Oil giant BP has extended Odfjell Drilling’s maintenance service contract on three North Sea platforms.'BP has awarded Odfjell Drilling a contract for platform drilling and maintenance services on three of its platforms in the UK North Sea,'…
Shell has extended its contract for the Rowan Gorilla VI jack up in Trinidad, Rowan Companies plc said.According to the offshore drilling contractor that provides well drilling services to the petroleum industry, the Super Gorilla class jack…
The global enterprise applications company IFS announced that international offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has deployed IFS Applications to improve operations and optimize its IT landscape.The enterprise software company said in…
Maersk Drilling A/S announced Wednesday that it has signed a Master Alliance Agreement (MAA) with Seapulse Ltd. under which Maersk Drilling will provide fully integrated services, including provision of drilling rigs, related drilling services…
The first phase of a new diesel engine maintenance and service program has been completed for vessels owned by international drilling contractors Stena Drilling, power specialist Royston said.Work on the Wartsila 16v25 No.3 generator on board…
Baker Hughes, the world's second-largest oil services company, will take a 5 percent stake in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) drilling unit for $550 million under a tie-up announced on Monday.Baker Hughes (BHGE) becomes the first foreign…
Seadrill Norway Operations Limited has been awarded a contract for drilling two exploration wells for Equinor in the Barents Sea by use of the West Hercules rig. Drilling is scheduled to start in the spring of 2019.The contract includes options for drilling nine additional wells…
Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corp. (PV Drilling) signed a contract for use of the PV Drilling jackup rig for KrisEnergy in the Gulf of Thailand. PV Drilling I jackup. Image from PV Drilling…
NXG Drilling Services has invested more than US$2.61 million (£2 million) in two new operations to cope with increased demand for its tools and equipment solutions. The business, launched at the start of 2017, has moved from its Aberdeen city centre offices to 30…
Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…
Nigerian-based South Atlantic Petroleum (Sapetro) and Houston-based Hyperdynamics have agreed to a farmout, allowing Sapetro to pick up 50% participating interest in the production sharing contract covering the deepwater Fatala turbidite fan prospect…
Hyperdynamics is changing things up at its Fatala-1 well, offshore the Republic of Guinea, just days after finalizing a drillship for the prospect. The Pacific Scirocco, from Pacific Drilling. Hyperdynamics…
Hyperdynamics Corp. has entered into a US$4.5 million master service agreement (MSA) with oilfield services giant Schlumberger to provide drilling services for the Fatala-1 deepwater exploration well planned for Q2 2017, offshore the Republic of Guinea…
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…
Production well drilling has started on Statoil's major Johan Sverdrup development offshore Norway. The first of 35 wells was spudded by Odfjell drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible drilling rig. The US$13.3 billion first phase…