Harsh Environment News


Maersk Drilling Secures Well Intervention Gig with Equinor

May 27, 2021

Danish offshore drilling firm Maersk Drilling has won further work for its Maersk Intrepid jack-up rig with Equinor in Norway.Namely, Equinor has exercised an option to add well intervention work at the Martin Linge field offshore Norway to…

Maersk Drilling Sells Two Jack-Up Rigs to New Fortress Energy

May 17, 2021

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has sold the jack-up rig Maersk Guardian to New Fortress Energy. The two firms have also signed a deal for the sale of the jack-up rig Mærsk Gallant with anticipated closing in June 2021. The…

Aker BP Adds One More Well to Maersk Drilling's Jack-Up Rig Scope

Apr 21, 2021

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won a one-well contract extension for its Maersk Integrator jack-up drilling rig with Aker BP in Norway.The contract is expected to start in December 2021, in direct continuation from the rig's current scope for Aker BP…

Equinor Gets OK to Use Deepsea Atlantic Rig on Vigdis Field

Nov 02, 2020

Norwegian energy company Equinor has received regulator consent to use Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig for production drilling on the Vigdis offshore field.Vigdis is a field located in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea…

End of the Line for Deepsea Bergen Drilling Rig

Aug 27, 2020

Norwegian offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling will recycle its oldest drilling rig the Deepsea Bergen, to focus on its modern, harsh-environment drilling rigs.In a quarterly update on Thursday, Odfjell said that the Deepsea Bergen rig…

Maersk Integrator Jack-Up to Drill Another Well for Aker BP in 2021

Aug 20, 2020

Danish drilling company Maersk Drilling has won more work for its low-emission, harsh-environment jack-up drilling rig Maersk Integrator.The Norwegian oil company Aker BP has awarded the rig an additional one-well contract, to drill the Ula F – Producer 1 well at the Ula field…

Odfjell Drilling Rig Wins More Work with Equinor

Aug 18, 2020

Norwegian energy company Equinor has awarded Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig more work in Norway.Odfjell Drilling said Tuesday that Equinor had elected to use the rig for three offshore wells.'The wells have…

Odfjell Drilling: Effect of Low Oil Price, Pandemic on Business 'Limited'

May 13, 2020

Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling does not expect the Covid-19 and low oil prices to have a major impact on its business in the short to medium term.The company which owns a fleet of five harsh-environment offshore drilling rigs…

Equinor Cleared to Use Odfjell Rig at Tordis and Vigdis Fields

Mar 06, 2020

Equinor has received regulatory approval to use the Deepsea Atlantic offshore drilling unit for operations at Tordis and Vigdis fields in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The Petroleum Safety Authority said Friday that the drilling and completion operations…

Deepwater Drillship Rates Rising

Feb 20, 2020

In another sign of improving deepwater market conditions, drillship day rates are on-the-rise from Canada to China, judging by a new report by numbers crunchers, Rystad Energy. Although not the only deepwater floaters, drillships are still on order at Asian shipyards…

Shelf Drilling Wraps Maersk Completer Rig Buy

Jan 07, 2020

Dubai-based offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has completed the purchase of the jack-up drilling rig Maersk Completer from Maersk Drilling. The rig, which has now been renamed, has been stacked in Singapore since 2017. The two companies…

Shelf Drilling Buys Jack-up Rig Maersk Completer

Dec 18, 2019

Maersk Drilling said it has agreed to sell the jack-up rig Maersk Completer to a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling for $38 million in cash as the Danish-based offshore drilling contractor seeks to concentrate its efforts on harsh environment activities in the North Sea…

New 'Rig Baby' Takes Shape

Dec 05, 2019

Norwegian rig and shipping magnate John Fredriksen is pooling harsh environment rig assets and putting his money into new venture, Northern Ocean Ltd., now a business of Seadrill subsidiary, Northern Drilling.Fredriksen’s investment vehicle…

Maersk Drilling Wins One-well Job from MOL

Nov 11, 2019

Maersk Drilling said it has secured a one-well contract for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Interceptor with MOL Norge for exploration drilling on PL617 in the Southern North Sea, operated by MOL Norge in partnership with Wintershall Dea and OMV Norge…

Aker BP Extends Maersk Integrator

Nov 07, 2019

Maersk Drilling said it has secured a contract extension offshore Norway for the ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Integrator from Aker BP. In continuation of the rig’s current workscope for Aker BP, the Maersk Integrator will drill a well at the Tambar field in the Southern North Sea…

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