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Total extends West Phoenix contract

Jan 17, 2017

North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract for the semi-submersible West Phoenix for work in the UK, West of Shetland. The contract is in direct continuation with the West Phoenix' existing contract and the total backlog is estimated to be $17 million…

GE to maximize Transocean's productivity

Jan 11, 2017

GE Oil & Gas and Transocean signed a US$180 million contractual service agreement (CSA), to further maximize productivity and lower operating costs for Transocean.  As a pioneer of new business models and performance-based service agreements…

North Atlantic, Sembcorp in further rig delay deal

Jan 09, 2017

North Atlantic Drilling has again extended a newbuild rig contract standstill agreement with Singapore's Sembcorp Marine. Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary Jurung Shipyard has been building the semisubmersible drilling rig West Rigel, on which a standstill agreement had already been put in place…

DSME delivers Maersk Invincible

Jan 06, 2017

Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jackup rig, the Maersk Invincible, from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. Maersk Invincible will now mobilize to the North Sea and will commence a 5-year…

Aibel awards IKM Testing Johan Sverdrup service contract

Jan 05, 2017

IKM Testing Thailand has been awarded the service contract by Aibel for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform. The platform deck for the drilling platform will comprise of three modules. Aibel is to build the largest module, the main support frame (MSF)…

Mermaid cancels two more newbuild orders

Jan 03, 2017

Mermaid Maritime is at the chopping block again with China Merchants Industry, as the Thai company axes an additional two newbuild contracts with the shipbuilder. Illustration of the MTR-3 rig…

Songa rig suffers pumproom ingress

Jan 03, 2017

Rig operator Songa Offshore has mobilized its emergency response team after water got into a pumproom on its Songa Encourage semisubmersible drilling rig.  The unit is a Cat-D rig, one of four newbuilds which have entered service for Songa in the past couple of years…

CIMC joins Tianjin Lanshui Offshore partnership

Dec 28, 2016

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…

Lundin to use Leiv Eiriksson for Gohta

Dec 27, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Lundin Norway consent to drill exploration well 7120/1-5 in a prospect named Gohta. The prospect is located in Lundin-operated production license 492 (PL492), which is comprised of blocks 7120/1 and 7120/2 in the Barents Sea…

Eni to use Scarabeo 8 for PL716 wildcat

Dec 22, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Eni Norge a drilling permit for wellbore 7318/12-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7318/12-1 will be drilled from the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility. The…

Statoil to use Deepsea Atlantic for Johan Sverdrup

Dec 22, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 16/2-22 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-22 S will be drilled from the Deepsea Atlantic drilling facility in position 58°55’33…

Lamprell delivers NDC Al Gharbia jackup

Dec 22, 2016

Lamprell completed the construction on the jackup drilling rig, Al Gharbia, and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Co. (NDC). Completion and delivery of the jackup rig, on time and on budget, was marked at an inauguration ceremony…

Schlumberger inks double Transocean deal

Dec 21, 2016

Cameron, a Schlumberger (SLB) company, has signed two 10-year pressure control equipment management service contracts on behalf of Transocean valued at greater than US$350 million.  The first contract calls for Schlumberger to manage Transocean’s Cameron risers in the Gulf of Mexico…

Nucore Group forms, appoints CEO

Dec 13, 2016

A new company, Nucore Group, has been established to create a topside engineering services group of companies.  Backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners, Nucore Group currently oversees the management of Oteac and HVAC & Refrigeration Engineering (HVAC&R)…

GustoMSC launches new drillship design

Nov 29, 2016

Dutch vessel designer GustoMSC has unveiled a new mid-water drillship design, the Scylax. The 'fit-for-purpose' vessel is described as a compact deep water drilling unit based on a single derrick or drilling mast set up with off-line stand building…

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