1460 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • Speedcast to provide communications solution for West Bollsta rig

    9 August 2019
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Remote communication and IT solutions provider Speedcast has been awarded a new multi-year contract on the West Bollsta semi-submersible rig.

  • Popular offshore industry news in 3Q 2018

    2 January 2019

    The most popular news at Offshore Energy Today during the third quarter of 2018.

  • Rosneft to buy share in North Atlantic Drilling

    26 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Rosneft, North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. and Seadrill Limited signed an Investment and Cooperation Agreement at the 18th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to form a long-term partnership with a view to capture the opportunities in developing Rosneft’s offshore and onshore projects until at least 2022. The signing ceremony was led by Vladimir Putin, the President […]

  • Kosmos Energy wins Ghana legal battle with Tullow Oil

    18 July 2018

    US-based Kosmos Energy, one of the developers of the West African FLNG project, said Wednesday it won a legal dispute with UK’s Tullow Oil concerning the termination of a contract in Ghana. Kosmos unit Kosmos Energy Ghana HC was successful in its arbitration against Tullow Ghana Limited in a dispute over responsibility for expenditures stemming from termination of […]

  • Consent for ConocoPhillips to use West Linus rig on Tor

    29 November 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Oil major ConocoPhillips has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling on the Tor field using the West Linus drilling rig.

  • New gas discovery deemed as ‘major development’ for Southeast Asia

    19 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Abu Dhabi-headquartered energy company Mubadala Energy has made a significant gas discovery offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia.

  • Popular news, November 24 – 30, 2014

    30 November 2014

    The article on the massive ‘Peter Schelte’ multi-purpose heavy-lift, transportation and pipeline installation vessel leaving South Korea was the most read story of the last week of November. Scroll down for more popular stories from this past week.

  • WATCH: IHC Launches PLSV Sapura Rubi

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Royal IHC has named and launched the pipelaying support vessel Sapura Rubi in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The Sapura Rubi was ordered by Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. It is the fifth in a series of five fully integrated pipelaying vessels that […]

  • Brazil: Ecopetrol and Anadarko Confirm the Presence of Oil in Offshore Block bm-c-29

    30 September 2010

    In accordance with standards set by the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP), regulator of the Brazil oil sector, Anadarko, the operator of Block BM-C-29, reported that it has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in the Itauna well in which Ecopetrol is a 50% partner through its affiliate in Brazil. The well was drilled by Seadrill’s […]

  • Keppel FELS Completes Two Jack Up Rigs for Transocean

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Over two consecutive days on 2 and 3 February 2013, Keppel FELS held naming ceremonies for twin jackup rigs built for Transocean, and another jackup rig built for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD), which is majority owned and managed by Seadrill Limited. For the early completion of two of these rigs, Keppel FELS will receive a […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Singapore: Keppel FELS Names New Rigs Ahead of Schedule

    4 February 2013

    Over two consecutive days on 2 and 3 February 2013, Keppel FELS held naming ceremonies for twin jackup rigs built for Transocean, and another jackup rig built for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD), which is majority owned and managed by Seadrill Limited. For the early completion of two of these rigs, Keppel FELS will receive a […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]