Fossil Energy
Total farms into Apache’s Suriname offshore block
As Guyana has just become an oil-producing country with ExxonMobil reaching first oil at the Liza field over the last weekend, oil major Total is hoping to replicate the achievement in nearby Suriname.
Vår Energi selects Seadrill rig for Balder Future drilling
Norwegian oil company Vår Energi has chartered Seadrill’s West Phoenix offshore drilling rig for operations at its Balder field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
Denmark: Total extends Havila PSV charter
Norwegian shipowner Havila Shipping has won a contract extension with Total for its platform supply vessel Havila Herøy.
Popular news, December 16 – 22, 2019
Offshore Energy Today’s most popular news from the past week.
Petrobras board gives green light for Sete Brasil settlement terms
Petrobras has approved an agreement with Sete Brasil related to a charter four and termination of contracts for 24 drilling rigs.
Solstad secures new jobs for its vessels
Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has signed contracts for several of its vessels for work in the North Sea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil.
Equinor chooses Deepsea Atlantic rig for three new wells
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has exercised three new wells for Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig.
More Gulf of Mexico work for Pacific drillship
U.S. oil major Chevron has exercised an option for the Pacific Drilling-owned drillship Pacific Sharav, operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Shell and Reliance to hand over Panna-Mukta fields to India’s ONGC
After 25 years of operations, Shell, Reliance, and ONGC JV will transfer the Panna-Mukta fields, located offshore India, back to ONGC.
KS Energy lands another jack-up extension
Singapore’s KS Energy has been awarded a contract extension for one of its jack-up drilling rigs for operations offshore Vietnam.
Subsea 7 gets subsea installation gig on Chevron’s St. Malo
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by Chevron for the subsea installation services at the St. Malo field, located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico.
Vår Energi extends charter for DOF platform supplier
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has received a contract extension from Vår Energi for a platform supply vessel.
Equinor set to drill Mist well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Canada approves CNOOC’s offshore drilling plan
The Chinese oil company CNOOC has received permission to drill in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 400 kilometers east of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.