Hercules Offshore, Inc., a U.S.-based offshore drilling contractor, has received a notice from Saudi Aramco withdrawing the previously issued notice of contract termination for the Hercules 261 jack-up rig. To remind, Hercules Offshore first received the notice of termination from Saudi Aramco in Fe
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. U.S. Offshore rig remains unchanged from the previous week, but slightly down when compared to the same period of 2014. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -10 to 875 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 10 rigs from last week t
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), is on track to deliver three KFELS B Class jack-up rigs to Mexican company, Grupo R. According to Keppel, a world’s first triple rig naming ceremony was held on May 30, 2015, at Keppel FELS’ ya
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wells 15/6-13 A and B, in the North Sea. According to the NPD, the wells 25/6-13 A and B will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling rig near the Gina Krog field in the central part of the North Sea. [&
Seadrill, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, today said that the drillers’ market outlook remains bleak for the remainder of 2015, possibly extending throughout 2016 as well. “Despite the recovery in the oil price during the first quarter, oil companies are continuing to take a cautiou
Mermaid Maritime Public Company’s drilling associate, Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (AOD), has reached an agreement with its customer Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) to reduce the operating day rates for three jack-up rigs. The rigs in question are AOD I, AOD II, and AOD III and their day
Premier Oil has announced an oil discovery at the Isobel Deep exploration well 14/20-1 in the North Falkland Basin, offshore the Falkland Islands, approximately 30km south of the Sea Lion field. According to Premier, the Isobel Deep exploration well has been drilled to a depth of 8,289 feet reaching
The exploration drilling on the Zumba prospect in production licence 591 in the Norwegian Sea started yesterday, May 27, 2015. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 14 km southeast of the Heidrun field. The well 6507/11-11 is being drilled by the Leiv Eiriks
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-22 A, in the North Sea. The area in this licence is part of block 16/1. The well will be drilled in the south-western part of the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of the North Sea. Wel
An offshore worker has been airlifted by Shetland Coastguard helicopter from a platform located in the UK North Sea. Aberdeen’s Evening Express reports that a man in his 50s, working on Shell’s Brent Delta platform, suffered an injury and he was subsequently airlifted to Gilbert Bain Hospital, in Le
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit for wellbore 2/11-11, in the North Sea, to Edison Norge AS. Wellbore 2/11-11 will be drilled from the Transocean Searcher semi-submersible drilling rig. According to the NPD, the drilling program for wellbore 2/11-11 applies to d
Kongsberg has been selected to deliver a complete Electro, Instrument & Telecom (EIT), propulsion, safety, automation and dynamic positioning package for two new Gusto NG-2500X DP II design, offshore construction, self-propelled jack-up vessels, also known as liftboats. According to Kongsberg, the o
Two activists have secured themselves to the anchor chain of Shell’s support vessel Arctic Challenger docked in Bellingham Bay in Washington. The activists chained themselves to the vessel in order to protest against Shell’s plan for Arctic drilling. The vessel is a part of Shell’s fleet bound to dr
An oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, 32 kilometers offshore Louisiana, caught fire on Friday, May 22, 2015. Watchstanders at Coast Guard (CG) Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:50 a.m. from the offshore supply vessel Miss Katherine reporting a fire on board an oil production platfor
