Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor with a stake in former Sevan Marine’s subsidiary Sevan Drilling, has denied its relation to a bribery case with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. To remind, Sevan Marine on Friday said that some of its former employees might have been involved in a b
Lundin Petroleum AB has spudded an exploration well on the Rolvsnes prospect, south of the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The Swedish oil and gas company on Friday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has started drilling of exploration well 16/1-25
Archer (UK) Limited announced today the award of a three-year contract with two times two-year extension options, for the provision of platform drilling services for Talisman Sinopec. The contract will see Archer provide onshore rig operations, maintenance and QHSE management, and offshore operation
Lukoil, PanAtlantic, and Romgaz have discovered a gas field at the Trident block (EX-30) in the Black Sea, offshore Romania. The Russian company announced Wednesday the completion of drilling of the exploratory well Lira-1X and the discovery of a gas field in the Lira offshore structure in the Black
Maersk Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig ‘Maersk Deliverer’ has completed its five-yearly special periodic survey (SPS) yard stay ahead of time. According to Maersk, the yard stay had more than 210 job packages and 584 work orders that needed to be completed within 35 days along keyside. The
Repsol Norge AS is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 6306/5-2. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 65 kilometres southwest of the Njord field and 35 kilometres southeast of the 6406/12-3 S and A discoveries (Pil and Bue) in the Norwegian Sea. This is the first explora
Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali has terminated the drilling contract it had with the Russian Eurasia Drilling Company for the Saturn jack-up rig. The driller on Monday said that it had received the letter of early termination of the contract effective October 8. The original contract was expiring on Ja
Odfjell Drilling’s 3rd generation semi-submersible, Deepsea Bergen, has finished its yard stay in connection with the 5-year special periodic survey and is now in transit to location where it will resume operations. The company did not provide details as to where the rig is headed, but the Deepsea B
Lundin Norway AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Arctic drilling rig. Lundin Norway AS is the operator for production licence 708 and has received consent to drill exploration well 7130/4-1 in the
Ocean Rig UDW, an ultra-deepwater drilling contractor, might soon be regarded solely as a drillship provider, as the company is considering scrapping its semi-submersible drilling rigs. Namely, in its fleet status report issued on Wednesday, the company said that the outlook for further employment o
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has found no irregularities after an audit of the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig in respect of structural safety. On September 21 and 22, 2015, the PSA carried out an audit of Odfjell Drilling’s ‘Deepsea Bergen’ while it was at the Aibel Haugesund yard. Accor
Baker Hughes published on Wednesday its monthly rig count report according to which the international offshore rig count for September 2015 was 268, down 2 from the 270 counted in August 2015, and down 65 from the 333 counted in September 2014. According to Baker Hughes, the international rig count
A rescue operation has been initiated to take control of a yacht drifting towards a natural gas platform in the North Sea, some 440 km to the Northeast of Aberdeen. According to the Scottish Television website STV.TV, the owner of the Harrier of Down yacht, sent a distress call Tuesday night saying
By Christopher Johnson LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose on Monday after Russia said it was ready to meet other producers to discuss the market, where prices have more than halved from last year’s highs due to a supply glut. A report showing a fifth weekly fall in the number of oil rigs drilling in the [&
