1460 results found for 'seadrill'

1460 results found for 'seadrill'
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  • Equinor cleared to use West Phoenix rig for Norwegian Sea well

    4 June 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea using the West Phoenix drilling rig. 

  • Equinor picks up drilling permit for Ragnfrid Nord prospect

    24 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Santos Finds Gas Off Bangladesh

    16 February 2012

    Australia’s Santos announced that Sangu-11 in Bangladesh has penetrated a new gas reservoir in the Sangu area with approximately 20 metres of good quality gas pay. The well will be completed and tied into the Sangu facilities and will provide incremental gas to Chittagong in the coming months once marketing arrangements have been finalised. Work […]

  • Equinor bites dust in North Sea well

    30 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Oseberg field in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Oceanteam Shipping Gets New Captain

    25 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Oceanteam Shipping has appointed Holger Reurslag, an experienced offshore energy player with a 25-year career in the offshore construction, drilling and production sector, to the role of the Company Captain. As the Company Captain, Reurslag will be responsible for a wide range of managerial tasks, including the management of the vessel’s crew and the execution of quality, health, safety […]

  • CEO of Fredriksen Group Arrested in Norway

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Chief Executive Officer of the Fredriksen Group, Jo Lunder, was arrested by Norwegian police in Oslo on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Lunder acted as former head of Russian mobile operator VimpelCom from 2011 till 2015, before he was appointed head of the Fredriksen Group in May this year, a role he assumed in September. According to Russian state-funded television network, RT […]

  • BHP Billiton hits pay in Caicos well

    6 October 2016
    Exploration & Production

    BHP Billiton has announced positive drilling results at the Caicos exploration well in the Gulf of Mexico.  Located in Green Canyon 564 where BHP Billiton has 100% interest, this well is approximately 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The company said on Wednesday that Caicos was drilled to […]

  • Sapura Rubi pipelay vessel starts working for Petrobras

    18 August 2016

    Malaysia’s SapuraKencana has informed that its sixth and final pipelay vessel Sapura Rubi has been delivered and started work with Petrobras in Brazil on August 14. SapuraKencana’s offshore operations in Brazil for Petrobras are being executed there by its Brazilian joint venture company Sapura Navegacao Maritima (“SNM”), a 50:50 venture with offshore drilling company Seadrill […]

  • Malaysia’s SapuraKencana enters $5B refinancing deal

    20 March 2014

    Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has successfully concluded and signed a RM16.5 billion (US$5 billion) refinancing club deal with 13 local, regional and international banks. The refinancing program was put in place to replace and streamline facilities that were inherited following the merger of SapuraCrest Petroleum and Kencana Petroleum in 2012. It was also undertaken for […]

  • Vår Energi in Goliat West appraisal success

    3 January 2019

    Vår Energi has found oil and gas at its appraisal well 7122/7-7 S on the Goliat oil field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • Pacific Drilling to delist from NYSE following Chapter 11 filing

    4 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Trading of Pacific Drilling’s shares on the NYSE has been suspended and the contractor is facing delisting following its Chapter 11 filing last week.

  • With drilling plans on track, BPC to enable local investment

    28 November 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has decided to develop and implement a Bahamas-based mutual investment fund with the aim of owning BPC shares.

  • Iran and Kuwait Cooperate on Development of Arash Field

    23 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Iranian Offshore Oil Company managing director announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to cooperate with Kuwait, to jointly develop Arash field. Mahmoud Zirkchiyanzadeh said: “Iran emphasize on its positive diplomacy for development of Arash field and is ready to cooperate with Kuwait. He added: “Offshore Oil Company perform activities in the Arash […]

  • Malaysia: Lundin Petroleum Spuds Bertam-2 Appraisal Well

    9 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum)  announces that it recently spudded the Bertam-2 appraisal well in the PM307 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Bertam-2 is planned to be drilled to a total depth of 1,888 metres by the jack-up rig “Offshore Courageous”. The objectives of the well are to appraise and test the […]

  • NADL delays West Rigel rig again. Exploring ‘JV’ with Jurong

    7 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor North Atlantic Drilling could set up a joint venture company with a Singapore shipyard. Namely, the Seadrill subsidiary on Tuesday said it would extend its standstill agreement for the delivery of the West Rigel semi-submersible drilling rig from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The drilling company explained that the delivery date has now […]

  • Equinor bites dust in North Sea well

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • ExxonMobil to Use West Alpha for Balder Subsea Installation

    8 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    ExxonMobil has received consent to use West Alpha for production drilling, completion and installation of subsea equipment on the Balder field. Balder was the first oil field to be discovered on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, with Esso as the sole licensee in production licence 001. This happened as far back as 1967, more than two […]

  • China: TSC Provides Equipment for Dalian-Built Jack-Up Rigs

    3 July 2013

    TSC recently signed a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (“DSIC”) to provide equipment (BOP Cranes, Conductor Tensioning Units and Rack Cutting) for four units of JU2000E Jack-up drilling rigs to be built by DSIC. The total contract value is approximately US$17.59 million and will be completed by the first quarter of 2014. The rigs […]

  • Norsafe lifeboats for Culzean FSO

    30 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Norsafe has signed a contract with Singapore-based drilling rig builder Sembcorp Marine to deliver freefall lifeboats and davit systems for and ‘FSO to be installed in the UK sector of the North Sea.’ While Norsafe does not reveal the name of the North Sea project, it is safe to say that the FSO is destined for […]

  • Qatar Petroleum takes eight jack-up rigs for North Field Expansion project

    2 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Qatar Petroleum has awarded contracts for a total of eight offshore jack-up drilling rigs required for the North Field Expansion Project offshore Qatar. 

  • Seven drilling contractors unite for well control equipment failure tool

    14 January 2016
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Seven drilling contractors, including major players like Transocean and Seadrill, have joined forces to create a reporting tool for capturing well control equipment failures. According to one of these offshore drillers, Maersk Drilling, the tool captures all failures in a third party system and gives the equipment owners more leverage to instigate equipment improvements with […]

  • Archer names chairman and adds new board member

    24 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Oilfield services company Archer has elected a new chairman of the company as well as a new board member.

  • BP restarts drilling offshore Canada after June leak

    24 July 2018
    Exploration & Production

    BP has resumed drilling operations offshore Nova Scotia, Canada, after it had stopped it following an offshore leak in June.

  • Update: Fredriksen CEO Put on Leave Following Arrest in Norway

    6 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Chief Executive Officer of the Fredriksen Group, Jo Lunder, who was apprehended by Norwegian police in Oslo on Wednesday, has been put on leave by the Group until further notice, according to Norwegian news agency NTB. Lunder is suspected of being involved in an alleged bribery case in Uzbekistan while working as head of VimpelCom, a Russian mobile operator. As […]

  • Well-Safe Protector rig arrives home to prepare for decom work

    11 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment

    Well-Safe Solutions has welcomed home its new rig the Well-Safe Protector for preparations ahead of deployment in early 2021.