1460 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Rig poised to seek drilling gigs across continents as Vantage gets marketing rights

    13 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Vantage Drilling has secured a marketing deal for a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, owned by Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of Norwegian investors.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.  

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • BP Brings Two Rigs to Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

    20 November 2013

    BP  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 is under long-term […]

  • SFL to Acquire Jack-Up Rig ‘West Linus’

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) and Ship Finance International Limited (Ship Finance) today announce 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 scheduled delivery […]

  • OKEA to share Siem PSV with Neptune

    29 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    OKEA has won a tender for supply to the Seadrill-owned rig West Phoenix in connection with the rig’s operations on Neptune Energy’s Fenja field located in the Norwegian Sea. 

  • Wartsila to Supply Propulsion to Six New Pipe Laying Vessels

    28 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    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, […]