Transocean, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, has amended its construction contracts with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, to delay the delivery of its two newbuild, ultra-deepwater drillships by 24 months. Transocean ordered two drillships, $540 million each, f
VNG Norge has started the operation of the first of two new explorations wells in the Boomerang prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The new exploration wells are located in PL 586, at the Halten Terrace in the Boomerang prospect, not far away from the Pil & Bue discoveries that were made in 2014. VNG Nor
Tullow Oil plc announces that the Zumba exploration well (6507/11-11) in licence area PL 591 in the Norwegian Sea has not encountered hydrocarbons and will now be plugged and abandoned. Tullow received permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill Zumba wildcat in May and the drilling sta
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 10/4-1 in the North Sea. Well 10/4-1 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 10/4-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 73
Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner Project located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Tenaris said it will be providing TenarisHydril Blue and TenarisHydril Wedge connections with Dopeless technology, together with a fu
PSE Kinsale Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has entered into a contract with Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Limited for the Ocean Guardian drilling rig to drill a well on the Midleton Prospect, in SEL 4/07, offshore Ireland. The Ocean Guardian is expected to drill the Midleton w
Noreco Norway AS announced that the drilling of the Haribo prospect in Norwegian licence PL616 in the North Sea has started. Noreco Norway holds a 20% interest in the licence. Edison Norge is operator with 25% interest, Concedo 20%, Lime Petroleum Norway 15%, North Energy has 15% and Skagen 44 5% in
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. According to the latest report, offshore rig count has dropped from the previous week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -2 to 857 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 857, with oil rigs down 4 to 631,
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to extend use of Oseberg C platform, in the Norwegian North Sea, and associated pipelines till March 2031. According to the PSA, consent has been granted based on Statoil’s documentation of assessments which conclude that
Petrofac’s Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has secured contract renewals for operations and maintenance work worth approximately $400 million on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). According to Petrofac, the largest of these awards is for the provision of operations and maintenance teams f
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the ‘Maersk Guardian’ drilling rig to permanently plug subsea well 7/8-5 S, in the Norwegian North Sea. According to PSA, the work is expected to take around 18 days. ‘Mærsk Guardian’ is a jack-up drilling rig, owned
Between 16 and 20 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Norway (PSA) audited Statoil and Maersk Drilling regarding drilling operations at the Romeo and Julius exploration wells in southern part of the North Sea, using ‘Maersk Gallant’. The PSA says that the objective of the audit was to verify Statoil an
Ezion Holdings Limited has announced that Atlantic Marine Services B.V. (AMS) has dropped the lawsuit in the Singapore High Court against Ezion. Ezion said in the press release that AMS, a company managing Ezion’s liftboats in the North Sea, has agreed to release and discharge the company from all c
Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into a contract amendment for the provision of the Tender Support Vessel Borgsten Dolphin with Total E&P UK Ltd. The company has said that the amendment covers a revised contract period starting October 1, 2015 and continuing to J
