India’s drilling contractor Aban Offshore has secured a contract for its Aban Ice drillship, as reported by The Economic Times, an English-language Indian daily newspaper. According to the newspaper, the contract worth approximately $200 million comes from the India’s state-controlled oil company, ONGC. The drillship, capable of operating in water depths of up to 2000 feet, will [...]
Noble Corporation has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil for a newbuild ultra-high specification jack-up for use in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. The initial contract is for four years and is anticipated to commence during the third quarter of 2016. The total estimated value of the four year primary term [...]
French provider of oilfield services Technip has been awarded by Husky Oil Operations two contracts, for the planned subsea tieback of the South White Rose Extension field. Technip did not disclose the exact combined value of the contracts but said that the value was substantial. For Technip, a “substantial” subsea contract is ranging from €100 [...]
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., has been awarded a contract by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. for the installation of an offshore Depletion Compression Platform for the Malampaya Project off the coast of Palawan Island, in the Republic of the Philippines. The contract includes seabed preparation, rock installation, platform transportation and installation work and has a contract [...]
Saipem has contracted BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, to provide riser monitoring systems for two Free Standing Risers (FSHRs) and four Steel Lazy Wave Risers (SLWRs) for the Sapinhoá Norte and Cernambi Sul pre-salt fields offshore Brazil. These systems will monitor the integrity of these risers by measuring strains, [...]
Genel Energy has signed a drilling rig contract with Noble Corporation for its African offshore drilling programme. The Noble Paul Romano deepwater, semi-submersible rig will be used to deliver a high impact drilling campaign over a 2 year period, starting in the last quarter of 2013. The rig, which is currently undergoing a special 5 [...]
Hurricane Energy plc has taken assignment of a rig contract between Transocean and ATP for the provision of the GSF Arctic III semi-submersible drilling rig, for a one well slot, to be utilised in drilling and testing the Company’s Lancaster basement oil discovery, located 60 miles West of Shetland. Drilling is expected to start in the [...]
Go Offshore today annouced it has secured a charter contract for its FOS Polaris vessel. Under the agreement signed with PTTEP Australasia, the vessel will be used for cargo operations between FPSO Montara Venture and Darwin, Australia. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. The Montara project is located approximately 690km west of Darwin [...]
Seadrill has signed a contract with LLOG Bluewater Holdings, LLC, for employment of the new-build drill-ship, West Neptune, offshore Gulf of Mexico. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus an option for a one-year extension at mutually agreed rates. The potential revenue for the primary contract term is approximately US$662 million. The [...]
Malaysia’s UMW has today entered into a contract with Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for the provision of UMW’s Jack-Up Drilling Rig “NAGA 4” for PCSB’s domestic operations within Malaysian waters for a contract value of approximately USD 157.68 million being consideration for performance of the Scope of Works as described in the Contract. NAGA 4 [...]
