1444 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • Brazil: OSX Receives USD 263 Million Order for New PLSV

    29 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

      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 […]

  • Transocean’s 2009-built drillship lands 300-day deal offshore India

    4 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Transocean has picked up a multimillion-dollar contract for one of its drillships off the coast of India.

  • Shelf Drilling scoops two jack-up rig contracts

    12 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Shelf Drilling, a shallow water offshore drilling contractor, has secured contracts for two of its jack-up drilling rigs in Dubai.  Shelf’s two drilling rigs, Shelf Drilling Tenacious and the Shelf Drilling Mentor (previously called the West Mischief), have each won a two-year contract with Dubai Petroleum, including two one-year options. The planned startup of operations is January 2018, […]

  • Ophir set to drill Ivory Coast wildcat in May

    9 March 2017
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil company Ophir Energy is planning to spud an exploration well off Ivory Coast in May with the Seadrill-owned drillship West Saturn.  Ophir entered the country in 2016 by signing a production sharing contract with African Petroleum for Block CI-513. The agreement entailed drilling an exploration well within two years of the signing of the PSC. The company […]

  • Lundin cleared to drill Barents Sea well

    12 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy

    Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7219/11-1 well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.

  • West Elara rig cleared to begin drilling at Ekofisk

    12 October 2017
    Exploration & Production

    American energy corporation ConocoPhillips has received consent to use the West Elara drilling rig for drilling and completion of water injection wells at the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Watchdog (PSA), said on Wednesday that the consent regards drilling wells on the Ekofisk 2/4 VC. According to the […]

  • Consent for Equinor to use West Hercules rig in North Sea

    9 October 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.

  • Equinor gains consent to use West Hercules rig for Korpfjell Deep well

    28 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.

  • Unithai checks over Shelf Drilling jack-up ahead of Thai ops

    7 June 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Thailand’s Unithai Shipyard and Engineering has recently completed maintenance of a jack-up drilling rig for the Dubai-based jack-up contractor, Shelf Drilling. The rig has now been moved out from the yard for operations in the Gulf of Thailand, the shipyard said in a statement on Tuesday. Unithai did not reveal the name of the rig. However, […]

  • North Atlantic Drilling removes director amid corruption probe

    6 November 2015

    North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., a provider of harsh-environment offshore drilling rigs, has removed a director from its board due to his potential involvement in a corruption scandal. In a statement issued Thursday night, the company said it was informed that Jo Lunder, Director of the company, is under investigation by Norwegian prosecuting authorities in relation […]

  • Pursuit of appeal for arbitration ruling regarding two canceled drillships hits a wall

    2 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Northern Drilling is contemplating its next steps after its attempts to appeal the court’s arbitration ruling related to canceled orders for two drillships with a South Korean shipbuilder came to naught.

  • Is Pacific Drilling a takeover candidate?

    23 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Bloomberg Business earlier in June reported that the offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling was being looked at by Transocean, Ensco and Seadrill as a potential takeover candidate. Also, it has been reported that Chevron, the driller’s largest customer has cancelled a Gulf of Mexico rig tender due for an award at the end of the year. […]

  • QP starts North Field drilling campaign as part of LNG expansion

    15 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    State-run Qatar Petroleum said Wednesday it has launched a drilling campaign for the North Field East Project as part of plans to expand liquefied natural gas production. The first of 80 North Field East development wells was spudded on 29 March by the jack-up rig “GulfDrill Lovanda”. The jack-up rig is managed by GulfDrill, a […]

  • U.S. Jack-Up Rig Owner Implements IFS Applications

    27 November 2012
    Equipment

      IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that a major North American offshore oil and gas drilling company has signed a contract to implement IFS Applications as its enterprise asset management (EAM) software system. The company will implement IFS Applications for Offshore Service to support maintenance operations. The solution will include projects, maintenance and […]

  • Noreq Wins Major Contracts with Asian Yards

    20 October 2011

    During recent weeks, noreq has been awarded several major contracts with Asian yards. Both Korea and Singapore is growing to be very important markets for Noreq. Some weeks back it was made official that Noreq was awarded the contract for Lifeboat packages for Maersk drillships being built with Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. This week, […]

  • Global Maritime Adds New Member to Its Houston Team

    25 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Global Maritime has appointed Eric Frank to oversee its United States operations based out of Houston. Eric, who will also be responsible for Global Maritime’s Dynamic Positioning (DP) services throughout the US, brings 27 years’ offshore and onshore experience to Global Maritime and has been tasked with supporting the company’s growth across the region. This […]

  • BP to drill sidetrack well at Aspy D-11 site, offshore Canada

    8 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Canadian authorities have approved BP’s plans to drill a sidetrack well at the Aspy D-11 well site, offshore Newfoundland.

  • NYSE listing warning for Vaalco Energy

    27 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Houston-based oil and gas company Vaalco Energy has received a continued listing warning from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

  • Two dusters for Statoil, Husky in Flemish Pass, Canada

    10 July 2017

    Norwegian oil company Statoil and its Canadian partner Husky Energy have not been able to find oil and gas in their latest drilling campaign offshore Canada. Statoil has said it has, together with Husky, completed a two-well exploration drilling program in the Flemish Pass Basin offshore Newfoundland. Both wells were drilled by the Seadrill West […]

  • Norsafe Reaches Record Order Backlog (Norway)

    20 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norsafe has received orders for 400 million NOK (approx. 69 million USD) over the course of one month, reinforcing its role as the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of maritime lifesaving systems. During October 2012 the sales department signed contracts for a value greater than NOK 400 million, thereby increasing the order backlog to a […]

  • Talos inks Gulf of Mexico exploration deals with BP, ExxonMobil

    19 September 2019

    BP and Talos to spud West Puma well in October

  • Noble and Diamond Offshore days away from becoming one as final regulatory approval slides into place

    2 September 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Noble Corporation and Diamond Offshore have managed to get all regulatory requirements out of the way, thus, their business combination is anticipated to be completed in a couple of days.

  • Brazil: OSX to Build 11 Tankers for Kingfish

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    OSX was hired by Kingfish do Brasil Navegação S/A to build 11 medium range tankers, with 45,000 DWT (Deadweight Tonnage) each, for transportation of oil and clear products. These vessels shall be chartered by Kingfish to Petrobras. The approximate total value of the shipbuilding contract between Kingfish and OSX is US$ 732 million with deliveries […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, May 26 – June 1, 2014

    1 June 2014

    Petrobras to exclude SBM Offshore from FPSO bidding World’s largest FPSO supplier could miss out on Libra and Tartaruga Verde bidding in Brazil. Greenpeace vessel blocks Statoil’s rig from reaching drill site The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is blocking the arrival of Statoil’s Transocean Spitsbergen oil rig in the Arctic by occupying the exact location where […]

  • IHC EB’s Pipe-Lay Tower En Route to Rotterdam

    1 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    On Thursday, a 45m high pipe-lay tower belonging to IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has left the Port of Tyne destined for Rotterdam. The bespoke construction has towered over the Port since November 2013. In a complex operation lasting over 24 hours the tower was loaded aboard the Meri heavy load vessel which will deliver […]