1444 results found for 'seadrill'

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  • UAE: Lamprell on Track to Deliver Windcarrier 2

    31 January 2013

    As scheduled, Lamprell had its naming ceremony for the Windcarrier 2 project on 19 January 2013, with various members of the senior management from the customer, Fred Olsen, present. The Windcarrier 2 vessel left the Jebel Ali facility within the last few days and has commenced its final sea trials prior to completion. The Group […]

  • Busy times ahead for Singapore giant with multimillion-dollar string of vessel repairs and upgrades in the bag

    23 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Seatrium has picked up a batch of new repairs and upgrades deals for offshore vessels, including drillships and jack-up rigs, alongside naval ships, ferries, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, tankers as well as damage repair work.

  • Northern Drilling: Offshore recovery continues. Clients prefer hi-spec rigs

    28 February 2019

    Billionaire John Fredriksen’s offshore drilling company Northern Drilling feels offshore drilling market is on a recovery path, and the company is optimistic about future as clients prefer modern high-spec rigs, of which the company has four, with an option for one more.

  • Gulf of Mexico operators curb output ahead of Storm Nate

    6 October 2017

    Offshore oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs and shutting-in production in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate.  According to a Thursday report by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), based on data from offshore operator reports submitted as of 11:30 CDT on Thursday, personnel had […]

  • As drillship gets ready for its Brazilian gig with Petrobras, $500 million lands on Hanwha Drilling’s backlog

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Hanwha Drilling, part of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, has secured its first multimillion-dollar contract for a seventh-generation drillship, which will work at the coast of Brazil for the South American country’s energy giant Petrobras.

  • FPSO delay pushes North Sea project’s costs up by $400 million and bumps first oil to 2025

    21 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi has made changes to the schedule for the start-up of an oil field life extension project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, moving it to the second quarter of 2025.

  • France: Technip Implements IFS at Flexible Pipes Production

    6 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Technip — the global specialist manufacturer of flexible pipes for the oil and gas industry—has implemented IFS Applications at the Flexi France site in order to consolidate its production management in project mode and to support its growth. The solution, integrated by Capgemini and successfully deployed in […]

  • Sapura Diamante: Pressure can burst a pipe or make a diamond

    21 July 2014

    Sapura Diamante is the first of five fully integrated pipe-laying vessels built by IHC Merwede for Sapura Navega^ao Maritima (SNM) from Brazil. With the contract signed early 2012, the keel-laying ceremony for the 550 ton pipe-laying vessels was conducted on 15 January 2013. The launch and naming ceremony was held on 27 September 2013 at […]

  • Statoil to Triple Arctic Research Budget (Norway)

    28 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil is stepping up its Arctic activities and will drill nine wells during a non-stop 2013 Norwegian Barents exploration campaign. The company plans to meet development challenges here by tripling its Arctic technology research budget. Statoil’s exploration experience in the Barents is already extensive. Of the 94 exploration wells drilled in the Norwegian Barents Sea […]

  • Equinor to press on with procurement processes for Bay du Nord oil project

    25 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Equinor will continue its Bay du Nord procurement processes, including options such as the recent expression of interest for FPSO Topside Engineering and Procurement for FEED, with an option for execution.

  • COPL starts drilling campaign and expands interest in West Africa.

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, the offshore West Africa focused oil and gas exploration and development company, has provided a corporate and operational update. London Listing COPL has received approval from the UK Listing Authority for the publication of a prospectus relating to its admission to the standard listing segment of the Official List, and to […]

  • Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling orders another newbuild at a discount price

    1 May 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling orders another newbuild at a discount price

  • Pacific Drilling improves in first quarter but expects challenging times ahead

    8 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Despite posting a loss in the first quarter of the year, offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling has had an overall better first quarter than the one in the year prior, but the company is preparing itself for ‘challenging times’ ahead.

  • Tight jack-up supply fuels Borr Drilling’s hopes of new prospects for its rig fleet

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

    Borr Drilling has recorded strong financial and operational performance during the first quarter of 2023 with a sequential boost in revenue.

  • Equinor gearing up for exploration campaign in Canada to boost Bay du Nord resources

    15 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Norway’s Equinor is mobilising to drill two exploration wells in waters offshore Canada, which could add to its Bay du Nord offshore project development.

  • Three rigs to change hands as Vantage and ADES take their relationship to the next level

    22 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    Vantage Drilling and ADES are taking their relationship to the next level following an agreement under which Vantage will sell three of its jack-ups to ADES.

  • Borr launches tender offer for Paragon Offshore shares

    27 February 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s Borr Drilling has officially launched its tender offer to buy all outstanding Paragon Offshore shares. The tender offer announcement released on Monday follows last week’s news that Borr Drilling had signed a binding tender deal to offer to purchase Paragon Offshore, in a move to consolidate the jack-up drilling market. The offer of $42.28 […]

  • Bassoe – A good year turned bad: offshore rig backlog fell in 2018

    21 December 2018
    Exploration & Production

    By: David Carter Shinn, Bassoe Offshore You could say offshore rig owners dug themselves a deeper hole, but that could be misleading. We’ll sum this up quickly. About six months ago, things were looking pretty good for the offshore rig market (at least on the surface). Momentum (and positive sentiment) was building on the back of more […]

  • GALLERY: Greenpeace activists climb West Hercules rig ahead of Equinor drilling plans

    29 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Four Greenpeace activists have climbed the West Hercules drilling rig, located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway, and bound to drill in the Barents Sea for Equinor. 

  • New gigs for Diamond rigs in North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Australia

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

    Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has secured new work for its rigs in the North Sea, Australia, and the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Keppel Delivers Alpha Star Rig to Brazil Record 4 Months Ahead of Schedule

    29 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      The DSSTM 38 ultra deepwater semisubmersible rig was delivered a record four months ahead of schedule. Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered Alpha Star, the second of two DSSTM 38 semisubmersible rigs, to Brazil’s Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) four months ahead of schedule and with zero lost time incidents. This continues […]

  • CIMB: Keppel, Sembarine Could Win $3.6bn in Jack-Up Rig Orders in 2014

    3 October 2013

    CIMB Research has announced that high utilisation and day rates will continue to boost jack-up rigs orders. Keppel and Sembmarine can snatch up to US$3.6bn worth of contracts in 2014 as PEMEX and Transocean are launching tenders for 10 units of jack-up rigs each, for delivery in 2017-20. Keppel (KEP) may have the upper hand as PEMEX and Transocean […]

  • Bahamas Petroleum sets new spud date as Stena picks rig for offshore well

    25 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has nominated a drillship to drill an exploration well offshore The Bahamas for Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC).

  • Turkey awaits arrival of fourth drillship to prepare for next drilling mission

    13 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Turkey’s latest drillship, bought last year from a South Korean shipyard, is set to join three other drillships as the country is working to develop its gas resources amid a growing need for the security of supply.

  • Transocean told to iron out the kinks at Transocean Norge rig ahead of Equinor contract

    4 July 2019
    Exploration & Production

    The PSA has found irregularities during an audit related to an application for an Acknowledgment of Compliance for the Transocean Norge mobile drilling rig.