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Long-Term Deal with Petrobras for Constellation's Offshore Rig

Feb 11, 2020

Brazilian offshore contractor Constellation has won an offshore drilling rig contract with Petrobras.Constellation said last week that Petrobras had hired its Atlantic Star semi-submersible drilling rig.In a LinkedIn post, the offshore drilling…

Aker BP to Use Deepsea Nordkapp Rig For Alvheim Producer

Jan 10, 2020

The Norwegian offshore safety regulator PSA Norway has given its consent for Aker BP to use Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Nordkapp drilling rig to drill at the Alvheim field, off Norway.The consent covers the use of the Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible…

Shelf Drilling Eyes Nigerian Prospects

Dec 11, 2019

Shallow water drilling services provider Shelf Drilling has announced a one-year extension on its 1982-built BMC 300-1C Trident XIV jack-up rig in continuation of its current assignment offshore Nigeria.The rig was contracted to ExxonMobil for…

ADNOC to Buy Dozens of Rigs

Nov 14, 2019

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said its drilling subsidiary will acquire dozens of rigs to support that national oil company’s upstream growth plans.In the first phase of the wider fleet expansion program, ADNOC acquired, in November 2019…

A New Slant on Decommissioning

Oct 21, 2019

Shallow gas reservoirs drilled into at a 60-degree angle from the surface in the 1980s have posed a unique decommissioning challenge – resulting in a new design modular plug and abandonment (P&A) unit.When it comes to decommissioning, many operators…

Archer to Reactivate Topaz for North Sea Gig

Sep 26, 2019

Archer said it has secured a contract with a North Sea operator for the provision of drilling services using the modular drilling rig Archer Topaz.The firm contract commitment is for permanent plugging and abandonment of two wells and recovery of conductors…

OMV Hires Archer Emerald

Jul 08, 2019

Services firm Archer announced on Monday it has been awarded a contract with integrated oil and gas company OMV for the provision of drilling services using the modular drilling rig (MDR) Archer Emerald, including associated services, materials…

Weatherford Unveils Automated MPD Riser System

Mar 01, 2019

Billing it as Industry 4.0, Weatherford launched its automated managed pressure drilling (MPD) riser system in Houston this week. The automated riser system combines with artificial intelligence, condition-based maintenance and additional sensors to speed operations…

MFDevCo, COSL sign MOU over marginal field initiatives

Jan 26, 2017

UK-based MFDevCo, or Marginal Field Development Co., has agreed a collaboration deal with Singapore-based jackup drilling rig operator CDPL, a subsidiary of China Offshore Services Ltd. (COSL).  The move will see MFDevCO use CPDL on a 'one stop shop' basis…

Schlumberger to acquire Xtreme coiled tubing drilling units

Apr 27, 2016

Oil services giant Schlumberger entered into an agreement to acquire the coiled tubing drilling and coiled tubing units from Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp., a Calgary-based provider of international land drilling and coiled tubing drilling services…

Geoquip Marine releases new rig

Mar 04, 2016

Geoquip Marine, a geotechnical engineering and offshore drilling company, will unveil its new GMTR150 rig at Oceanology International in London. The GMTR150 is a twin ram drilling rig that can be used for drilling, coring, sampling and testing in water depths up to 3500m…

Statoil to drill new Heimdal well

Sep 23, 2015

Statoil received consent from the PSA to drill a new production well from the Heimdal facility. The well is to be drilled using a modular drilling rig (MDR). An MDR is a modular mobile rig installed in the facility's drilling area. One has been used for permanent plugging of wells at Heimdal…

Aqualis inks Pemex rig job

Jul 06, 2015

International offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Perforadora Mexico to support with the transportation and installation of a platform rig for a fixed platform offshore Mexico. Under the contract…

Archer begins Heimdal P&A

Mar 17, 2015

Archer began to permanently plug and abandon (P&A) 12 gas wells on Statoil’s Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea using its newest rig. The Archer Topaz modular rig. Photo from Archer.    The…

Talisman terminates modular rig contract

Jan 06, 2015

UK-based oilfield services company Archer has received a 30-day notice of early termination of its modular drilling rig contract for the Archer Emerald from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK. The effective date of termination is expected as the 29 of January 2015…

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