Twenty five years ago, on December 26th 1989, the first field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf developed using a floating production unit produced its first oil.
Rowan Companies, a U.S.-based drilling contractor, has provided its monthly fleet status report according to which three of its rigs were awarded new contracts and one rig received contract extension. According to Rowan’s December fleet status report, the company’s high-specification jack-up rig Joe
Today, we are bringing you videos our readers watched the most on Offshore Energy Today during the course of 2014. Enjoy! 1. VIDEO: World’s largest semi-submersible taking shape With topside dimensions of 150 metres by 110 metres, the Ichthys offshore processing facility will be the world’s larges
Brazil’s Petrobras has reached, on December 21st, “a new historical record” of daily oil and NGL production, producing 2 million 286 thousand barrels. Produced volume does not take into account the share of partners, and broke the previous record of 2 million 257 thousand barrels from December 27th,
HOIDI International and its production division, Tianjin HOIDI Group Co. Ltd, have won work for the rig leg fabrication & construction of two additional Bestford Offshore Pte Ltd Gusto MSC CJ46-X100-D from China Merchant Heavy Industries (CMHI). CMHI will be constructing the rigs in Mazhou Island, S
Two North Sea oil rigs were evacuated due to power outage. According to Evening Express, a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, all non-essential personnel were evacuated yesterday from the Brae Alpha and Brae Bravo platforms located in the Brae field in the North Sea. The field is located about 155 miles n
China’s rig builder CIMC Raffles has said it won the bidding for the construction of a jack-up drilling rig for Sinopec. The 300ft rig will be managed by Sinopec Shengli Petroleum Engineering Co., Ltd after the delivery. The rigs working depth will be 91.4m, design temperature of -15℃, drilling dept
POSH Xanadu, a flotel owned by Singapore’s PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd (POSH), has left a Chinese yard and is now on its way to Brazil. The semi-submersible accommodation vessel of the Eide Flex design, will work for Petrobras, supporting the oil company’s oil and gas production activities i
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 555, has completed drilling of wildcat well 33/2-1, located in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Storm prospect, which is located 200 km northwest of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and 65 km nort
Karoon Gas Australia has informed that as at 0600 hrs AEST on December 23, 2014, production testing from DST-1A over the Maastrichtian A and B oil bearing reservoirs was continuing with a pressure buildup following a 12 hour main flow period. Karoon previously informed that the wireline logging for
French oil company Total has started what it describes as an intensive drilling program at the Egina offshore project in Nigeria. Total has said that two offshore drilling rigs will be kept busy for a total of 3,000 days, drilling 44 wells in water depths ranging between 1,400 and 1,700 meters. The
An offshore worker was transported to a hospital from a North Sea platform this weekend after being struck by a pipe. According to STV TV News, the worker, 57, suffered head injuries after being hit by a falling pipe and is suspected to have fractured ribs. The injuries are not considered to be life
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Scarabeo 5 for plugging and production drilling in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator of the Kristin field, which is in blocks 6406/2 and 6506/11 at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil will plug well
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/4-9 S, located in the North Sea. Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) is the operator for production licence PL 359 in blocks 16/1 and 16/4 in the central North Sea. The area is around 200
