Royal Boskalis Westminster has won contracts, including transporting the West White Rose platform topsides in North America, transport of offshore wind jackets in Europe, and taking the Hermod semisubmersible crane to China to be scrapped…
Singaporean shipbuilder Jurong Shipyard has further extended its standstill agreement with North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL), which will delay the delivery of the West Rigel semisubmersible drilling rig for the fifth time. The Sembcorp…
COSL Drilling Europe received a letter of intent (LOI) from Nexen Petroleum UK to carry out plugging and abandonment (P&A) work at the Ettrick and Blackbird fields in UK. The work, which will be conducted by the semisubmersible, COSLPioneer…
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) is set to deliver SOCAR’s newbuild, the recently named Heydar Aliyev semisubmersible drilling rig. Keppel O&M through its subsidiary in Azerbaijan, Caspian Shipyard Co. (CSC), will deliver the Heydar Aliyev to Caspian Drilling Co…
Faroe Petroleum has been given Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approval to drill appraisal well 31/7-2 S on the Brasse discovery. Well 31/7-2 S will be drilled using the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible drilling rig in production license 740…
Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of intent from an undisclosed party for further employment for its third-generation semisubmersible, the Deepsea Bergen, for one firm exploration well plus optional sidetrack and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, signed an estimated US$8.6 million one-well contract extension, including one optional well, with Statoil for use of the Bideford Dolphin semisubmersible drilling rig for operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into a US$6.1 million one-well contract extension with Statoil for use of the Bideford Dolphin semisubmersible drilling rig. on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The vessel…
Prosafe’s Safe Notos semisubmersible accommodation vessel started its contract for Petorbras early last month, offshore Brazil. The Safe Notos is under a three-year, 222-day contract with the Brazilian giant. Work began on 7 December at a dayrate of US$189…
CIMC Offshore Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China International Marine Containers (CIMC) Co., intends to partner with Shenzhen Mangrove Venture Capital Co. and China Industrial International Trust Co. to jointly establish Tianjin Lanshui…
Statoil has been given approval to carrying out various well activities on the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea, about 130km north of Kristiansund. The Njord field has been developed using a semisubmersible drilling, accommodation and production facility…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 semisubmersible rig for well activities on the Njord field, in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator at Njord, around 130km north of Kristiansund…
North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) was awarded a 90-day contract from Total E&P UK Ltd. for the West Phoenix semisubmersible to work in the United Kingdom, West of Shetland. The total backlog for the contract is estimated at US$17 million…
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary, Keppel FELS, delivered the Floatel Triumph semisubmersible to Floatel International, which will work on Chevron's Wheatstone, and INPEX's Ichthys Field, off Western Australia. The Floatel Triumph is…
Dutch outfit GustoMSC has launched a new harsh environment drilling semisubmersible series, OCEAN-HE. The OCEAN850-HE and OCEAN1600-HE have been designed for mid-water and deepwater harsh environment regions. The series' semisubmersible…
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