Fossil Energy
International offshore rig count rises in July
The international offshore rig count for July 2018 increased both sequentially and year-over-year, according to a monthly report issued on Tuesday by Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Polarcus to end ‘Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa’ contract in October
The contract between Turkish Petroleum and Polarcus for support work aboard the Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa vessel will come to an end on October 3, 2018.
Barakah Offshore inks 5-year contract with Sapura
Malaysia’s Barakah Offshore has secured a long-term contract to provide offshore services to Sapura Exploration and Production in Malaysia.
Aker Solutions in Johan Sverdrup hook-up
Norway’s Aker Solutions has, together with Kvaerner, secured additional hook-up and commissioning work for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway.
Petronas hires two Velesto rigs
Velesto Energy has received two letter of awards from Petronas Carigali for the provision of jack-up drilling rig services.
Petrobras gets $272M as part of Operation Car Wash
Brazilian oil firm Petrobras has received a return of R$ 1.034 billion ($272,5 million) with the help of Brazilian prosecutors as part of the Operation Car Wash.
Scottish Gov’t injects another $6.45M to decommissioning fund
An additional £5 million ($6.45M) has been made available by the Scottish Government to the country’s supply chain to help maximize the economic benefit to Scotland from decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure.
Ocean Rig in talks to reactivate warm-stacked rigs as inquiries hit 2012 high
Ocean Rig has said that inquiries for offshore rigs have risen to the levels of 2012, which the driller will hope to turn into firm contracts.
Cue Energy gets more time to prepare for Ironbark-1 drilling
Cue Energy has received a one-year extension and suspension for future work on the WA-359-P permit offshore Australia.
Havila Shipping sheds 22-year-old platform supplier
Havila Shipping has entered into an agreement for the sale of one of the company’s platform supply vessel.
Wood helping with concept selection for Scarborough field
Woodside has said the cost of development of the Scarborough field could fall in the range between $8.5 billion and $9.7 billion.
WorleyParsons bags Buzzard II topsides deal
Engineering and construction company WorleyParsons has been awarded a topsides module work as part of Buzzard II field development in the UK approved earlier this week by the operator Nexen.
Quadrant Energy sees elevated gas readings at Phoenix South-3 well
Quadrant Energy has noticed elevated gas readings during drilling operations on the Phoenix South-3 well, indicating the presence of hydrocarbons.
RockRose Energy in Arran field swoop. FDP in September
Arran is a gas condensate field located in the central North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen