Caspian Energy Group has announced that the christening ceremony for a jack-up rig “Mercury” took place on a site of “Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association”, in Russia. It is the second jack-up rig assembled with facilities of “Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association”. In 2013, the jac
Songa Offshore has informed that the scope of work for the Songa Dee Special Periodic Survey (SPS) has progressed according to plan, including the budget of 60 days and USD 90 million. The rig has during the yard stay achieved its certification on hull and structure by DNV, the BOP has been overhaul
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won new contracts worth around $610 million, the company has said in its fleet status report for September 2014. According to the report, its Transocean Leader semi-submersible drilling rig, currently working for Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf,
Bibby Maritime has secured a new charter for floating accommodation vessel ‘Bibby Bergen’, starting 15th October 2014. The vessel is moving to support Bergen Group Hanøytangen AS, who have been awarded a contract from Dolphin Drilling AS for an upgrade and five-year class renewal survey on the semi-
Sevan Drilling and Cosco have agreed to amend the termination rights of the construction contract for the Sevan Developer drilling rig and defer the delivery date. Delivery is deferred for 12 months with mutually agreed options, exercisable at 6 month intervals, to extend the delivery date for up to
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of the wildcat well 33/12-10 S, offshore Norway. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Vollgrav South prospect in PL631, which is located 150 km west of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and between the Gullfaks and
Odfjell Drilling has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with William Jacob Management (WJM). Under the agreement, the companies will mutually deliver engineering services of offshore drilling facilities to the global energy market. The services will include conceptual and front end eng
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of emergency preparedness at Veslefrikk. The PSA carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of emergency preparedness at Veslefrikk A and B from 25-28 August 2014. The objective of the audit was to gain an
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1, in the production licence 230, in the Barents Sea. The 7227/10-1 wildcat well will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig. The name of the prospect is “Saturn”
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited, operator of the Culzean development in the North Sea, has awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project’s well head platform (WHP) jacket to Heerema Hartlepool Limited. Heerema will build the WHP jacket and piles, the well
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA consent to use the Transocean Winner semi-submersible drilling rig for production drilling at Alvheim and Bøyla in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The background to this consent is Det norske‘s acquisition of Marathon O
Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior have boarded the Prezioso offshore oil platform operated by the Italian oil company ENI in the Sicilian Channel. The activists yesterday morning unfurled a 120 meter square banner depicting the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, with a message sa
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of offshore accommodation rigs, has informed its accommodation rig Safe Bristolia has sustained damage in a storm last week. The company has said that last week, operation of the rig was suspended due to damages sustained to lifeboats after experiencing extreme weather.
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the organisation of employee participation at Talisman’s Gyda organisation. The PSA focused in particular on the structures, remits and coordination of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) activities in t
