Singapore’s rig builder Keppel has decided to resell a jack-up rig after the original buyer failed to take delivery of the rig and pay for it. The jack-up rig of a KFELS B Class was originally meant for the Uruguay-based Parden Holdings. Parden ordered the jack-up rig from Keppel FELS in August 2013
CIMC Offshore has entered into an agreement with Shenzhen Mangrove Venture Capital and China Industrial International Trust to establish a partnership that will build and operate two offshore platforms. To promote the group’s offshore business, CIMC Offshore, a subsidiary of China International Mari
Japanese manufacturer of heavy, industry equipment IHI Corporation has delivered a drillship hull to a Singaporean customer. The hull, which was constructed at IHI Aichi Works, was delivered on December 17, 2016. According to the company, the drillship, ordered by an unnamed client from Singapore, i
After two weeks and no change, the U.S. weekly offshore rig count went up during last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +16 to 653 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 16 rigs from last week to 653, with oil rigs up 13 to 523, gas rigs up 3 […]
Odfjell Drilling has secured further employment for its rig Deepsea Bergen with Faroe Petroleum in Norway. The drilling contractor said on Friday that the contract is for one well plus one well option on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract start is back to back with expiry of the current c
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling said via its social media channels on Wednesday that its ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Voyager has received its first subsea Xmas tree. The subsea Xmas tree received was for the upper completions phase of the Offshore Cape Three Points integrated Oil and
Aker BP, a new oil and gas player formed by merging BP Norge and Det norske, has made an oil discovery east of the Frigg field in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Friday that Aker BP, the operator of the production license 442, concluded drilling of w
Lamprell, a provider of engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, has completed construction of the jack-up drilling rig, Al Gharbia, and delivered it to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC). Lamprell said that completion and delivery of the jack-up rig, on time and on budg
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Eni Norge a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Barents Sea. The well 7318/12-1 will be drilled in a prospect named Boné-Bigorna from the Saipem-owned drilling rig Scarabeo 8. The company recently got a consent from the Petroleum Safet
Norwegian Coast Center Base (CCB), a service provider in technical maintenance and harbor operations, has received a letter of intent for a renewal survey of the COSLPromoter rig. The survey on COSL Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig will be performed in May 2017. CCB noted that this is the on
Statoil has received a drilling permit for an appraisal well at its Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. The well 16/2-22 S in production license 265 will be drilled from the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig in the northwest extension of the Johan Sverdrup field. According to the Nor
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has decided to cold stack another one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs amid challenging drilling market. In its latest fleet status report for a period between November 23 until December 20, 2016, the driller said on Tuesday that the 1980-built dri
Offshore drilling contractor Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a one-well drilling services contract with the energy company Woodside, offshore Australia. Atwood reported on Monday that one of its subsidiaries agreed the contract with the Australian energy company for the 2011-built, ultra-deepwater,
Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Italian oil company Eni, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig. The well is located in production license 716 in blocks 7318/11 and 7318/12, in the Baren
