Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Partners has received a notice of Force Majeure from Tullow for the West Leo rig contract. According to the driller, Tullow sent the notice effective October 3, 2016, claiming the field the rig has been hired for, is subject to a drilling moratorium by the gover
Offshore driller Transocean Ltd. has secured a contract for its harsh-environment semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents. The ultra-deepwater floater, has been awarded a 15-month contract with Suncor Energy for drilling operations offshore Canada. The rig will be on a dayrate of $260,000.
Transocean Winner, a drilling rig that recently went aground in Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK, has yet to be shipped away to Turkey. Namely, Offshore Energy Today on Friday reported that the rig was getting ready to be loaded aboard the Hawk semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, however, this has not ha
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into an early termination agreement with Total E&P UK for the tender support vessel Borgsten Dolphin. The driller’s parent company informed on Friday that the agreement will result in a cessation of offsho
Final preparations for moving the Transocean Winner rig onto the Hawk semi-submersible heavy lift and transportation vessel are continuing. According to the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), good progress has been made on the operation in Broad Bay, and the recently grounded rig might be lo
Due to a conflict between the workers’ union and the employers’ organization in Norway, where various groups of oil service workers are on strike, Songa Offshore informed on Friday that three of its rigs are out of operations. To remind, the oil service workers’ strike started on Wednesday last week
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring, a Norwegian provider of offshore mooring services, has signed a contract with Det norske oljeselskap to support Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig at the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. Deep Sea Mooring said on Wednesday that the contract also includes sup
Following a fatal accident involving the COSLInnovator rig on December 30, 2015, some 100 semi-submersible rigs approved by DNV GL will be reviewed. According to DNV GL, a classification body that certifies semi-submersible rigs, preliminary assessments indicate that a limited number of rigs will be
Drilling company North Atlantic Drilling Limited has received a notice of cancellation from Statoil related to the contract for the West Epsilon jack-up drilling rig. The West Epsilon was originally contracted for drilling services in Norway until the end of December 2016. The rig has been working f
More than a month after grounding on a beach on the Isle of Lewis, and the subsequent tow to Broad Bay, the Transocean Winner drilling rig is yet to be towed away from the UK. Offshore Energy Today last week reported that an exercise was to be held to prepare the rig for the loading […]
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig the Maersk Resolve has finalized the planned work scope for DONG Energy at the Hejre field in the Danish sector of the North Sea and Maersk Drilling has therefore received a letter of early termination. DONG hired the jack-up rig back in 2013 and the original contract w
Lamprell has received a contract award from Jacktel AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Marine AS, for the upgrade of the mobile operating unit “Haven” as an accommodation service vessel for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. The scope of works includes procurement, cons
Following Maersk’s confirmation on Thursday that the company would separate the Group’s businesses into Transport & Logistics and Energy divisions, several management changes have been announced as well. Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling, APM Terminals, Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Tankers will have n
A Transocean semi-submersible drilling rig that had run aground on a beach in Scotland recently, might soon leave the UK. Namely, the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Hawk, set to lift the rig and take it away, has reached the Scottish waters and is on its way to transport the now-anchored Transoc
