Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil the go-ahead to use the Stena Don semi-submersible rig for well drilling and completion in the North Sea. The Norwegian oil and gas company will use the DP3 class rig for work on wells 35/11-B-22 and B-13 located in the Fram field. The Ste
OMV Norge, operator of production licence 537, is in the process of completing the drilling of appraisal well 7324/7-3 S on the 7324/8-1 (Wisting) oil discovery, located in the Barents Sea. The well was drilled about 310 km north of Hammerfest by Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig.
Awilco Drilling, a UK based drilling contractor that owns two semi-submersible drilling rigs, has informed that the yard stay for the WilPhoenix rig is taking longer than anticipated and in the meantime the rig remains berthed at Hartlepool on zero dayrate. The WilPhoenix semi-sub drilling rig, equi
Songa Offshore on Thursday took delivery of its fourth and final Cat D rig, Songa Enabler, from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. Songa Enabler is the last rig in a series of four Category D rigs specifically built for and contracted to Statoil. According to its owner, Songa
Sevan Drilling has received an early contract termination from Petrobras for one of its cylindrical drilling rigs in Brazil, rate reduction for another, and a short-term gig for the terminated rig from Shell. According to the company’s statement on Wednesday, Sevan Drilling amended contracts for the
Offshore driller Maersk Drilling has received a notice of early contract termination from Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC), Chevron Corporation’s affiliate in Angola, for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Mærsk Deliverer. Mærsk Deliverer has been on contract with CABGOC since May 201
Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation rig Safe Boreas is now operating in the UK North Sea on the Talisman Sinopec-operated Montrose Area Redevelopment (MAR) project. Talisman Sinopec Energy UK is the operator with a working interest of 58.97%, and Marubeni Oil & Gas (U.K.) is the sole partner. P
GustoMSC, a Dutch designer of offshore drilling rigs has revealed a new jack-up rig design, the NG 3500X. According to the company, the rig is based on the “proven and seasoned” NG-2500X and NG-1800X designs, and comes in 2 distinct versions for accommodation & services and well intervention.
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has let go 70 employees in Norway in relation to the company’s jack-up rig Maersk Reacher. In an e-mail to Offshore Energy Today, Maersk Drilling spokesperson confirmed that the 2009-built jack-up drilling rig Maersk Reacher is currently working, but the
Norwegian oil company Statoil has re-mobilized previously suspended COSL Drilling’s semi-submersible rig COSLPromoter, and sent it back to the Troll field, offshore Norway. To remind, Statoil recently decided to stop drilling operations with the COSLPromoter until it was “safe to discontinue well op
Dutch marine engineering firm Fugro is to supply ROV drilling support services on board the Ocean Guardian drilling rig under a new contract awarded by Dana Petroleum. Operating one of its fleet of FCV 600 ROVs, specifically designed for North Sea drill support activities, Fugro will carry out drill
Drilling contractor Songa Offshore is pressing on with its defence in an arbitration case with South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). According to Songa Offshore’s statement on Monday, the drilling contractor submitted its defence in the arbitrations initiated by DS
After recent reports of planned shutdowns for the Jotun, Varg, Jette, and Oselvar fields, another oil company has decided to shut down an oil field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Namely, Norwegian oil giant Statoil will reportedly stop production from the Volve field located in th
Ocean Rig’s semi-submersible drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson arrived at Westcon Yards in Ølen, Norway, last night, before starting a drilling contract with Lundin. Westcon was hired by the offshore drilling contractor Ocean Rig to prepare the rig for the contract with the oil and gas company. The contra
