Total, the operator for production license 618 in the North Sea, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway, to drill exploration well 1/5-5 using Maersk Gallant. Maersk Gallant is a jackup drilling facility…
Following a period of competitive tender, industrial services company Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a contract for the provision of fabric maintenance and associated services by Maersk Oil North Sea (Maersk Oil). Image…
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a new three-year contract worth US$110 million for the jackup rig Maersk Resilient with Danish oil company Maersk Oil. The Maersk Resilient. From Maersk. Commencement is expected in October 2015…
Maersk Drilling has posted an increase in profits in 2Q to US$218 million ($117m in 2014) despite three rigs being idle in the period. Maersk said the result was thanks to strong operational performance, fleet growth, general cost savings and its 2014 Venezuelan business divestment…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A. Eldfisk is an oil field lying due south of Ekofisk in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…
Maintaining a modern fleet with long-term contracts while setting drilling records is Maersk Drilling’s way of doing business. Eloise Logan spoke to the firm’s chief technology officer. The Maersk Voyager drillship…
Total awarded Maersk Drilling’s third drillship, the Maersk Venturer, a short-term, US$17 million contract for a one-well program offshore Malaysia. Maersk says the contract is for 45 days with an option to extend for up to 40 days. The drilling program is expected to begin in December 2014…
Chevron’s Angolan subsidiary, Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd., extended its contract for the ultra deepwater semisubmersible Maersk Deliverer offshore Angola for two years. Maersk says that the estimated revenue potential from the two-year extension is US$387 million…
Maersk Drilling named their fourth ultra deepwater drillship this morning in a ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Maersk Voyager Image…
Maersk Drilling’s Convincer jackup rig received an additional one-year extension from Petronas Carigali, E&P subsidiary of Malaysia’s national oil company. The US$56 million contract is expected to end mid-November 2015. “Together with Petronas Carigali…
Maersk Drilling’s second drillship, Maersk Valiant, has started its voyage to the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) today after being delivered from Samsung Heavy Industries' (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South-Korea. Maersk Valiant (pictured) will…
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra harsh environment jackup, Maersk Intrepid, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore on time. Maersk Intrepid will start its mobilization to the Norwegian North Sea in about two weeks…
Brunei Shell Petroleum awarded Maersk Drilling a four-year contract for the jackup rig Maersk Completer for operations offshore Brunei. The contract will commence in December 201, in direct continuation of its current contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum…
Maersk Drilling’s second and third ultra-deepwater drillships were named this morning in a ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Lisa Lance, wife of Ryan M. Lance, chairman and chief executive officer…
Maersk Drilling held a naming ceremony for its first ultra-deepwater drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Geoje-Si, South Korea. The ship, called the Maersk Viking, was named by Nathalie Newman, wife of Harry E. Newman Jr., ExxonMobil Global Drilling Manager…
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