Bollsta Dolphin, Fred. Olsen Energy and Hyundai Heavy Industries have resolved their dispute and differences relating to the newbuilding contract for the semisubmersible drilling rig Bollsta Dolphin. Ownership of the platform will be retained by HHI…
A semisubmersible drilling rig grounded off Scotland weeks ago could be floated off at high water tonight. Update here If the operation in Dalmore Bay, on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, is a success, the Transocean Winner will be towed using two tugs to Broad Bay…
As Shell's Stones development inches closer to first production, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor released a video on how the company used 3D printing to ensure that the disconnectable buoy on the project came together flawlessly during the construction process…
Premier Oil and its partners in the upcoming shallow water bid round offshore Mexico are anticipating to go out to tender for a moored, semisubmersible rig for Block 7 in Q4 2016, the company revealed in its 1H 2016 report. Map of Blocks 2 and 7…
Supermajor BP has submitted its second environment plan for the Great Australian Bight to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), proposing the drilling of two exploration wells. Great…
The Block Island Wind Farm, operated by Deepwater Wind, has completed the construction phase, according to the firm's CEO Jeff Grybowski. The executive tweeted out a photo of the moment when the last turbine blade was installed on 18 August (Thursday)…
Woodside Petroleum is preparing for its Myanmar drilling campaign as soon as next year, after identifying 2.4 Tcf of gas in the area earlier this year. Coleman. Image from Woodside. “Our…
Israel’s Ministry of Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (MIEWR) will hold the country’s first offshore energy licensing round in November, offering two dozen blocks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to IHS Energy. The Tamar platform…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has come up dry in Skipper’s secondary objective, and the company will plug and abandon the well. IOG completed its first operated appraisal well on its 100% owned and operated Skipper oil discovery which…
Norwegian giant Statoil has submitted its plans for the US$122 million (NOK 1 billion) Byrding discovery in the North Sea to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which is expected to start production in Q2 2017. Image…
Lady Sponsor Gretchen H. Watkins, COO at Maersk Oil, has named Maersk Drilling’s newest jackup, the Maersk Highlander, at a ceremony at Invergordon, Scotland. Image of Watkins, from Maersk. Maersk…
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has delivered its sixth and final pipelay vessel (PLV), the Sapura Rubi on schedule to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) and the vessel started work in Brazil on 14 August 2016. Image of the Sapura Diamante…
UK supermajor BP has hit a milestone on 15 August at its Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli field offshore Azerbaijan, by producing 3 billion bbl since the start of production from the Chirag platform in 1997. ACG is a complex of six production platforms: Chirag-1…
Tullow Oil has achieved first oil from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana with MODEC’s Prof. John Evans Atta Mills floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel. Prof…
Sparrows Group and SPIE Oil & Gas Services have entered into a global agreement to work in collaboration to support the energy sector. The deal will see the companies work together to initially deliver their collective service offering…
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