After recent reports of planned shutdowns for the Jotun, Varg, Jette, and Oselvar fields, another oil company has decided to shut down an oil field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Namely, Norwegian oil giant Statoil will reportedly stop production from the Volve field located in th
Prosafe, world’s largest provider of flotels for the offshore oil and gas industry, has received confirmation from Mexico that the contract for its Safe Lancia unit will be suspended. Prosafe’s rigs in Mexico work under a contract with Cotemar, supporting the offshore oil and gas operations of the n
Kosmos Energy announced on Wednesday that its Ahmeyim-2 appraisal well has delineated the Ahmeyim and Guembeul gas discoveries offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Located in Mauritanian waters, approximately 5 kilometers northwest, and 200 meters downdip of the basin-opening Tortue-1 discovery well in
Ocean Rig’s semi-submersible drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson arrived at Westcon Yards in Ølen, Norway, last night, before starting a drilling contract with Lundin. Westcon was hired by the offshore drilling contractor Ocean Rig to prepare the rig for the contract with the oil and gas company. The contra
Norwegian survey and positioning services company iSurvey has won a second contract extension with AGR to provide rig move and positioning services for the company and its clients, Faroe Petroleum and Engie during their exploration-drilling campaigns in 2016. The semi-submersible rig Transocean Arct
Oil and gas exploration and development company Cairn Energy has started drilling the third appraisal well as part of the SNE oil field appraisal program offshore Senegal. The second appraisal well, SNE-3, was completed last week. Cairn is using the 2013-built drillship Ocean Rig Athena for the comp
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has launched a new refinancing package that will enable the company to take delivery of its fourth and final Cat D rig, the Songa Enabler, while the driller’s client Statoil has reduced the contract duration for two Cat D rigs already in operation. Songa O
Offshore drilling contractor COSL Drilling Europe will axe 230 jobs as a result of a contract cancellation for one if its semi-subs with the Norwegian company Statoil. To remind, Statoil recently terminated the contract for the offshore driller’s COSLInnovator rig, and suspended its contract for ano
Proafe’s tender support vessel Safe Scandinavia has completed onshore acceptance testing and is now mobilizing to the Oseberg Øst installation in the North Sea to start drilling support operations for Statoil. The Safe Scandinavia was converted from a semi-submersible accommodation rig to a tender s
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for well 35/8-6 S, offshore Norway. The well 35/8-6 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig in production licence 248, that contains the Vega field, located in the Norwegian sector of the North
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has authorized the oil and gas company Statoil to use North Atlantic Drilling’s (NADL) jack-up rig West Epsilon to permanently plug wells at Huldra 30/2-A, in the North Sea. The field is located north of Oseberg in production licence 051, offshore Norwa
An offshore worker has died after suffering fatal injuries on a platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, March 11, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), an agency under the United States Department of the Interior, responded to a reported fatality on Platform A, Green Can
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports, according to which the U.S. offshore rigs have gone back up by three units after dropping by three in the week before. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -9 to 480 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 9 rigs from last week to 480, with oil rigs […]
While many of its peers are looking to cut costs by slashing jobs, KCA Deutag, a drilling and engineering contractor headquartered in Aberdeen, is recruiting 300 new offshore workers. According to Offshore.no, a Norwegian-language website covering the country’s offshore oil and gas industry, the rec
