SeaBird Exploration Plc announced that Voyager Explorer has received a letter of award from an oil company in South East Asia. The contract value is approximately USD 7.5 million and contract duration is estimated to 50 days. The Voyager Explorer has mobilized from East Africa and work will commence early September. The Northern Explorer will [...]
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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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The semi-submersible well intervention rig will be built based on Bassoe Technology’s naval architectural design with Helix’s equipment layout. Featuring the latest technology, the rig is an efficient purpose-designed platform with capabilities to perform a wide variety of tasks, including conventional and extended top hold drilling, subsea construction, decommissioning well intervention, coiled tubing operations and twin ROV deployment.
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Boa Group has recently been awarded a 3 year firm contract + option for the Offshore Construction Vessel “Boa Sub C” from Singapore based EMAS/AMC. The contract is for subsea construction installations and is due to commence in July 2012, in direct continuation from current contract agreement. “Boa Sub C” has been delivered to Owners [...]
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Carnarvon Petroleum Limited provides an update covering its interests in the Bedout sub-basin, offshore Western Australia. Carnarvon’s interests comprise 50% in exploration permits WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-438-P and 100% in exploration permit WA-443-P as outlined on the following page. Farm-out process commences as scheduled Carnarvon advised that the farm-out process for its interests in [...]
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![Norway: Several Design Weaknesses Found at Gjoa Semi-Sub Rig]()
In connection with the completion of the semi-submersible Gjøa facility, several design weaknesses linked to ballasting and floating stability were found. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has now sent circular letters with information about this to companies responsible for the operation of semi-submersible floating facilities on the Norwegian shelf. Statoil has also completed an assessment [...]
