Genel finds oil in Sidi Moussa block off Morocco
Serica Energy plc has informed that the SM-1 well in the Sidi Moussa block offshore Morocco has reached a total ...
read more →U.S. weekly offshore rig count drops
Baker Hughes Incorporated has announced a Weekly Rig Count report to its Investor Relations website. Offshore rigs ...
read more →‘Pacific Sharav’ starts 5-year Chevron contract
Chevron Corporation has announced that the Pacific Sharav, a deepwater drillship built to Chevron’s ...
read more →New client for ‘Transocean Leader’
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won new contracts worth around $610 million, the company has said in ...
read more →New charter for accommodation vessel Bibby Bergen
Bibby Maritime has secured a new charter for floating accommodation vessel ‘Bibby Bergen’, starting 15th October ...
read more →ATP-IP to pay penalty for oil discharges from offshore ...
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Environmental ...
read more →VAALCO: Etame drilling begins
VAALCO Energy, Inc. today announced the start of a new six well drilling campaign offshore Gabon on its Etame Marin ...
read more →Sevan, Cosco agree rig delivery delay
Sevan Drilling and Cosco have agreed to amend the termination rights of the construction contract for the Sevan ...
read more →Lundin hits dry hole in Vollgrav (Norway)
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of the wildcat well 33/12-10 S, offshore ...
read more →Odfjell Drilling, WJM in offshore rigs engineering co-op
Odfjell Drilling has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with William Jacob Management (WJM). Under ...
read more →PSA Norway audits emergency preparedness at ...
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of emergency ...
read more →‘Maersk Deliverer’ continues with Chevron ...
Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a Chevron subsidiary in Angola, has extended the current contract for the ultra ...
read more →Karoon to drill Kangaroo-2 in November (Brazil)
Karoon Gas Australia has informed the company expects to start the 2-4 well appraisal and exploration drilling ...
read more →Soco discovers oil offshore Congo
Soco International has made an oil discovery offshore the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). The discovery was made ...
read more →Statoil gets green light for Saturn well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1, in the ...
read more →Heerema to build Culzean jacket
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited, operator of the Culzean development in the North Sea, has awarded a contract for ...
read more →Det norske to use ‘Transocean Winner’ on ...
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA consent to use the Transocean ...
read more →Greenpeace boards Eni’s Prezioso platform (Gallery)
Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior have boarded the Prezioso offshore oil platform operated by the ...
read more →Extreme weather suspends ‘Safe Bristolia’
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of offshore accommodation rigs, has informed its accommodation rig Safe Bristolia has ...
read more →Offshore workers should take part in safety talks, PSA ...
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the organisation of employee participation ...
read more →Keel laying ceremony for new jack-up rig in China
China’s Huangpu Shipyard recently held the keel laying ceremony for the H6001 R-550D Zentech jack-up rig ...
read more →MacGregor mooring systems for Mermaid’s tender rigs
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won new contracts that will see electrically-driven versions of its mooring ...
read more →U.S. offshore rig count down again
According to the Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Count report, the U.S. offshore rig count is down three rigs from last ...
read more →New contract, cut dayrate for ‘Noble Driller’
Noble Corporation has been awarded two short-term contract extensions for its Noble Driller semi-submersible ...
read more →Maersk Drilling’s giant rig XLE-2 finally in Stavanger
Following a 12,345 nautical miles long journey from Singapore, the XLE-2 drilling rig, dubbed largest of the kind ...
read more →‘Prospector 1’ rig starts Total contract
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has informed that Prospector 1 rig has been placed on Total E&P ...
read more →‘COSLProspector’ on sea trials
COSL Prospector, the fourth semi-submersible drilling built by CIMC Raffles for COSL, has set off on sea trials in ...
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