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Stena Drilling Rig Gets an Engine Overhaul

Oct 29, 2018

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…

FAR Drills First Gambia Well

Oct 24, 2018

Oil and gas company FAR Limited has started drilling the Samo-1 exploration well in block A2, offshore The Gambia.The Stena Drillmax arrived on site on Sunday, 21 October and after standard pre-drill operations, the well was successfully spudded…

Stena Drillship Set for High-tech Upgrade

Oct 16, 2018

Stena Drilling has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to deliver a complete upgrade of its systems aboard the Stena Carron, a harsh environment dynamically positioned DP Class 3 drillship capable of drilling in water depths up to 10,000ft. Stena…

Stena Drilling Retires Semi-Submersible Rig

Oct 04, 2018

Stena Clyde (Australia) Pty Ltd have decided to remove the Stena Clyde from active service and retire the rig from the Stena Drilling fleet.The rig has been warm stacked in Australia for the past three years and is presently in Singapore.  Although…

Total Pact with Stena Drilling for Laggan Well

Aug 27, 2018

Aberdeen-based Stena Drilling has announced that it has signed a deal with French oil giant Total to drill one well at the west of Shetland, Laggan field.A press release from Stena Drilling said: 'We have signed a contract with Total E&P UK Ltd…

Cairn hits oil, gas in last SNE probe

Aug 07, 2017

Cairn Energy has discovered hydrocarbons at its SNE North-1 wildcat well offshore Senegal, as well as oil in a deeper secondary objective, marking the end to the company’s five-well drilling campaign for the year.   Map of the SNE field…

Sparrows gets Stena extension

Jul 11, 2017

Sparrows Group has been awarded a 3.5 year extension to its inspection services contract for Stena Drilling’s global fleet of drilling vessels. The contract scope includes carrying out LOLER lifting gear surveys, potential dropped objects surveys…

Cairn completes FAN South-1, moves to next SNE probe

Jul 11, 2017

Cairn Energy is to plug and abandon its FAN South-1 well in the South Fan prospect offshore Senegal, and move to its next drilling target in the region, the SNE North, or Sirius, prospect. FAN South-1 was drilled in ~2175m water depth…

Stena IceMAX heads for Druid, Drombeg spud, offshore Ireland

Jun 28, 2017

Providence Resources and its partners have signed a contract for the Stena IceMAX deepwater drillship for drilling on the Druid and Drombeg prospects in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland.  Druid and Drombeg are in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14…

Stena cancels newbuild with Samsung

Jun 05, 2017

Stena Atlantic Ltd., an affiliate of Stena Drilling, notified Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) last week, that it has exercised its right to cancel their contract for the construction of the Stena MidMAX, a dynamically positioned harsh environment semisubmersible drilling unit…

Cairn finds further Senegal success

May 18, 2017

Cairn Energy’s latest SNE well offshore Senegal, SNE-6, has proved to be successful, with the confirmation of good connectivity with the SNE-5 well. Map of Senegal, from Cairn. Cairn…

Cairn in VR-1 upset

Apr 06, 2017

Cairn Energy did not get the results the company was hoping for after drilling deeper at the Vega-Regulus (VR-1) well offshore Senegal, following its winning streak in the area. The Stena DrillMAX…

Cairn hits oil at VR-1 off Senegal

Mar 27, 2017

Cairn Energy has encountered oil at the Vega-Regulus (VR-1) well offshore Senegal, marking the company’s eighth successful well in the area since 2014. The Stena DrillMAX, from Stena. The…

Cairn targets Vega-Regulus after SNE-5 completes

Mar 07, 2017

UK independent explorer Cairn Energy has completed drilling on its latest Shelf North Edge well, or SNE-5, and is getting ready for its next target, offshore Senegal. Cairn says the initial results on the SNE-5 well were in line with expectations and drilling…

Minesto, Stena to build assembly hall

Feb 24, 2017

Swedish-based companies Minesto and Stena Line are working together to develop marine energy device construction facilities in the UK. Stena Line is to build an assembly hall in Holyhead, Wales, which Minesto will use for production of its Deep Green technology…

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