Global Marine, a provider of engineering and underwater services, has secured a contract with Subsea 7 to provide personnel and equipment to support the delivery of a submarine fibre optic link between platforms in the North Sea for UK oil and gas major, BP. Under the contract, Global Marine will be
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig, the Maersk Integrator, has started drilling operations on the Gina Krog field, in the Norwegian North Sea, on July 20, 2015. The rig is operating for Norway’s oil and gas giant Statoil and it will drill wells until sometime in 2019. Statoil received consent from the Pe
With the sail away of the Cygnus Alpha Compression Module yesterday evening (July 20, 2015), the last of four main structures left Heerema Hartlepool, part of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), after two and a half years of construction. According to Heerema, the Cygnus Bravo Wellhead Platform (BWHP)
Noreco Norway has informed that the Haribo exploration well in the North Sea has been drilled to total depth without encountering hydrocarbons. The well will now be plugged and abandoned as the targeted high porosity reworked chalk reservoir was not found. Spudded on June 21, 2015 the well was drill
Rowan Companies, a Houston-based drilling contractor, has sold two jack-up drilling rigs effective July 1, 2015. In addition, Rowan has signed several new contracts and contract extensions. Namely, the Rowan Alaska and the Rowan Juneau have been retired from service as drilling units as the company
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a 5-year contract extension for the semi-submersible Heydar Aliyev rig with BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited acting as Operator of the Shah Deniz field, offshore Azerbaijan. According to Maersk Drilling’s press release, the rig will continue working on the develop
Noble Corporation, an international offshore drilling contractor, has received a contract extension for one of its rigs. Namely, French energy company Engie, formerly known as GDF Suez, has extended the contract for the jack-up rig Noble Regina Allen. According to Noble’s latest fleet status report,
Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Ms. Gillian White, a Business Development Manager of Harland & Wolff, a Belfast-based shipyard best known for the delivery of world’s largest ship at the time, the famous Titanic. However, the topic of our website is oil and gas, so we’ve covered that part of th
Lundin Norway AS has completed wildcat well 10/4-1 located in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well is dry. Lundin Norway is a partner in PL734 with 30 percent working interest. The operator is Wintershall Norge AS with 40 percent working interest while Centrica Resources (Norge) AS has 30 percent
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given consent to Wintershall to drill exploration well 35/11-18 with Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig in the Norwegian North Sea. Wintershall is the operator for production licence 248 in block 35/11. According to the PSA, the formation i
Paragon Offshore, a provider of offshore drilling rigs, has stacked two jack-up drilling rigs, one in Malaysia and another one in Cameroon, and it will be stacking four jack-ups in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Namely, Paragon Offshore stacked the jack-up rig Paragon L785 in Malaysia. The rig was previou
Maersk Drilling has decided to decommission the jack-up rig Maersk Endurer from the fleet and recycle it with Zhoushan Changhong International Ship Recycling in China. “Given the current market situation and the over-supply of drilling rigs in the offshore market, there is a strong need to retire ol
Maersk Drilling’s ultra deepwater drillship Maersk Voyager has started its contract with Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd. According to Maersk Drilling’s social media updates, the contract and drilling operations on Eni’s Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Project started this Saturday, July
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 7220/6-2 in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/6-2 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 7220/6-2 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in
