Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has received an early contract termination for a jack-up drilling rig and a new contract for a drillship unit. Namely, Noble informed in its latest fleet status report on Tuesday that the Australian oil company Quadrant Energy exercised its right to ear
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported on Tuesday afternoon that an underwater survey continues to be carried out around the Transocean Winner drilling rig, which is currently grounded off the Isle of Lewis, and that there will be a new exclusion area covering the air. The semi-submersib
Norwegian oil company Statoil has started drilling the Njord North Flank-2 (NF-2) exploration well 6407/7-9 S located in the Norwegian Sea. The NF-2 prospect is located in Licence PL107C immediately north of the Njord field. Statoil received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petro
UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Monday that a team of additional six people would join the salvors on board the grounded drilling rig Transocean Winner, as part of the ongoing salvage operation. The semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Winner ran aground near Dalmore Beach on the Isle o
Norwegian oil firm Det norske oljeselskap has obtained approval to use the Maersk Interceptor jack-up for drilling at the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The field is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, around 175 kilometers west-south-west of Karmøy in Rogaland county. Water depth in the area
Following last week’s grounding of the Transocean Winner rig off the Isle of Lewis, a salvage team is starting a full assessment of the damage to the rig. The rig ran aground last Monday while being towed from Norway to Malta, due to severe weather. According to a statement by UK’s Maritime and Coas
Vietnamese drilling rig builder PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard has delivered the Tam Dao 05 jack-up drilling rig to Vietsovpetro, the joint Russian-Vietnamese company for oil and gas exploration. Following 32 months of construction, the handover ceremony was held on Friday, August 12, 2016, in Vietnam
Maersk Drilling, a drilling contractor part of Denmark’s Maersk Group, delivered a profit of $164 million for the second quarter of 2016. This is a drop compared to the profit of $218 million realized in the second quarter of 2015. Revenue was $566 million, down 9.3% from $524 million a year ago. Re
Ocean Rig UDW, an offshore drilling company, has reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to postpone drillship deliveries and reschedule certain installments for the rigs currently being built in South Korea.
No pollution has been detected as a result of the Transocean Winner drilling rig running aground near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK. Offshore Energy Today reported earlier on Thursday that two fuel tanks on the grounded semi-submersible rig had been breached causing concerns that oil from t
Image by John Gray/Dell-licious-Ness Two fuel tanks on the grounded semi-submersible rig Transocean Winner have been breached and it remains unclear how much oil has leaked into the environment. To remind, the Transocean Winner drilling rig ran aground near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK aft
Saipem’s 6th generation, semi-submersible, drilling rig Scarabeo 8 is now staying at Westcon’s yard in Olen, Norway. The rig arrived at Westcon for classing activities and, according to Westcon, it will stay there until the end of the year. The semi-sub is under a contract with the Italian oil compa
A 147-room hotel module is set to be mounted on the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig. According to Semco Maritime, a company doing the job, this will mark the completion of a major conversion of the upcoming hotel rig. The work is expected to be wrapped up on Wednesday. The company said that the turnkey
Following Monday’s grounding of a giant semi-submersible drilling rig near a beach in the Isle of Lewis in the UK, the coast guard has warned people not to attempt to visit the area.
