The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has processed the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the 34/10-53 S (Rutil) discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Statoil submitted the plan for development and operation to the authorities in December 2014. Production start
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted today an international rig count report for December 2014 on its Investor Relations website according to which the international offshore rig count is down by three rigs from last month’s count. The international rig count for December 2014 was 1,313, down 11 fro
Keppel FELS Limited, a Singapore-based company recently named “Largest manufacturer of offshore rigs – current” by Guinness World Records, has delivered a KFELS B Class jack-up rig to Mexican national oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). The rig was named Yunuen by Lady Sponsor Valerie Pahl-Her
McDermott International, Inc. has completed the installation of a 3,086-ton central processing platform (CPP) topside using the tight-slot float-over method in the Kepodang gas field, Muriah Working Area, offshore Indonesia for PC Muriah Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS. According to McDer
EFC Group, a designer and manufacturer of controls, instrumentation, monitoring and handling systems for the global oil and gas drilling industry, has been awarded contracts with major oil and gas drilling contractor companies to the value of £3.65 million ($5.5 million). The company has completed t
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. a provider of offshore deepwater drilling rigs, has secured a contract extension for one of its drillships. In detail, the company said that Italy’s Eni has extended the contract for the drillship Ocean Rig Poseidon in Angola for a further one year until the second quarter of 2017
Trapoil has announced that a contract has been signed for a jack-up rig for the drilling of a well to test the Niobe prospect, in the North Sea. The Niobe prospect, formerly named Kratos, is located in the Licence P.1889, Blocks 12/26b and 12/27, within the Moray Firth. Suncor Energy UK is the opera
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has informed that the restricted output from the Huntington field, located in the UK North Sea, continues. Noreco says that currently, no further clarification has been received about when normal operations at the CATS riser platform, which indirectly restricts Hunt
Workers at the Hibernia offshore oil platform in Canada, represented by Unifor, have voted to accept a new collective agreement with their employer. According to Unifor, the new agreement includes improvements in wages, benefits and working conditions including for temporary employees. It was accept
Triyards Holdings Limited , an offshore vessel fabrication and engineering solutions provider to the oil, gas and marine industry, has received $75.4 million worth of new liftboat orders. So far, Triyards has constructed and delivered seven liftboats since 2007. The two new orders are four-legged li
McDermott International, Inc. has announced that one of its joint venture companies, Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. (QMW), recently completed a fast-track compression process module fabrication subcontract for Jord Oil & Gas Systems B.V. (JOGS). JOGS is the prime contractor
Starting this month Maersk Training will enter into a global training agreement with an international offshore drilling contractor Transocean. The Danish-based Maersk Training will be responsible for administration of all and delivery of certain training for Transocean’s offshore crew for a period o
BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the Valhall DP and PCP facilities beyond their original lifetimes. BP Norge AS (BP) has applied for consent to use the QP, DP and PCP facilities on the Valhall field, in the North Sea, beyond their originally scheduled l
North Energy ASA has informed that exploration drilling has started on the Tvillingen South prospect in production licence 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 28 km southeast of the Kristin field. The well, 6406/6-4, will be drill
