1430 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • Equinor to use Transocean rig on Gullfaks well duo

    25 March 2021
    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 and well operations on the Gullfaks field using the Transocean Norge drilling rig.

  • Lundin bites dust at Polmak well

    17 November 2020
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has not been able to find any hydrocarbons at the Polmak well exploration well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • Equinor hits gas and condensate in exploration well offshore Norway

    16 January 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has proven gas and condensate in the Ragnfrid North exploration well, which is located near the Kristin field offshore Norway.

  • BP starts drilling at Puma West well near Mad Dog field in Gulf of Mexico

    7 November 2019

    Oil major BP has started drilling at the Puma West prospect the Green Canyon Block of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

  • Greenpeace protesting against ExxonMobil’s Kara Sea drilling plans

    11 June 2014

    Only two weeks after boarding the Transocean Spitsbergen rig on its way to drill a well in the Barents Sea, Greenpeace has a new target. This time it is the West Alpha semi-submersible rig. In a statement issued on their website, the environmental organisation said that their ship Esperanza has entered the fjord in Olen near Haugesund, […]

  • Eirik Raude rig to drill in the Falkands?

    20 May 2014

    Ocean Rig has reportedly received a contract for its Eirik Raude semi-submersible rig for a drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands.

  • Customers vote Ensco best offshore drilling contractor

    30 January 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Ensco plc has earned first place for total customer satisfaction in the Oilfield Products & Services Customer Satisfaction Survey. Conducted by EnergyPoint Research, the annual survey is the industry benchmark for customer satisfaction in the global oilfield. The UK-headquartered company led all offshore drilling contractors in the survey by receiving top honors […]

  • Songa Offshore: Fleet Status Update for November 2012

    11 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Songa Offshore, a Cyprus-based drilling contractor, has announced its drilling rig fleet status update for November 2012. Songa Venus achieved an operating efficiency of 98% during the month. The rig continues to operate for Petronas Carigali in Malaysia. Songa Mercur achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the operational part of the month. The rig […]

  • Det norske adds new members to its board

    11 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil exploration and development company, Det norske oljeselskap, has elected new members to the Board of Directors. Øyvind Eriksen is a new Chairman of the Board, and Trond Brandsrud a new member of the Board. Sverre Skogen has resigned from his duty as Chairman of the Board, and Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup has at the […]

  • UK firm picks up nine-well decom gig in Gulf of Mexico

    23 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Elemental Energies has won a master services agreement with Promethean for the decommissioning of orphaned wells in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

  • Shell hires semi-submersible rig for Namibia

    26 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Northern Ocean has secured a contract award from Shell for operations in Namibia, where the major made an oil discovery earlier this year.

  • More time in Gulf of Mexico for Aquadrill drillship

    12 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Aquadrill has extended the charter hire agreement with Diamond Offshore for a drillship, which will continue its ops in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Valaris may face delisting from NYSE

    21 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Another offshore drilling contractor, Valaris, has seen its share value fall below $1 as its operations and contracts are getting delayed or cancelled amid challenging market situation.

  • Ship Finance to Acquire Harsh-Environment Jack-Up Rig ‘West Linus’

    9 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) and Ship Finance International Limited (Ship Finance), on July 1, announced an agreement to a combined sale and leaseback arrangement whereby Ship Finance will acquire the harsh environment jack-up drilling rig West Linus from a subsidiary of NADL. The West Linus is currently under construction at Jurong Shipyard in Singapore with […]

  • Popular offshore industry news in 1Q 2019

    1 January 2020

    The most popular news at Offshore Energy Today during the first quarter of 2019.

  • SapuraKencana secures $700M in drilling contracts

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has announced that its wholly-owned drilling subsidiaries have been awarded three new contracts and a contract extension worth approximately $700 million. Petcon (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana, has been awarded two contracts by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (“PCSB”) for the provision of its tender assist […]

  • Semi-sub rig bags another drilling assignment off Canada

    14 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by SFL Corporation (SFL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, for a drilling campaign offshore Canada.

  • Ocyan scores new long-term gig for semi-sub rig

    27 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ocyan has secured a new long-term operating deal for a semi-submersible rig, which will carry out operations offshore Brazil.  

  • Wärtsilä Propels Six New Offshore Pipe Layers

    28 August 2013
    Equipment

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received a significant order to supply the propulsion solutions for six new offshore pipe laying vessels being built by IHC Merwede, a global leader in delivering efficient vessels and equipment. Three of the ships are to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, […]

  • Tullow: Ivory Coast Well Hits Non-Commercial Condensate Reservoir

    30 May 2013

    Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Calao-1X exploration well in the CI-103 licence offshore Côte d’Ivoire, where Tullow is operator and has a 30% carried interest, has encountered thin condensate/gas bearing reservoirs in an Upper Cretaceous deepwater channel system. The well is the second deepwater exploration well drilled in the CI-103 licence and targeted […]

  • LLOG kicks off drilling ops at Buckskin

    23 January 2018

    U.S.-based oil company LLOG Exploration has started development drilling operations at the Buckskin project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

  • Calao-1X Exploration Well Encounters Non-Commercial Condensate Off Ivory Coast

    30 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Calao-1X exploration well in the CI-103 licence offshore Côte d’Ivoire, where Tullow is operator and has a 30% carried interest, has encountered thin condensate/gas bearing reservoirs in an Upper Cretaceous deepwater channel system. The well is the second deepwater exploration well drilled in the CI-103 licence and targeted […]

  • Eni strikes oil offshore Angola. Eyeing fast-track development

    26 June 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Italian oil major Eni has made an oil discovery in Angola’s offshore block 15/06, in the Kalimba exploration prospect. Eni on Monday said the new oil find contained between 230 and 300 million barrels of light oil in place.

  • BP Adds Two Drilling Rigs in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

    20 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    BP yesterday announced it has added two drilling rigs to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, bringing its fleet to a company record nine rigs as it continues to develop its strong portfolio of assets in the key U.S. offshore basin. One of the rigs is a new ultra-deepwater drillship known as the West Auriga that […]

  • Brazilian firm taking stake in Equatorial Margin gas infrastructure

    19 December 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Brazilian oil and gas player Brava Energia has signed a binding partnership agreement with compatriot firm PetroReconcavo laying down the conditions for the latter’s acquisition of the natural gas outflow and processing infrastructure in the Potiguar Basin, which is part of the Equatorial Margin.