Drilling contractor Paragon Offshore has been awarded contracts for two of its jack-ups and stacked a drillship that was previously under a contract with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. In its latest fleet status report issued on Monday, the drilling contractor reported that its 1977-built dril
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 7219/12-1, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The well 7219/12-1 will be drilled from the Ocean Rig’s drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson in a prospect named Filicudi. The oil company received a consent f
ESS Support Services Worldwide (ESS) Offshore recently secured three new contracts, which will see it delivering hotel and catering services on the newly constructed jack-up drilling rig Maersk Highlander, as well as two accommodation vessels. The Maersk Highlander recently arrived to and is current
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has received a contract extension for a semi-sub rig. However, the rig’s dayrate has been more than halved. According to the driller’s latest fleet status report on Thursday, the 1981-built semi-submersible rig Noble Paul Romano has received a one-well
Engie E&P Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 36/7-4 located in the North Sea. The well proved oil and gas. The well is located in production license 636, in a prospect named Cara, where Engie is the operator with 30% interest. The other partners are Tullow Oil Norge w
Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has issued a tender for a rig contract for the Druid exploration well, located in the Southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, with a spud date set for June 2017. The Druid well is located in the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 2/14 which lies in
Wintershall Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of four wells near the Vega field in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The company has made a minor oil discovery. The four wells are located in the production license 248 F where Wintershall is the operator. The wells are wildcat well 35/
Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling is reportedly preparing yet another round of downsizing. According to Offshore.no, a Norwegian-language news website covering the country’s oil and gas industry, Dolphin Drilling is set to cut ‘at least’ 180 jobs. Based on the report, the ratio
The Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has granted consent to the oil company Statoil to use the drilling rig Scarabeo 5 on the Snorre field, offshore Norway. Statoil will use the semi-submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 5 for well intervention on the Snorre fiel
Total Norge is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 1/5-5, located northwest of the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 40 kilometers northwest of the Ekofisk field, in the production license 618 where Total is the operator, and 320 kilome
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant with the oil company Maersk Oil. The contract covers the plugging and abandonment of the Leadon and James subsea fields in the UK sector of the North Sea. The duration of the contract is estim
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes informed on Thursday that the international offshore rig count for August 2016 was down by over forty rigs year over year. According to the report, the international offshore rig count for August 2016 was 228, up 2 from the 226 counted in July 2016, and down 4
Oil major ConocoPhillips has reportedly opted for an early cancellation of a drilling contract with Rowan Companies for its jack-up drilling rig Rowan Gorilla VI. The Rowan Gorilla VI is a LeTourneau Technologies Super Gorilla Class rig built in 2000. With a leg length of 607 ft, the rig is capable
A contract has been signed with a Norwegian offshore transport company to move the Transocean Winner drilling rig from the Isle of Lewis to Turkey. To remind, the Transocean Winner rig ran aground on a beach in Scotland back in August. After two weeks of being grounded in Dalmore Bay, the rig was mo
