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SapuraKencana inks US$117 million in contracts

Jan 14, 2016

Subsidiary companies within the SapuraKencana Group have been awarded contracts and extensions with a combined value of approximately US$117 million (RM503 million). Image from SapuraKencana. SapuraKencana HL Sdn…

Ezion Holdings lands service rigs deal

Jan 13, 2016

Ezion Holdings Ltd. has secured an agreement to jointly market two service rigs being built by a Chinese state owned enterprise to support the offshore windfarm, oil and gas activities in the energy sector, announced Ezion Holdings board of directors…

Transocean Winner to drill on Volund

Jan 11, 2016

Det norske oljeselskap has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility for production drilling and completion on the Volund field. Transocean Winner is a semi-submersible facility of the GVA 4000 type…

US rig count drops nearly 60% year-on-year

Jan 08, 2016

Baker Hughes’ rig count for December 2015 shows decreases across five of the six regions with the US suffering the most, representing a 59.3% drop year-on-year, and the Middle East with the only increase. Image from iStock…

GMB presses for decom

Jan 07, 2016

GMB, the union for workers in energy industries and the offshore supply chain, has told Amber Rudd, MP, secretary of state for energy and climate change, that delaying offshore installation decommissioning work any further would be catastrophic for jobs and investment…

Songa Delta to drill Statoil wildcat

Jan 05, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority granted Statoil consent to drill exploration well 30/11-11 using the Songa Delta. Beginning mid-January 2016, Statoil has allocated 36 days for the activity. The well is around 28km south of the Oseberg field…

Songa Endurance starts work

Dec 31, 2015

Songa Offshore's newbuild semisubmersible drilling rig, the Songa Endurance, has today started drilling operations under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil at the Troll field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and the rig is now on operating rate…

DW: Slow going for offshore prospects in 2016

Dec 28, 2015

This year, the offshore oil and gas industry has had to come to terms with the worst downturn for more than a decade. With commodity prices plummeting to an eleven-year low in December, it is time to reflect on the year gone by and consider the outlook for the year to come…

Shell ends Polar Pioneer contract

Dec 28, 2015

Shell has terminated the contract for the Polar Pioneer, a harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig, announced rig owner Transocean on 28 December. The rig was famously used this summer in Shell's Arctic campaign in the Chukchi Sea…

UTEC NCS Survey wins rig move positioning framework contract

Dec 18, 2015

UTEC NCS Survey, part of UTEC (an Acteon company), has announced the award of a multi-year rig move and positioning framework contract with Total. Total recently awarded the three-year contract with the opportunity to provide positioning…

Statoil drops Discoverer Americas drillship

Dec 18, 2015

Statoil has decided to cancel the contract with Transocean for the drillship Discoverer Americas. The drillship has been on contract with Statoil since 2009, supporting Statoil’s exploration activities in East and North Africa and the Gulf of Mexico…

Rosneft: 2 million produced from Chayvo oil field

Dec 14, 2015

Rosneft produced 2 million tonne of oil since the production start at the Northern Tip of Chayvo field in 2014.   Image from Rosneft. The Northern Tip of Chayvo field is located in the Sakhalin shelf area…

Seadrill, Chevron extend rig contracts

Dec 08, 2015

Seadrill Partners has secured one-year contract extensions for the T-15 and T-16 tender rigs with Chevron Thailand E&P.   The contracts will now expire in July and August 2019, respectively.  The total backlog of the two contract extensions is approximately US$80 million…

Maersk Guardian heads to Denmark

Dec 07, 2015

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with Maersk Oil for the jackup rig Maersk Guardian for accommodation on various fields in the Danish part of the North Sea. The firm contract duration is five years with commencement in September 2016…

COSLInnovator wins Troll gig

Dec 07, 2015

Statoil Petroleum has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway to use the COSLInnovator mobile drilling facility for drilling, completion, intervention, workover and well plugging on the Troll field. COSLInnovator…

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