Offshore drilling company Pacific Drilling has informed that its CEO Christian J. Beckett has stepped down from his positions as CEO and as a member of the Board to pursue other opportunities. The company, which provides ultra-deepwater drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry, announce
Drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has stacked one semi-sub rig and is selling five others, according to its latest fleet status report on Monday. The fleet report on Monday revealed that the semi-sub Ocean Victory has been stacked in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The rig previously worked for BP offsh
Golden Close Maritime Corp, the owner of the Deepsea Metro I drillship, managed by Odfjel Drilling, has received a force majeure notice on the drillship contract. To remind, the rig owner in May said it had secured a contract in South East Asia for the DeepSea Metro I drillship with an undisclosed p
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted oil major Statoil a drilling permit for a Barents Sea wildcat well. The well, designated 7435/12-1, will be drilled from the Songa Enabler drilling rig following the drilling of wildcat well 7325/4-1 located in the Gemini Nord prospect in the Hoo
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 25/4-11 in the North Sea. The well 25/4-11, located in a prospect named Hyrokkin, will be drilled by the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig north of Alvheim in the North Sea. The drilling program for well 25/4-11 r
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for its drilling rigs, which meant returning from idle state for a couple of them, and decided to sell two. In its quarterly fleet status report on Tuesday, Transocean confirmed that the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible GSF Development Dr
Eleven activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise took to the water in inflatable boats on Friday to protest against Statoil’s exploration activities in the Arctic Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The activists were joined by actress Lucy Lawless, known for her role in the TV show Xena: Warrior
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has found work for a number of its jack-up as well as semi-submersible drilling rigs in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Australia, and Qatar. According to the driller’s latest fleet status report issued on Thursday, two semi-submersible drilling rigs have been awarded
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has been awarded new contracts and contract extensions for its jack-up drilling rigs working in the UK, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Trinidad. In its fleet status report on Wednesday, the driller reported that the 2011-built jack-up drilling rig Rowan Norway has been hir
Oil exploration and production company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the North Sea using the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig. The PSA said on Wednesday that the well would be drilled in a prospect named Nordfjellet in block 25/
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found a number of non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of the Maersk Intrepid rig. The PSA said on Wednesday that it carried out an audit of Maersk Drilling’s management of emergency preparedness and empl
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for a wildcat well and pilot well in the Norwegian Sea. The wells, designated 6507/8-9 and 6507/8-U2, will be drilled using the Deepsea Bergen semi-sub after the drilling rig completes the drilling of appraisal well 31/7
Nature Group, an oil, gas, and maritime waste collection and treatment company, has secured a five-year contract with Maersk Oil in the central North Sea. Nature Group said on Tuesday that the contract would see the company mobilize offshore slop processing environmental units and operational staff
Oil company Lundin Norway has declared its third option to extend the existing contract of the Ocean Rig-owned semi-submersible rig, Leiv Eiriksson. In addition, Ocean Rig has granted Lundin two additional options to drill further wells in the future, the driller said on Monday. As a result of these
