The number of offshore drilling rigs operating in the U.S. rose this week by two active units, Baker Hughes said in its report on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +11 to 522 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 11 rigs from last week to 522, with oil rigs up 7 to 425, gas rigs up […]
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into an early termination agreement with Total E&P UK for the tender support vessel Borgsten Dolphin. The driller’s parent company informed on Friday that the agreement will result in a cessation of offsho
Final preparations for moving the Transocean Winner rig onto the Hawk semi-submersible heavy lift and transportation vessel are continuing. According to the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), good progress has been made on the operation in Broad Bay, and the recently grounded rig might be lo
Malaysia’s oilfield services provider SapuraKencana has been awarded a bulk of contracts worth $215 million in total. First, the company has been awarded a contract by India’s ONGC to engineer, procure, construct, install and commission of 11 pipeline systems and associated topside modifications in
Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, has completed a construction of the Shelf Chaopraya jack-up drilling rig. The builder said on Friday it delivered the rig to its owner Shelf Drilling. The rig will sail within the next few days for depl
Due to a conflict between the workers’ union and the employers’ organization in Norway, where various groups of oil service workers are on strike, Songa Offshore informed on Friday that three of its rigs are out of operations. To remind, the oil service workers’ strike started on Wednesday last week
Floatel International, a Swedish provider of offshore accommodation rigs, has expanded its flotel offering. The company has taken delivery of is fifth semi-submersible accommodation rig – the Floatel Triumph. The Floatel Triumph is a semi-submersible accommodation and construction support rig equipp
Axis Offshore, a provider of flotels servicing the offshore oil & gas industry, has further postponed the delivery of its newbuild flotel Axis Nova that is being built at Cosco’s yard in China. Following completion of sea trials, the accommodation rig, or flotel, will be laid-up at the yard until Au
A new Duke University-led analysis of 270 miles of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts has concluded that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill six years ago caused widespread marsh erosion that may be permanent in some places. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oi
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring, a Norwegian provider of offshore mooring services, has signed a contract with Det norske oljeselskap to support Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig at the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. Deep Sea Mooring said on Wednesday that the contract also includes sup
Australian oil and gas safety body NOPSEMA on Wednesday requested further information from BP Developments Australia relating to the company’s environment plan for drilling of the Stromlo-1 and Whinham-1 exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight, off Australia. After BP’s first plan for drilli
Following a fatal accident involving the COSLInnovator rig on December 30, 2015, some 100 semi-submersible rigs approved by DNV GL will be reviewed. According to DNV GL, a classification body that certifies semi-submersible rigs, preliminary assessments indicate that a limited number of rigs will be
Drilling company North Atlantic Drilling Limited has received a notice of cancellation from Statoil related to the contract for the West Epsilon jack-up drilling rig. The West Epsilon was originally contracted for drilling services in Norway until the end of December 2016. The rig has been working f
More than a month after grounding on a beach on the Isle of Lewis, and the subsequent tow to Broad Bay, the Transocean Winner drilling rig is yet to be towed away from the UK. Offshore Energy Today last week reported that an exercise was to be held to prepare the rig for the loading […]
