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LOTOS Buys Maersk Jack-up

Jun 21, 2019

Danish-based Maersk Drilling said on Friday it has sold the Maesrk Giant  jack-up drilling rig to the Poland's LOTOS Petrobaltic GroupThe rig will be renamed Giant, and the new owners will use the jack-up for drilling solely in the Baltic Sea…

GustoMSC Delivers Chela to Maersk Drilling

May 10, 2019

GustoMSC, the developer of the Chela crane, has transferred the multi-functional arm to Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling.GustoMSC, which designs and engineers solutions for mobile offshore units, said in a press release that Maersk Drilling…

Maersk Supply Service Secures Work in Australia

Jan 09, 2019

Maersk Supply Service announced Wednesday it has lined up work for two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels in support of a drilling program offshore Australia.Under a contract awarded by Chevron Australia, the vessels Maersk Mariner and Maersk Master will provide towing…

Maersk Drilling Sells Jack-up

Nov 09, 2018

Denmark's Maersk Drilling announced Friday it has entered into an agreement to sell the 32-year-old jack-up rig Mærsk Giant to an unnamed Australasian-based independent oil and gas operator. The transaction is expected to close before end of 2018…

Maersk Drilling Wins Semi-Submersible Rig Contract Offshore Timor-Leste

Oct 10, 2018

Maersk Drilling signed on semi-submersible rig Mærsk Deliverer with Eni for exploration well offshore Timor-Leste.Maersk Drilling and Eni JDPA 11-106 B.V. (Eni) as operator of the JPDA 11-106 Joint Venture have signed a one-well contract for…

Maersk to Merge Damco, Ocean Product Units

Sep 19, 2018

A.P. Moller-Maersk will merge Damco Supply Chain Services and Maersk Line's Ocean Product, the Danish shipping giant announced on Wednesday, as it seeks to offer customers the chance to deal with one firm when shipping goods across the world…

Maersk to Spin off Drilling, Hand Total Shares to Investors

Aug 17, 2018

A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Friday it would spin off its offshore drilling operation and list it in Copenhagen next year, the latest move by the Danish shipping company to focus entirely on transport and logistics.Maersk, which cut its full-year profit outlook this month…

Total takeover causes Maersk shake up

Sep 27, 2017

French major Total has appointed Maersk Oil leaders to their new management positions, following current Maersk Oil CEO Gretchen Watkins’s decision to leave the company. The changes will coincide with the US$7.45 billion takeover expected to become effective in Q1 2018…

Total in $7.45 billion Maersk Oil acquisition

Aug 21, 2017

French oil major Total has agreed to buy Maersk Oil from its parent company A.P. Møller – Mærsk in a US$7.45 billion share and debt deal which could help it make $400 million in 'synergies' a year. Total will gain about 1 billion boe of 2P/2C reserves…

Mærsk Developer to drill Shell Trinidad wells

Aug 17, 2017

Shell has chosen the Mærsk Developer semisubmersible to drill and complete three wells offshore Trinidad beginning in January. Mærsk Developer. Image from Maersk Drilling. According to Maersk Drilling…

Aker BP to drill at Hyrokkin with Maersk Interceptor

Jul 13, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Aker BP consent to drill two wildcat wells in the North Sea at the Hyrokkin prospect. Aker BP consent to drill exploration wells 25/4-11 and 25/4-12, which is north of Alvheim. The…

NOC takes Al-Shaheen reins this week

Jul 11, 2017

This week, France’s Total and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will officially take over operatorship from Maersk Oil of the giant Al-Shaheen oil field offshore Qatar for a term of 25 years. Al-Shaheen. Image from Maersk Oil…

First oil from Flyndre

Mar 27, 2017

First production from Maersk Oil's Flyndre field, which straddles the UK and Norwegian North Sea boundaries, started yesterday (26 March). The field is a 25km single well subsea tieback to the Repsol Sinopec-operated Clyde platform, from which it is then exported via the Fulmar platform…

Maersk inks Tyra redevelopment deal

Mar 22, 2017

Maersk Oil reached an agreement with the government of Denmark that will see a full redevelopment plan for the Tyra project in the Danish North Sea. Tyra East. Image from Maersk Oil. The…

Two Maersk vessels sink off France

Dec 22, 2016

Maersk Supply Services has confirmed that two of its vessels have sunk off the coast of France today (22 December), while being towed to a Turkish shipyard for recycling. Image of one of the vessels that sunk off the coast of France…

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