MPX North Sea Ltd has completed suspension operations on well 3/3b-13Z (Orlando) and the Awilco Wihunter has moved to Block 211/11b adjacent to the Magnus Field to drill the Timon Prospect. Well 211/11b-7 was spudded on 4th May 2012 and is anticipated to take around 40 days drilling to a total depth of approximately 11,000 [...]
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a US$208 million contract to construct a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig for Perisai (L) Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, with an option to construct an additional unit of a similar specification jackup rig for delivery in the second quarter of 2015. [...]
Last week Awilco Drilling PLC and Suncor Energy signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the extension of the contract for the WilHunter semi-submersible drilling rig. Awilco yesterday confirmed that the contract amendment with Suncor Energy was signed to extend the contract for WilHunter for the drilling of a second firm well estimated at 61 days. [...]
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Sherpa has towed the rig ODN Tay IV from Las Palmas towards al location offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For this job Fairmount Marine was contracted by Odebrecht Oil and Gas for the third time in a row. ODN Tay IV is a semi submersible drilling rig for deep water operations [...]
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Seadrill has received a Letter of Award for a five-year contract for the tender assist rig T18 by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. Start of operations is scheduled for the first quarter 2014, following the delivery to Chevron of tender assist rigs T15 and T16 during 2013. The estimated value of the five-year contract [...]
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Seadrill, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, has ordered a new harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig from Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea. The company explained the move by the current strong demand for high specification drilling units and Seadrill’s wish to benefit from such market conditions. The new rig will be a sister [...]
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UK-based drilling contractor Awilco Drilling PLC has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Suncor Energy to extend the contract for WilHunter for the drilling of a second firm well estimated at 61 days. The contract value for the firm well is estimated to be around USD 19.2 million. The second well under the contract [...]
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Lamprell, a UAE based provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas industry has received a US$ 227 million new contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup rig. The contract is for the construction and delivery of a completely outfitted [...]
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has give approval to Statoil for the use of Transocean Searcher rig for re-completion of well 6407/1A-4- H on the Tyrihans field in production licence 091. Tyrihans is located in the Norwegian Sea about 25 kilometres southeast of the Åsgard field. The water depth in the area is about 270 [...]
Seadrill, a Norwegian-Bermudan offshore drilling company with worldwide operations, has received a letter of award for a new three year contract for a semi-submersible rig. The contract comes from a reputable oil company and the potential contract is for operations offshore West Africa. The contract is scheduled to start in the second quarter 2013 The [...]
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