Keppel AmFELS LLC, a wholly owned US subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has delivered the jack-up rig, Papaloapan, to Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV (Perforadora Central) on time, within budget and with a perfect safety record. The rig was christened yesterday at Keppel AmFELS’ yard in Brownsville, Texas by Lady [...]
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 [...]
Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum and Gulf International Services (GIS), inaugurated a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig, Al Jassra. It is one of the most technologically advanced offshore drilling rigs to ever work in the State of Qatar. The inauguration ceremony took [...]
Two Greenpeace activists wearing polar bear costumes have climbed aboard the West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig at Westcon Shipyard in Ølensvåg, Norway. “I got news from my friends and colleagues home in Norway that they took action today at the Statoil oil rig, West Hercules, that is about to set out to drill for oil [...]
Australian Tap Oil Limited has announced the award by the Accra Joint Venture of the Drilling Rig Services contract for the drilling of the Starfish prospect to Stena Drilling. The Starfish-1 well will be drilled by the Stena DrillMAX, Dual Derrick Drillship which has recently drilled eight efficient and successful wells in Ghana. Stena Drilling has extensive [...]
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Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap ASA has hired Prosafe’s Safe Scandinavia accommodation rig on a six months contract scheduled to start in June 2016. The Safe Scandinavia will be deployed at the Ivar Aasen Development Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea as a support during the commissioning of the platform. Upon expiration [...]
Empeiria Acquisition Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Integrated Drilling Equipment Company Holdings, LLC (“IDE”) has been awarded contracts by PEMEX Exploration and Production to deliver four state of the art modular offshore platform rig packages with an aggregate contract value in excess of US$350 million. Delivery of the first unit is scheduled in the [...]
Premier Oil UK Limited has exercised its option to extend the term of its drilling contract with Awilco Drilling PLC for the WilPhoenix rig. This option is for a period of approximately 70 days commencing in March 2014 and has an estimated additional contract value of USD 22 million. WilPhoenix is one of Awilco Drilling’s [...]
During the period 14 September 2012 – 1 March 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Ocean Rig AS (OR) and the company’s preparations for activities with Leiv Eiriksson on the Norwegian shelf. The objective of this audit activity is to follow up that the company safeguards regulatory requirements for [...]
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Tug Fairmount Sherpa has safely delivered rig GSF Arctic I to Las Palmas. The rig has been towed from offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. GSF Arctic I is a semi-submersible drilling rig for deepwater operations, owned by Houston based Transocean. GSF Arctic I is designed to drill up [...]
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