Total’s Norwegian exploration and production subsidiary, Total E&P Norge, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 30/4-3 S, off Norway, after encountering a gas and condensate. The well was drilled with the Mærsk Intrepid jack-up drilling rig in production license 043. The licen
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that on Saturday, October 15 a well control incident occurred off Norway on the drilling rig Songa Endurance prompting the company to evacuate non-essential personnel. The well has been secured with a blowout preventer around the drill string on the seabed
The Transocean Winner, a semi-submersible rig that ran aground near a beach on the Isle of Lewis, in August, is now on its way to Malta, after weeks spent in the UK. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland after the harsh weather blew it ashore in […]
Norwegian oil company Statoil has informed that a fire broke out on Sunday aboard its Statfjord A platform, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to Statoil at 8:20 am CET on Sunday October 16, the platform manager reported smoke and fire in a utility shaft on Statfjord A. No injuries
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an irregularity during an audit of a newly installed blowout preventer (BOP) on the Stena Don semi-submersible drilling rig. The agency said on Monday that the audit identified one non-conformity in connection with ma
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) informed on Friday that sea fastening work to make the Transocean Winner rig ready for its journey on the back of the Hawk heavy lift vessel has been completed and signed off. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Maersk Drilling’s fourth and final XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jack-up was named Friday morning at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. Bente Norheim, wife of Jan Norheim, Managing Director of BP Norge, named the rig Maersk Invinci
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has been awarded several new drilling contracts for its jack-up rigs while also preparing to stack other rigs that remained unemployed. According to Ensco’s latest fleet status report on Thursday, the 1981-built jack-up rig drilling rig Ensco 84 has been awarded a con
ConocoPhillips UK, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips, has chartered three anchor handling supply tug vessels to tow the Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig. What is interesting is that Transocean’s latest fleet status report dated July 2016 shows the Sedco 712 drilling unit as
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has stacked one of its semi-sub rigs following a contract completion in September. The company has also informed that three of its Cat D drilling rigs have been impacted by an ongoing strike of the oil service workers in Norway. The 1984-built semi-submers
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to Statoil to drill four survey wells at the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Atlantic semi-sub rig. Statoil is the operator of the Johan Sverdrup field, which is located in the No
After weeks spent moored in Broad Bay, Scotland, the Transocean Winner semi-submersible drilling rig is finally set to depart the UK waters. The rig had been stranded near a beach close to Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland after the harsh weather blew it ashore in August. After that, the rig was tow
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes reported on Friday that the international offshore rig count for September 2016 was down by 47 rigs year over year. According to the report, the international offshore rig count for September 2016 was 221, down 7 from the 228 counted in August 2016, and down 4
Offshore driller Transocean is bracing for another attempt to load its Transocean Winner rig onto the Hawk semi-sub heavy lift vessel. If unsuccessful, the company will have to hire another heavy lifter as the Hawk’s contract term is expiring next Monday. The company’s previous attempt to load the r
