1444 results found for 'seadrill'

1444 results found for 'seadrill'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • 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.

  • ‘West Mira’ to become world’s first hybrid offshore rig

    11 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Siemens will supply a battery-based energy storage solution to the West Mira which will make it the world’s first hybrid offshore drilling rig.

  • AOD jack-up wins three-year extension in Middle East

    11 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD) has secured a three-year contract extension for a jack-up drilling rig in the Middle East. 

  • Ophir Spuds Well Off Ivory Coast

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    African Petroleum informed the Ayamé-1X exploration well, offshore Ivory Coast, was spudded on Saturday April 29, 2017 using the Seadrill West Saturn drillship. The well, operated by Ophir Energy, is located on the CI-513 licence. African Petroleum holds a 45% interest in the licence, with Ophir Energy holding 45% and PETROCI the remaining 10%. The Ayamé […]

  • Up to Four Aframaxes for Samsung Heavy

    28 March 2018

    Unisea Shipping placed an order for up to four Aframax tankers at SHI.

  • Most popular articles of the week, June 2 – 6, 2014

    8 June 2014

    Most popular offshore news of the week

  • West Navigator Drillship to Support Faroe’s Novus Prospect, Norway

    28 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that it has contracted the West Navigator drillship to drill the Faroe operated Novus prospect in Norway in the second half of 2013. This licence is located to the […]

  • Ophir ditches Ivory Coast block

    7 March 2018

    UK-based Ophir Energy has decided to exit from Block 513 offshore Cote d’Ivoire.

  • Topaz Energy and Marine in senior management changes

    11 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Offshore support vessel provider Topaz Energy and Marine has made several new appointments to its senior management team. Topaz said on Tuesday that the company named Martin Helweg as the new chief operating officer (COO), Hicham Hachkal as the HR director, and Robert Desai as the chief commercial officer (CCO). Helweg takes over the role […]

  • Indonesia: Premier Reports Successful Well Testing

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Premier Oil announces that the Lama formation within the Anoa field on Natuna Sea Block A (Indonesia) has been successfully tested. The WL-5 development well on Natuna Sea Block A was deepened to a total depth of 11,012 feet to investigate the exploration potential of the Lama Formation within the Anoa Field. The well encountered […]

  • Norway: Faroe Contracts West Navigator Drillship for Novus Prospect

    28 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that it has contracted the West Navigator drillship to drill the Faroe operated Novus prospect in Norway in the second half of 2013. This licence is located to the […]

  • Saudi Aramco Hires Two AOD’s Jack-up Rigs

    14 March 2013

    Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (“AOD”), has signed drilling contracts whereby AOD’s jack-up drilling rigs ‘AOD II’ and ‘AOD III’ will be providing drilling services to the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Saudi Aramco”) for operations in offshore Saudi Arabia. The drilling contracts have been entered into and will be managed by Seadrill Limited on behalf of AOD. Together with ‘AOD […]

  • Ophir spuds exploration well off Ivory Coast

    2 May 2017
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Ophir Energy started drilling the Ayamé-1X exploration well, offshore Ivory Coast, on Saturday, April 29, 2017, using the Seadrill-owned West Saturn drillship. The well, operated by Ophir Energy, is located on the CI-513 license. African Petroleum holds a 45% interest in the license, with Ophir Energy holding 45% and PETROCI the remaining 10%. Ophir took […]

  • ‘Sevan Louisiana’ Rig Delivered

    23 October 2013

    Sevan Drilling has today, 23 October 2013, taken delivery of Sevan Louisiana from Cosco Quidong Shipyard in China. Sevan Louisiana is Sevan Drilling’s third deep water drilling rig and will start the transit to the US Gulf of Mexico It is expected that the rig will  start operation for LLOG Bluewater towards the end of Q1 2014, following […]

  • More woes for Sevan Louisiana rig

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Sevan Louisiana offshore drilling rig continues to experience equipment problems. The rig’s owner, Sevan Drilling has informed that the Sevan Louisiana continues to encounter operational difficulties due to the BOP and supporting systems. “The original issue with the BOP has been rectified, however the BOP tensioner support systems still needs further repair and replacements prior to operation,” Sevan Drilling […]

  • Damaged CHC helicopter removed from rig off Brazil following crash landing

    19 April 2017
    Exploration & Production

    A CHC helicopter that crash-landed last week on the Petrobras-operated Sevan Brasil drilling rig off Brazil has been removed from the helipad.  Following a “rough landing” by the helicopter owned by CHC’s Brazilian unit, BHS, a video emerged this week showing its landing on the rig’s helideck. The rig is located in the Santos Basin, in […]

  • PSA Norway Consents Statoil to Use West Epsilon on Gudrun Field

    3 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      Statoil has received consent to use the West Epsilon mobile facility on the Gudrun field for drilling and completion of production wells. Gudrun is located in the central part of the North Sea. The field is part of production licence 025 and the plan is to develop the field with a process facility with […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce Books USD 161 Million Orders from Major Drilling Contractors

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels. The ships will be built at shipyards in Asia for a range of ship owners including Seadrill, Pacific Drilling, Noble, Ocean Rig and Pride. Anders Almestad, Rolls-Royce, President – Offshore said: “These […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce Books USD 161 Million Orders from Major Drilling Contractors

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels. The ships will be built at shipyards in Asia for a range of ship owners including Seadrill, Pacific Drilling, Noble, Ocean Rig and Pride. Anders Almestad, Rolls-Royce, President – Offshore said: […]

  • MODU Market to Reach USD 54.8 Bln Value in 2013

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Within the global oil and gas industry the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) market is taking on an increasingly important role, say Visiongain in its report. Offshore hydrocarbon reserves will be one of the most important sources for the global oil and gas sector over the next decade and MODUs are an indispensable element of […]

  • Total Receives Consent for Drilling in Barents Sea, Norway

    23 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Total E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7225/3-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7225/3-1 will be drilled from the West Phoenix drilling facility at position 72o 54´ 58.35″ north and 25o 52´ 02.70″ east. The drilling programme for well 7225/3-1 concerns the drilling […]

  • IHC Merwede Launches Pipelaying Vessel SAPURA TOPÁZIO

    20 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA TOPÁZIO in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the fully integrated IHC Merwede vessel was carried out by Puan Sri Datin Seri Yazreen Yahya, spouse of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril Shamsuddin, President and […]

  • ‘Sapura Topazio’ pipelayer named in The Netherlands

    20 February 2014

    Dutch IHC Merwede has named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA TOPÁZIO in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands.   The naming of the fully integrated IHC Merwede vessel was carried out by Puan Sri Datin Seri Yazreen Yahya, spouse of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril Shamsuddin, President and […]

  • Siccar Point Energy hires West Hercules rig for UK work

    19 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller North Atlantic Drilling Ltd (NADL) has been awarded a one-well contract with Siccar Point Energy E&P (SPE) for Seadrill’s semi-submersible drilling rig West Hercules. NADL is a harsh environment drilling contractor and Seadrill’s subsidiary who took over management of the rig in 2012. The driller informed on Monday that the contract with the […]

  • IHC Merwede Launches Pipelaying Vessel SAPURA TOPÁZIO

    20 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA TOPÁZIO in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the fully integrated IHC Merwede vessel was carried out by Puan Sri Datin Seri Yazreen Yahya, spouse of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril Shamsuddin, President and […]