Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has been awarded two contract extensions for its jack-up drilling rigs in the Netherlands and in the UK. In its latest fleet status report published on Monday, Maersk Drilling stated that jack-up Maersk Resolute has been awarded a two-month extension by Petrog
Petrovietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has entered into a contract for the provision of the jack-up rig PV Drilling I to the Singapore-based oil company KrisEnergy in Thailand. The two companies entered the deal on August 21, PV Drilling said last week. The work will be per
U.S. weekly offshore rig count dropped to 16 units last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. +3 to 943 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 3 rigs from last week to 943, with oil rigs unchanged at 759, gas rigs up 3 to 183, […]
Offshore driller Island Drilling has received a letter of award for a drilling operation with Centrica in Norway. Centrica has awarded the contract on behalf of Production License 433 on the Norwegian Shelf. Island Drilling said on Friday that the operation is for one HTHP appraisal well at the Foge
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are re-boarding platforms and rigs to assesses their ability to resume normal operations following Tropical Storm Harvey. According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), based on the data from offshore operator reports subm
Norway-based newcomer in the offshore drilling sector, Borr Drilling, has increased its stake in the U.S.-based offshore driller Atwood Oceanics to almost 10 percent as market for modern jack-up rigs shows signs of improvement. Atwood is currently in the process of being acquired by the UK rival Ens
PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based rig builder Sembcorp Marine, has terminated two contracts with the subsidiaries of the Malaysian oil and gas services provider Perisai Petroleum Teknologi for the construction of two jack-up rigs. The contracts for the construction of the two rigs we
Oil company Lundin Norway has started drilling of exploration well 7220/6-3 on the Børselv prospect in PL609 on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea. The well is located on-trend north of the Alta and Neiden oil discoveries, approximately 18 km northwest of the Neiden discovery well. Lundin sa
Following a force majeure event from late July, Golden Close Maritime Corp, the owner of the Deepsea Metro I drillship, has received a drilling contract termination from an unnamed client in South East Asia. The drillship is managed by Odfjel Drilling. The contract for a two-firm well campaign with
Offshore driller Paragon Offshore is evaluating options for removal of its drillship, the Paragon DPDS1, which broke loose of its moorings during Hurricane Harvey’s landfall while in safe harbor at Port Aransas, Texas. Ahead of the storm, Paragon had arranged for two standby tugs to remain with the
Paragon Offshore’s drillship has grounded in the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey ripped the ship’s mooring lines. According to My San Antonio, the DPDS1 drillship, formerly known as the Noble Phoenix, broke from the moorings on Saturday, sinking a tugboat in the process. Offsho
Norwegian oil company Statoil has proven a small, non-commercial gas volume in the Korpfjell well in the Barents Sea southeast. The company received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill the 7435/12-1 well with the Songa Enabler drilling rig in late June and a drilling permit fr
Offshore drilling contractor COSL Drilling Europe needs about 250 rig workers to staff two of its semi-submersible drilling rigs ahead of new contracts. Back in July, the driller was awarded two new contracts for its drilling rigs. The first one was awarded by Nexen Petroleum for the COSLPioneer dri
Oil & gas company Hyperdynamics completed the top portion of the Fatala-1 exploration well offshore Guinea over the weekend with early indications supporting the geophysical model of the prospect. The exploration well is being drilled with the Pacific Drilling-owned drillship, the Pacific Scirocco.
