Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling booked a loss for the third quarter 2017 compared to a profit in the prior-year period due to impairments.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for wellbore 7219/12-3 S offshore Norway.
Prosafe sank to a loss during the third quarter 2017 due to impairments.
For comparison, the company for the same period last year reported a net income attributable to controlling interest of $218 million.
The drilling campaign is for the Buzzard Phase II Development Project and is planned to start around July 2018.
Norway’s Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Askeladden Cat-J jack-up rig for drilling activities on the Gullfaks Sør field off Norway. To remind, the PSA conducted an audit last week to see how Statoil was ensuring that the Askeladden rig was suitable f
Transocean-owned newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Pontus has started operations for Shell in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Transocean said in its fleet status report on Thursday that the Deepwater Pontus drillship began its ten-year contract with Shell in late October. The drillship is operat
Offshore drilling contractor Ensco booked a loss in the third quarter of this year, after reporting a profit in the same period last year. The driller’s revenues were impacted by fewer rig days and lower dayrates. The UK-based driller, which recently completed its acquisition of Atwood Oceanics, on
Fred. Olsen Energy’s entire offshore rig fleet will be out of action soon once its last working rig comes off contract next month. The offshore fleet of Fred. Olsen Energy with subsidiaries consists of three ultra-deepwater/deepwater units and four harsh environment mid-water semi-submersible drilli
Greek oil company Energean Oil & Gas has reportedly hired one of Stena Drilling’s drillships last week on a term deal set to begin in 2018. According to information provided by VesselsValue, Energean hired Stena Drilling’s Stena Forth drillship last Monday on a five-month deal. The contract will beg
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has been awarded several new contracts and extensions for its jack-up rigs while some of its other rigs have recently come off contracts. According to Rowan’s fleet status report on Thursday, the contract for the jack-up rig Rowan Norway with Repsol Sinopec in the UK
Project engineering company Semco Maritime has completed a winterization provisioning on a Noble Corp.-owned jack-up for future deployment to a cold-weather climate. The order follows an exclusive partnership agreement with offshore winterization supplier Advanced Mat Systems (AMS), Semco Maritime s
Oil major Statoil has received consent from the Norwegian safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Songa Endurance drilling rig for work on the Troll field in the North Sea. The PSA said on Monday that the consent allows Statoil to perform drilling and completion work on the Tro
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to Statoil to use the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig on a well in the North Sea. The well, designated 30/8-5, is located in a Statoil-operated production license 190 in the North Sea off Norway. The PSA said o
