Norwegian drilling company Odfjell Drilling has won a contract for its Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig. The contract is with JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (“JX Nippon”) for one exploration well located West of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. “The contract
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has issued a monthly rig fleet status report, where, under the section titled New Contracts/Extensions/Modifications/Letters of Intent, the company posted this: “Nothing to Report”. While there are no new contracts on the horizon, Noble’s current contracts are not
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Ltd has reached an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Enigneering (DSME) to defer the delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships. According to the new schedule, the West Aquila and West Libra drillships will now ne delivered in the second quarter of 2018
Offshore Energy Today is bringing you an exclusive interview with Craig Mann, the creator of a series of images that combine life offshore with one of the most popular movie franchises of all time, Star Wars. Mann agreed to share with us the story behind this project and how it all came about. We ca
Finland’s solutions provider for offshore oil and gas industry Wärtsilä, has signed a long-term maintenance agreement with Prosafe, the world’s largest owner of semi-submersible accommodation vessels also known as flotels. The 10-year agreement covers the diesel engines onboard Prosafe’s new build f
Total E&P (Total) has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to drill an exploration well, in the North Sea off Norway, using the Maersk Gallant jack-up rig. Total is the operator for production licence 618 with an ownership interest of 60 per cent and it has received consent
Seven drilling contractors, including major players like Transocean and Seadrill, have joined forces to create a reporting tool for capturing well control equipment failures. According to one of these offshore drillers, Maersk Drilling, the tool captures all failures in a third party system and give
German oil and gas company Wintershall has started drilling the Kvalross exploration well 7224/2-1 located in the Barents Sea. Licence PL611, which contains the Kvalross prospect, is located in the Norwegian Barents Sea to the south of OMV’s Wisting and Hanssen oil discoveries. The company gained a
Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, has informed that one of its Cat D rigs operating for Statoil offshore Norway has experienced a blowout preventer (BOP) failure. According to the owner of the rig, while performing a final test on location, Songa Endurance experienced BOP equipment fa
Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-sub accommodation vessels, has re-established the main tow for its flotel Safe Bristolia in the North Sea. The tow line was re-established on Friday, January 8, 2016, and the Safe Bristolia has reassumed the tow at midnight. The Safe Bristolia was being relocat
The international offshore rig count for December 2015 has dropped by 88 rigs when compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Baker Hughes, an oilfield services provider. The international offshore rig count for December 2015 was 250, down 9 from the 259 counted in November 2015
Songa Offshore, a Norway-based midwater drilling contractor, has received the Petroleum Safety Authority’s Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for its Songa Endurance drilling rig. Songa Endurance is a semi-submersible drilling rig and the second of four Cat D rigs that Songa is building for Statoil
Prosafe, the owner of semi-submersible accommodation rigs, is still waiting for the weather to improve to re-attach its flotel Safe Bristolia to a tug vessel in order for it to continue its journey to Poland. The Safe Bristolia was heading to Gdansk attached to an anchor handling tug vessel Sea Lynx
Prosafe still has not managed to establish the towline for its semi-sub accommodation vessel the Safe Bristolia that broke loose in the North Sea. To remind, after the towline connecting the Safe Bristolia to an anchor handling tug vessel Sea Lynx snapped due to heavy weather, the vessel was left dr
