Brazilian oil company Petrobras will stop operations on five offshore rigs leased from its compatriot supplier Schahin. According to Reuters, Schahin, the cash strapped provider of offshore platforms and drilling rigs, informed Petrobras on Thursday, April 2, it would gradually cease operations on t
Brian Chang, known as a founder of a China-based rig builder Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd., has resigned from the board of directors of the Norway-based Bergen Group. In an Oslo Bors filing today, Bergen Group, a Norwegian supplier of products, services and solutions to the offshore and maritime
KrisEnergy has announced that the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig has started drilling of the Rossukon-3 exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand. Rossukon-3 is the third exploration well to be drilled in the G6/48 contract area in 2015 following the evaluation of Rossukon-2 and Rossukon-2ST, whi
Pemex has informed that after a fire that occurred on the Abkatun Alpha platform, in the Bay of Campeche in Mexico last week, the company restarted production in the Abkatun central processing platform. On April 1, 2015, the incident on Abkatun Alpha platform spurred evacuation of 301 workers and ca
Energean Oil & Gas, the international oil & gas exploration and production company focused on the Mediterranean and North Africa, has announced that the inauguration ceremony for its new rig named “Energean Force” took place at the Perama Shipyards, in Piraeus, Greece on April 2, 2015. The rig, Ener
A story about a fire outbreak on an offshore oil platform in Mexico was by far the most read article this past week on Offshore Energy Today.
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count earlier than usual, on Thursday, April 2, 2015, due to the Good Friday holiday. The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. has fallen further. To be counted as active a rig must be on location and be drilling. A rig is considered active from
Pemex has identified four workers killed in the Abkatun Alpha platform fire outbreak in Mexico’s Campeche Bay on Wednesday, April 1, 2014. In a statement issued yesterday, Mexico’s national oil company said that three of the deceased worked for Cotemar, and the fourth worker was a Pemex employee. Th
Barakah Offshore Petroleum’s subsidiary, PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV), has received the Letter of Award from Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) for the provision of topside maintenance services. KPOC is a joint operating company comprising PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (40%), ConocoPhill
Hercules Offshore has signed a five-year contract with a subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. for use of the Hercules 260 in West Africa. The dayrate under the contract will range from a minimum of $75,000 per day when the price of Brent crude oil is $86 or less per barrel, to a maximum of $125,000 per [&hellip
Transocean Ltd. has announced that it intends to scrap two more rigs. The company intends to dispose of a midwater floater GSF Aleutian Key and high specification, deepwater, semi-submersible rig Sedco 707. According to Transocean, these rigs are classified as held for sale. Offshore Energy Today pr
Atwood Oceanics has made changes to the delivery schedule for two of its newbuild drillships. Namely, the Atwood Admiral drillship, that is currently under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) in South Korea, was previously scheduled for completion in September
Pemex has informed that the fire that broke out on an Abkatun Alpha platform yesterday has been extinguished. Offshore Energy Today yesterday reported that Pemex-operated Abkatun Alpha platform located in the Bay of Campeche caught fire spurring evacuation of 301 workers. Sadly, four workers have di
Premier Oil has announced that the Zebedee well (14/15b-5) in PL004b, offshore the Falkland Islands, discovered 81 feet of net oil-bearing reservoir and 55 feet of net gas-bearing reservoir. The well penetrated multiple targets in the Cretaceous F2 and F3 formations with a total hydrocarbon net pay
