Maersk Drilling has been awarded a 5-year contract extension for the semi-submersible Heydar Aliyev rig with BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited acting as Operator of the Shah Deniz field, offshore Azerbaijan. According to Maersk Drilling’s press release, the rig will continue working on the develop
Noble Corporation, an international offshore drilling contractor, has received a contract extension for one of its rigs. Namely, French energy company Engie, formerly known as GDF Suez, has extended the contract for the jack-up rig Noble Regina Allen. According to Noble’s latest fleet status report,
Karoon Gas Australia has announced that the Levitt-1 exploration well, in WA-482-P Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia, is expected to reach total depth during early August. The well was spudded on July 4, 2015 with the Ocean America semi-submersible drilling rig. Karoon has a material 50% e
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. The U.S. offshore rig count has stayed the same when compared to last week’s count. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -6 to 857 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 6 rigs from last week to 857, with oil rigs down 7 to [&helli
Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Ms. Gillian White, a Business Development Manager of Harland & Wolff, a Belfast-based shipyard best known for the delivery of world’s largest ship at the time, the famous Titanic. However, the topic of our website is oil and gas, so we’ve covered that part of th
Petsec Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, informed Thursday that drilling started on July 15, 2015 on the Main Pass Block 270 #3 well in the Gulf of Mexico. The exploratory well is being drilled in federal offshore waters on Petsec’s Hummer prospect, located appro
CIMC Raffles has, on July 16, 2015, cut first steel for Sinopec’s 90-meter jack-up at its Yantai shipyard in China. The basic design is completed by Sinopec Drilling Technology Research Institute while CIMC Raffles is responsible for detailed design, producing design and construction. CIMC Raffles s
South Korea’s shipbuilding, or in this case, offshore rig building giant, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) is seeking arbitration against Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor. According to Songa Offshore, which broke the news, DSME, which is building three drilli
Lundin Norway AS has completed wildcat well 10/4-1 located in the North Sea offshore Norway. The well is dry. Lundin Norway is a partner in PL734 with 30 percent working interest. The operator is Wintershall Norge AS with 40 percent working interest while Centrica Resources (Norge) AS has 30 percent
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given consent to Wintershall to drill exploration well 35/11-18 with Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig in the Norwegian North Sea. Wintershall is the operator for production licence 248 in block 35/11. According to the PSA, the formation i
PV Drilling has signed a contract to supply the jack-up rig PV Drilling II to PVEP Song Hong Company Limited (PVEP Song Hong) in Ha Noi, Vietnam. The company did not provide any details regarding the contract value. However, PV Drilling did say that, starting from the middle of July 2015, PV Drillin
Paragon Offshore, a provider of offshore drilling rigs, has stacked two jack-up drilling rigs, one in Malaysia and another one in Cameroon, and it will be stacking four jack-ups in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Namely, Paragon Offshore stacked the jack-up rig Paragon L785 in Malaysia. The rig was previou
Maersk Drilling has decided to decommission the jack-up rig Maersk Endurer from the fleet and recycle it with Zhoushan Changhong International Ship Recycling in China. “Given the current market situation and the over-supply of drilling rigs in the offshore market, there is a strong need to retire ol
An icebreaker which will support Shell’s drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea offshore Alaska, will be repaired in Portland, after suffering a damage to the hull while navigating through the Unalaska Bay. MSV Fennica, which is still in Unalaska according to AIS data, will transit to Portland for r
