Drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has decided to cold stack one semi-submersible drilling rig and one jack-up rig, and scrap two semi-subs. The company said on Monday in its 2Q 2016 report it decided to cold stack the semi-sub Ocean Endeavor and jack-up rig Ocean Scepter. The Ocean Endeavor, buil
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Noble Corporation to oversee the load-on, transportation and load-off operations of the first journey of the ‘world’s largest’ jack-up rig, the Noble Lloyd Noble. Aqualis Offshore said on Monday that its scope of wor
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. has indirectly acquired two drillships and one semi-sub rig by acquiring its subsidiary Transocean Partners LLC. Transocean has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Transocean Partners not already owned by Transocean in a share-for-uni
Drilling contractor Songa Offshore informed on Friday that its fourth and last Cat D rig has started working for Statoil in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The drilling contractor said that its rig Songa Enabler started drilling operations on Friday, July 29, 2016 under its eight-year drilling con
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has spudded the Skipper appraisal well in the UK part of the North Sea and named former Fairfield Energy chief executive as its chairman. Skipper lies in Block 9/21a in license P1609 in the Northern North Sea and is 100% owned and operated by IOG. According to IOG’s upd
An early termination agreement for the deepwater drillship Maersk Valiant has been signed by Maersk Drilling and ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil with effect from mid-September 2016. Maersk Valiant has been on a joint contract with Marathon Oil Corporation and ConocoPhillips since June 2014. The orig
UK-based drilling contractor Ensco on Wednesday saw its profit for the second quarter of 2016 rise when compared to the year-ago quarter and revenues benefit from rig deal terminations. The drilling contractor’s net income for the quarter jumped to $590.6 million, compared to $260.3 million in the s
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation posted a rise in its second quarter 2016 profit helped by a gain from rig contracts cancellation. The drilling contractor on Wednesday posted second quarter 2016 net income attributable to Noble Corporation of $323 million, on revenues of $895 million.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 S, in the North Sea offshore Norway. According to the agency, the well 25/2-18 S will be drilled from Maersk Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig Maersk Interceptor. The drilling program for we
Statoil Petroleum has concluded the drilling of wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B, in the North Sea offshore Norway, and hit a gas/condensate and oil discovery. The wells are located in production license 035/272 where Statoil is the operator. The wells were drilled about six kilometers southeas
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 7220/6-2 R, in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. Lundin recently started the 2016 exploration and appraisal campaign in the Barents Sea which consists of three wells, starting with the re-entry of the Alta-
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 6407/7-9 S, located in the Norwegian Sea. The well will be drilled from Songa Offshore’s Songa Delta semi-sub drilling rig. The oil company received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum
ALE, a global heavy-lift specialist, has completed the load-out of the first 30,000t Cat-J jack-up rig at the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea by using its skidding system designed specifically for the project. ALE said on Monday that the 30,000t Cat-J jack-up rig was built on top of
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