Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, has revealed it has secured a two-year drilling contract for one of its drillships. The drillship, known as the Deepwater Millennium, has been hired by an undisclosed client to operate in Australian waters, at a dayrate of $605,000. According to Transocean, an estimated contract backlog is $442 million. The contract is expected [...]
A flourishing fleet, a wide variety of assignments and the arrival of next generation personnel transport vessels: BOURBON continues to expand with success in the promising Antilles-Guyana area. In April 2009, an oil company called upon BOURBON to transport its personnel to the platforms it managed on the east coast of Trinidad. The Group then [...]
Cal Dive International, Inc. has been awarded two additional contracts from Pemex Exploración y Producción that are expected to generate combined total revenues of approximately $188 million. The first contract is for the procurement, installation and commissioning of 47 kilometers of 20 inch subsea pipeline and associated tie-ins to an existing platform. This contract is [...]
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth more than $100 million for the supply and installation of submarine cables for a section of ExxonMobil’s existing offshore operations in the United States. The scope of work involves the replacement of approximately 50 km of submarine [...]
Ship number two of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Flyer’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group on 14 May 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages include design, engineering and equipment [...]
Norwegian owner of offshore support vessels Island Offshore has announced that Peterson SBS Den Helder B.V has declared the first yearly option on the MV Island Endeavour Platform Supply Vessel. The Island Endeavour, has performed pool supply duties for the SNS pool since 2008, when it was built, without any lost time incidents (LTI) since [...]
Transocean’s ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig, Sedco Express (EXS), was working offshore Nigeria for customer ENI when it received news of a nearby fuel tanker on fire. According to the press statement issued by the owner of the rig, the Sedco Express crew played a vital role in coordinating a rescue effort for 13 lives. On Tuesday [...]
Santos Offshore Pty Ltd, the Operator of the Winchester-1 exploration well being drilled in the Dampier Sub-basin permit WA-323-P , offshore Australia, has announced that at 06:00 hours (WST) on Tuesday, 14 May 2013, the well was at a depth of 2875m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table) and is approaching the intermediate section total depth. Operations over [...]
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-20, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/2-20 will be drilled from the Island Innovator drilling facility at position 58°56’25.80’’ north and 02°25’34.09’’ east in production licence 501. The drilling programme for well 16/2-20 relates to drilling of a wildcat [...]
RDS, the drilling facilities engineering division of KCA Deutag, announced it has signed a contract with Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguacu (EEP Overseas Limited), a newly established Brazilian shipyard. This contract signifies the first project between RDS and EEP. RDS’ core business is to deliver a comprehensive drilling facilities engineering service at every stage of design, [...]
