1444 results found for 'seadrill'

1444 results found for 'seadrill'
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  • Sapura Jade PLSV Starts Petrobras Job

    19 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    SapuraKencana’s fourth pipelaying support vessel PLSV, Sapura Jade started work with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) in Brazil on February 14, 2016. SapuraKencana’s offshore operations are being executed in Brazil for Petrobras by its Brazilian joint venture company Sapura Navegacao Maritima (SNM), a 50:50 venture with offshore drilling company Seadrill. In November 2011 and in June 2013, SapuraKencana’s […]

  • Total to Use West Phoenix Rig for Exploration Drilling in Barents Sea, Off Norway

    7 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Total E&P Norge AS has received consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 7225/3-1 in the Barents Sea with the West Phoenix mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 535, with Total E&P Norge AS (40%) as the operator. The other licensees are Det norske (20%), RockSource (20%) and North Energy […]

  • Wintershall gains permit to drill Norwegian Sea wildcat

    23 November 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway.  The well 6604/5-1 will be drilled from the West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling program for well 6604/5-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production license 894 in the Norwegian Sea, the NPD […]

  • Petrobras hires another drillship for work at two oil fields offshore Brazil

    18 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Ventura Offshore has secured a long-term drillship contract with Petrobras, a compatriot state-owned energy giant, for operations at two oil field developments off the coast of Brazil.

  • First vessel of gemstone fleet launched

    11 November 2013

    On 27 September 2013 the partnership between IHC Merwede and Sapura Navegaçao Maritima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill, was solidified clinched by the launch and name giving of the first of a series of five fully integrated IHC Merwede offshore vessels. Cristina Lucia Duarte Pinho, executive manager Petrobas E&P Service, gave the Sapura […]

  • More improvement needed before West Bollsta rig gets compliance award

    3 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found one improvement point regarding an application for the Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Bollsta drilling rig.

  • Vantage finds more work for its rigs

    10 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Vantage Drilling has been awarded several new contracts, which will see its rigs operate in South East Asia, Middle East, and Africa.

  • Is third time the charm for a drillship that previous owners cancelled twice?

    18 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Transocean has set the wheels into motion to acquire an interest in a newbuild drillship, after entering into a new joint venture.

  • Brazil: OSX Wins PLSV Construction Deal for Sapura Navegacao

    29 February 2012

    OSX was 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 laying and […]

  • Three new executives added to Valaris leadership

    27 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed three new members of the executive management committee.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]