Exploration & Production

    With rig owners and investors looking to scoop up assets at more realistic – but still low – values, transaction activity is picking up. And it’s set to continue. By David Carter Shinn We’ve been saying it for a few months: the offshore market looks better than it did six months ago. But there’s still […]

  • Norway: Centrica Gets Approval for Ivory Ops

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

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Centrica Resources (Norge) AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6707/10-3, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6707/10-3 will be drilled from the West Navigator drilling rig. The drilling programme for wellbore 6707/10-3 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 528 B. Centrica Resources […]

  • Statoil to Use West Elara Drilling Facility on Valemon Field (Norway)

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to use the West Elara mobile drilling facility for drilling and well operations on the Valemon field. The consent covers drilling and completion of 11 production wells and two injection wells on the Valemon field. The drilling activity is scheduled to last through 2017. Valemon is located in […]

  • Malaysia: Lundin Spuds Merawan Batu-1 Exploration Well

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that it has commenced the third well in its 2012 Malaysian drilling campaign with the spud of Merawan Batu-1 exploration well in PM308B Block, offshore east coast Peninsula Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Oligocene aged sands in a faulted anticline in an undrilled area 50 km to […]

  • ‘Sapura Ônix’ launched at Royal IHC shipyard (VIDEO)

    6 August 2014

    The Sapura Ônix was launched at the Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, near Rotterdam on Friday 1st August.   She is the third of five identical sister vessels in the order placed with Royal IHC in 2013 by Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. All of the five vessels are being […]

  • Equinor kicks off exploration campaign offshore UK

    7 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has initiated an exploration campaign on the UK continental shelf comprising five wells in 2019, which is a record number for the company.

  • Statoil Hires West Aquarius Rig for Work Offshore Canada

    15 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has reached an agreement to use Seadrill’s West Aquarius deepwater drilling rig for Statoil’s 2012-2013 exploration activities offshore Newfoundland, Canada. “We have ambitious exploration targets offshore Newfoundland, and securing rig capacity is essential for reaching those targets,” says Geir Richardsen, head of Exploration for Statoil in Canada. “We look forward to putting this rig’s […]

  • Petrobras completes first Libra well. Production in 2017

    11 November 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Brazilian oil company Petrobras has completed the first well in the Santos Basin’s pre-salt Libra oilfield, offshore Brazil. The well, drilled by Seadrill’s West Carina drillship, is now fully fitted out and ready to produce oil and natural gas, Petrobras said. The 3-RJS-739A well, known as NW3, is located in the northwest sector of the […]

  • North Atlantic Drilling CFO replaced by Sevan Drilling CEO

    13 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL), an offshore harsh environment drilling company, today announced that Ragnvald Kavli, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company to pursue other career opportunities.  According to NADL, Kavli will step down from his duties as of August 17, 2015. Scott McReaken will succeed Kavli as Chief Financial Officer for North […]

  • Statoil: ‘West Epsilon’ for Gudrun drilling

    20 January 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use West Epsilon rig for production drilling on the Gudrun field located in the North Sea.  Gudrun is 50 kilometres north of the Sleipner Øst and Sleipner Vest fields. Water depth is around 110 metres. Gudrun has been developed using a facility with […]

  • Canada: Rigs make way for icebergs

    29 April 2014

    Two drilling rigs located offshore Newfoundland, Canada have disconnected from their respective wells ahead of incoming icebergs. According to a tweet by The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board, dated April 27, as a precaution, the Henry Goodrich and West Aquarius rigs have safely disconnected from their wells due to approaching icebergs. The Henry Goodrich, owned by Transocean, […]

  • Thailand: Mermaid Maritime Announces Annual Report

    19 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announces its Annual Report for the financial year ended on 30 September 2011. 2011 – Emerging Signs of Turnaround Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited reported better results for the year that ended on 30 September 2011 amidst a slowly recovering business environment for the offshore oil and gas industry. […]

  • Malaysia: Lundin Petroleum Completes Tiga Papan 5 Well Offshore Sabah

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has completed the Tiga Papan 5 well located in Blocks SB307 & SB308, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The Tiga Papan-5 well targeted an un-appraised fault block of mid-Miocene aged sands of the Tiga Papan Unit that was successfully tested in 1982 by the Tiga Papan 1 well. The well successfully penetrated […]

  • Hibiscus waiting for rig to spud Sea Lion-1 (Australia)

    12 August 2015

    Hibiscus Petroleum will have to wait some more to begin drilling operation at its Sea Lion-1 well, offshore Australia, according to a partner in the block. Namely, 3D Oil Limited, which owns a 24.9% stake in Vic/P57 block where the well is located, on Wednesday said that the Sea Lion-1 exploration well “is now expected to spud […]

  • Statoil hires West Phoenix rig for UK and Norway campaigns

    1 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Statoil and its partners have contracted the West Phoenix rig for exploration drilling on the UK and Norwegian continental shelves from the summer of 2018.

  • Equinor to use West Hercules rig for North Sea drilling

    14 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for drilling in the North Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.

  • PSA Norway Inspects Drilling Systems on West Elara Jack-Up

    15 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit targeting drilling and well technology systems on board the West Elara jack-up drilling rig. North Atlantic Drilling has applied to the PSA for an AoC (Acknowledgement of Compliance) for West Elara. The facility has not previously had an AoC as it is a newbuild which […]

  • Total Acquires 75 Pct Interest in SC 56 Block Offshore Philippines

    23 August 2012

    Total E&P Philippines B.V. announced the signature of a Farm out Agreement with Mitra Energy (Philippines SC-56) Limited, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to acquire a 75% interest in the offshore Block SC56, located in the Sulu Sea. The block covers a total area of around 4,300 km², in water depths ranging from 200 to […]

  • Mermaid Maritime Announces Positive Results (Thailand)

    25 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid”) reported net profits of Baht 86.0 million in the financial year that ended on 30 September 2012 (“2012”), the first positive result since 2009. Net profits increased 153.3% compared to net losses of Baht 161.3 million in the financial year that ended on 30 September 2011 (“2011’). As a […]

  • The Netherlands: Dockwise Bags 4 Heavy Marine Transport Contracts Worth $ 45 million

    22 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Dockwise Ltd. today announces four awards for Heavy Marine Transport (HMT) Projects that include an FPSO, two jack-up rigs and a power barge. Total revenues for these various commitments are almost $ 45 million. Dockwise was awarded a contract with HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., LTD.) for the transport, loading, and discharge of Goliat, a […]

  • Sevan reduces rig dayrate to avoid contract termination

    26 November 2014
    Exploration & Production

    Sevan Drilling, a Norway-based drilling contractor, had a disappointing third quarter when it comes to its rig fleet utilization. The company that owns three ultra-deepwater drilling rigs of cylindrical shape, reported its technical utilization of 64% versus 93% in the third quarter 2013. In a webcast, presenting the third quarter results, Scott McReaken, Sevan Drilling CEO, explained […]

  • Statoil evaluating development options for Newfoundland discovery

    10 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has completed a 19-month exploration drilling program offshore Newfoundland, Canada, the aim of which was to increase the robustness of the Bay du Nord project and to test new areas of the Flemish Pass Basin. The company drilled nine wells using the Seadrill-owned West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig in the Flemish […]