Songa Offshore's fourth and final newbuild Cat D Rig, the semisubmersible Songa Enabler, has started drilling operations on 29 July offshore Norway for Norwegian oil giant Statoil. All four rigs are semisubmersible, sixth generation Cat…
Rig operator Seadrill has received three-year contract extensions from Saudi Aramco for the jackups AOD I and AOD II expiring in June 2019 and July 2019, respectively. The extensions are in direct continuation of the current contracts…
ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil Corp. have signed an early termination agreement for the deepwater drillship Maersk Valiant, Maersk Drilling says. The termination, which comes following Conoco's decision to halt Gulf of Mexico deepwater exploration spending…
Gulf of Mexico-focused Deepwater oil exploration and production company Venari Resources has acquired an additional 7% stake in the Shenandoah field on Walker Ridge Blocks 51, 52 and 53. The company has also reported successful results from the Shenandoah #5 appraisal well…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 S on PL 442 in the central North Sea. The well, targeting the Langfjellet prospect, will be drilled using the Maersk Interceptor jack up drilling rig…
Norway's Statoil has made a gas condensate and oil discovery southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, in production license 035/272, was made through the wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum drilling permit for well 6407/7-9 S using the Songa Delta semisubmersible drilling rig. The well, also called Njord NF2, is in production licence PL 107 C, operated by…
International oilfield services company, Expro, has been awarded new contracts from India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ONGC). Worth more than US$17 million over three years, the contracts will see Expro work on ONGC’s assets throughout western and eastern areas of India…
Global drilling giant Transocean has announced a string of new contracts and the start of its newbuild drillship Deepwater Proteus on contract. The firm has also stacked six rigs, taking its total number of currently stacked rigs to 28…
Lundin Petroleum has started its 2016 exploration and appraisal campaign in the Loppa High area in the southern Barents Sea targeting 587-862 MMboe. The winterized Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig (pictured) has been contracted…
UK independent Zennor Petroleum has drilled a successful appraisal well on the Finlaggan gas condensate accumulation in the UK North Sea. Finlaggan is in license P2013, in Block 21/5c, awarded in the 27th licensing round to Zennor. The Finlaggan discovery was made by ConocoPhillips in 2005…
Premier Oil spudded the Bagpuss heavy oil exploration well in the Moray Firth in the UK North Sea on 18 July, using the Ocean Valiant drilling rig, says partner North Sea Energy. Drilling results are expected in early August. The well…
Aberdeen Drilling Consultants (ADC), a rig inspection consultancy based in Scotland, has been awarded a contract by BP to provide engineering services globally. ADC will provide support in more than 14 countries worldwide. It will deliver rig site assessments at all stages of operations…
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has laid claim to delivering the world's largest semisubmersibles - the Ocean Greatwhite, for Houston based driller Diamond Offshore. Ocean Greatwhite, measuring 123m-long and 78m-wide, is capable of operating…
ENGIE E&P Norge has spudded the Cara exploration well in PL 636 Cara in the Norwegian northern North Sea. The well is 35km offshore and approximately 6km from the Gjøa field in about 350m water depth. The well, being drilled using the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible drilling rig…
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