Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. has received contract extensions for a pair of jack-up rigs from the oil company Saudi Aramco. The drilling contractor said in its latest fleet status report on Thursday that the 2009-built jack-up rig Noble Scott Marks has received a five-year contract exten
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for wellbore 7219/12-1 A, in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The wellbore 7219/12-1 A will be drilled from the Ocean Rig’s semi-sub rig Leiv Eiriksson. The drilling program for wellbore 7219/12-1 A relates to the
The 2016 total offshore discovered liquids resources reached only slightly below 2.3 billion bbl, 90% lower than in 2010, Energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has informed. The group says the drop is most significant to the overall decline in discovered volumes; and in fact, total global discover
Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-sub accommodation rigs, has decided to sell one of its units for scrap after buying two new ones from Axis Offshore. Following the completion of the acquisition of Safe Nova and Safe Vega through a deal made with Axis in November 2016, Prosafe has now taken a f
Pura Vida Energy has reached a conditional agreement with an offshore drilling contractor which will fund a three-well drilling program in the Nkembe block, offshore Gabon. The term sheet envisions the drilling contractor providing a jack-up rig and fund the costs of the rig for the three-well progr
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg on Tuesday shared a photo on its social media channels showing the Ensco 72 jack-up drilling rig departing after a service stay. According to the update from the port, the Ensco 72 had left earlier this week after a two-month stay during which the rig underwent comprehensiv
Songa Offshore has informed that its Cat D rig Songa Encourage is undergoing repairs in Norway, following water leakage on the rig in early January. To remind, on January 2, 2017, a water ingress was observed in a pump room on board the semi-submersible rig Songa Encourage. At the time of the incide
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for wellbore 6507/3-12, in the Norwegian Sea. The wellbore 6507/3-12 will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig. The Norwegian Sea prospect where the exploration well will be drilled
Cairn Energy is gearing up to start the third phase of its drilling program offshore Senegal in late January, aiming to further evaluate the SNE discovery. Cairn has so far drilled six successful wells in Senegal and the 2017 drilling program plans for two new, firm wells. The new wells are meant to
Statoil Petroleum has made an oil discovery northwest of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway. Statoil was given consent to drill the exploration well in block 6608/10 with the Deepsea Bergen rig and a drilling permit for the well 6608/10-17 S in November 2016. The drilling of the C
Drilling contractor North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract for the semi-submersible rig West Phoenix. The contract is for work in the United Kingdom, West of Shetland with the French oil giant Total. In a statement on Tuesday, North Atlantic Drilling said the contract was in di
The offshore rig market has been flooded with newbuilds over the past 10 years. Now oversupply is killing utilization and dayrates.
ExxonMobil on Thursday reported positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana. Payara is ExxonMobil’s second oil discovery on the Stabroek Block and was drilled in a new reservoir. The company said that the Payara-1 well targeted similar aged reservoirs that were proven successful at the c
Faroe Petroleum is gearing up to start drilling an appraisal well on its Brasse oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. In an update on Thursday, Faroe said it would drill the appraisal well on the Brasse discovery in mid-2017. Faroe as the operator has entered into a contract
