1430 results found for 'seadrill'

1430 results found for 'seadrill'
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  • Odfjell Drilling cheers completion of ‘complex’ rig move off Namibia

    2 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Odfjell Drilling has boosted operational efficiency by employing a new method to complete a rig move off Namibia.

  • OPEC agrees to cut oil production

    29 September 2016

    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Wednesday agreed to reduce oil production, aiming to stabilize oil prices. According to Reuters, this is the first such deal in eight years. The agreement in principle was reached in Algeria, where the OPEC oil ministers agreed to keep the production at 32.3 and 33 million barrels per […]

  • ABB to Supply Equipment for Samsung Built Drillships (South Korea)

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $80 million from Samsung Heavy Industries to supply energy efficient drives, motors and electrical power systems for five drillships and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to be built at Samsung’s shipyard in Korea. The vessels will be used to extract, process […]

  • Semi-sub rig booked for drilling gig off Namibia

    5 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Galp has hired a semi-submersible rig, owned by SFL Corporation (SFL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, for a drilling campaign off Namibia.

  • More time with Shell in Namibia for one rig while another gets ready to kick off its gig with TotalEnergies

    26 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Northern Ocean has secured a contract extension from the UK-headquartered Shell for operations in Namibia.

  • Vantage trims losses amid increased activity

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Vantage Drilling has managed to cut its quarterly loss on the back of higher revenues driven by growing contracting activity and utilisation.

  • Greenpeace activists end West Hercules rig protest

    30 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Greenpeace activists have ended their protest on the Barents Sea-bound West Hercules offshore drilling rig, currently located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway, after spending 16 hours on the rig. 

  • Popular offshore industry news in 3Q 2019

    2 January 2020

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

  • Equinor moving West Phoenix rig to UK for 3-well campaign

    16 January 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Seadrill’s drilling rig West Phoenix is now being moved from Norway to the UK Continental Shelf to start operations on a three-well drilling campaign for Equinor.

  • Wartsila to Supply Propulsion Solutions for Six New Pipe Laying Vessels

    28 August 2013

    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, […]

  • Norway employs West Hercules rig to find dry well for CO2 storage

    28 November 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor, Shell, and Total have begun drilling the 31/5-7 Eos wildcat well to investigate whether the reservoir in the deep Johansen Formation was suitable for storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) as part of the Northern Lights project.

  • With Shell opting out of last extension option in Namibia, rig available for hire in summer

    12 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Northern Ocean is on the lookout for further assignments for a semi-submersible rig, which is expected to finish its work with Shell in the summer next year.

  • Equinor forced to restart Canadian well due to operational challenges

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

    Norwegian energy giant Equinor has encountered difficulties during its drilling operations offshore Canada. As a result, operations will take longer than previously expected.

  • Bahamas Petroleum clears environmental hurdle for offshore well

    27 February 2020
    Project & Tenders

    London-listed oil company Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has received environmental authorization from the government of The Bahamas for the Perseverance #1 well, expected to be spud in April 2020

  • Update: Petrobras takes Laguna Star drillship on a two-year spin

    8 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has hired the Laguna Star drillship on a two-year contract.

  • IHC Merwede Launches SAPURA DIAMANTE Pipelayer

    27 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA DIAMANTE in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the innovative offshore vessel was carried out by Mrs Christina Lucia Duarte Pinho, the Executive Manager of Petrobras E&P Service. The 550t pipelaying vessel – ordered […]

  • Kongsberg’s Technology Packages for 10 Petrobras Pipelaying Vessels

    17 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to deliver substantial technology packages for ten new pipelaying vessels ordered by Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras. In contracts valued approx. NOK 118 Million, the scope of supply includes Kongsberg Maritime’s leading offshore vessel technology including Dynamic Positioning (DP), position reference systems, propulsion control and automation. Six 550-tonne laying tension […]

  • Sete Brasil Orders Five Drillships from Sembcorp

    8 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine Ltd, through Jurong Offshore Pte Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiaries has secured total contracts worth approximately US$4,032 million from Sete Brasil Participacǒes S.A. (Sete Brasil), for the design and construction of five drillships based on Jurong Shipyard’s proprietary Jurong Espadon drillship design. In addition to the above, Sembcorp Marine had on 6 February 2012 announced […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Mexico Becomes Fully Operational

    9 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Kongsberg Maritime Mexico S.A. DE C.V., became fully operational out of its new facility in the city of Veracruz this summer. As an extension to Kongsberg Maritime’s worldwide service network, the new service hub will offer service and support to DP vessels and merchant ships with Kongsberg Maritime navigation, automation and control systems on board. […]

  • Norway: IFS Inaugurates Center of Excellence for Oil & Gas Industry

    20 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      IFS, the global enterprise applications company, launches its Center of Excellence for the Oil & Gas industry. The Center will be based in Norway. Founded on IFS’s successful track record delivering project-based industry solutions to mid-size and large companies within the oil & gas industry, the center will be IFS’s global hub for industry […]

  • Kongsberg equipment for ten pipelayers in Brazil

    17 March 2014
    Equipment

    Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to deliver substantial technology packages for ten new pipelaying vessels ordered by Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras.   In contracts valued approx. NOK 118 Million, the scope of supply includes Kongsberg Maritime’s leading offshore vessel technology including Dynamic Positioning (DP), position reference systems, propulsion control and automation. Six 550-tonne laying […]

  • Keppel Corporation Announces Another Record Year (Singapore)

    26 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Corporation announces another record year. Their net profit grew by 14% to a new high of nearly $1.5 billion. This is the fifth year running that their net profit has surpassed the $1 billion mark. Also for the fifth consecutive year, their Return on Equity has remained above 20%. Economic Value Added has also […]

  • Keppel Corporation Announces Another Record Year (Singapore)

    26 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Corporation announces another record year. Their net profit grew by 14% to a new high of nearly $1.5 billion. This is the fifth year running that their net profit has surpassed the $1 billion mark. Also for the fifth consecutive year, their Return on Equity has remained above 20%. Economic Value Added has also […]

  • Turkey now boasts a fleet of four rigs as ex-Vantage drillship finally finds home

    18 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Turkey’s oil and gas giant TPAO has added another deepwater drillship to its fleet of drilling rigs, which are working in the Black Sea.

  • Popular offshore industry news in 2Q 2019

    1 January 2020

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