1444 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Transocean to sell entire jack-up fleet to new offshore driller

    20 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling, formerly known as Magni Drilling, is planning to buy 15 jack-up drilling rigs from Swiss-based Transocean for $1.35 billion.  Borr Drilling announced on Monday the signing of a letter of intent with Transocean for the acquisition of 15 high-specification jack-up rigs. The transaction consists of Transocean’s entire jack-up fleet, including ten rigs […]

  • Archer Names New Board Members

    24 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Archer has elected Kjell-Erik Østdahl as chairman of the board and James O’Shaughnessy as a new board member in the company to fill a vacancy on the board. Kjell-Erik Østdahl has had a tenure of 21 years at Schlumberger in a number of senior positions within operations, business development, marketing and executive management in China, […]

  • ExxonMobil spuds Canadian well

    21 October 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling operations on a well located offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

  • ExxonMobil spuds first Liberia well

    23 November 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil giant ExxonMobil started drilling operations on the Mesurado-1 exploration well offshore Liberia on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. According to Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), an international oil and gas exploration and development company and a partner in the project, Exxon is utilizing Seadrill’s 2014-built drillship West Saturn. The well, targeting oil in Late Cretacous sands, is […]

  • AOD cuts down jack-up day rates for Saudi Aramco

    28 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Mermaid Maritime Public Company’s drilling associate, Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD), has reached an agreement with its customer Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) to reduce the operating day rates for three jack-up rigs.  The rigs in question are AOD I, AOD II, and AOD III and their day rates will be reduced by 10 percent. The operating […]

  • RWE-Dea to Use West Alpha Rig near Heidrun, Offshore Norway

    26 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    RWE-DEA Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea with the West Alpha mobile facility. The consent relates to drilling of exploration well 6507/7-15S which is part of production licence 435 with RWE-DEA Norge AS as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Norwegian Energy Company ASA (20%), Maersk […]

  • Saudi Aramco extends deals for two AOD jack-ups

    29 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD) has received three-year contract extensions for two jack-up rigs from Saudi Aramco.  AOD is an associate company of Mermaid Maritime and Mermaid has 33.76 percent equity stake in AOD while the other 66.24 percent equity is owned by Seadrill. The extension is for two jack-up drilling rigs,  AOD I and AOD II, […]

  • Mermaid Maritime Reports Positive Results (Thailand)

    25 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Odfjell Drilling-managed semi-sub rig stays with TotalEnergies in Africa

    9 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    French oil major TotalEnergies has awarded offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean with another contract extension for one of its semi-submersible rigs for continued work in Africa. TotalEnergies hired the Deepsea Mira rig on a multi-country drilling contract in December 2022 and exercised the first option under the contract at the end of 2023. Now, the firm term of the […]

  • Eidesvik fills vacant CFO position

    2 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Offshore support and construction ships owner Eidesvik has filled the recently vacated chief financial officer (CFO) role.

  • PSA: All NCS drilling contractors audited

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has carried out an audit in the form of competence mapping in the drilling domain, directed at all drilling contractors.

  • Aker Solutions Bags Equipment Contract for New Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig, Norway

    23 July 2012

    Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply a complete drilling equipment topside package to a new semi-submersible drilling rig the South Korean yard is building for Seadrill, the rig operator. The contract includes an option to supply one more drilling equipment package. “We are very pleased to deliver our first […]

  • NYSE to delist Diamond shares after bankruptcy filing

    28 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Following its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Diamond Offshore Drilling has received a delisting notice from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

  • SapuraKencana: Fourth PLSV starts Petrobras gig in Brazil

    19 February 2016

    SapuraKencana’s fourth pipelaying support vessel (PLSV) Sapura Jade has started working with Petrobras in Brazil. SapuraKencana’s first PLSV, Sapura Diamante, entered the market on June 28, 2014. SapuraKencana’s offshore operations are being executed in Brazil for Petrobras by its Brazilian joint venture company Sapura Navegacao Maritima (SNM), which is a 50:50 venture with offshore drilling company Seadrill. In November […]

  • Deepwater Tornado well pays off for Talos

    4 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Talos Energy has completed drilling operations on the Tornado 3 sidetrack well, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which successfully discovered pay.