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NADL newbuild delayed again

Oct 04, 2016

North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) entered an amendment agreement with Jurong Shipyard that will extend the delivery deferral period of the West Rigel semisubmersible to 6 January 2017. The extension allows the parties to continue to explore commercial opportunities for the unit…

Statoil ends West Epsilon contract

Sep 27, 2016

Norway's Statoil has issues an early notice of cancellation to North Atlantic Drilling on the West Epsilon harsh environment jackup. The West Epsilon was originally contracted for drilling services in Norway until the end of December…

Baltim boosted to 1 Tcf off Egypt

Sep 22, 2016

The Baltim South West field offshore Egypt has the potential to hold 1 Tcf of gas in place, according to Eni. Image from Eni. The Italian giant, along with 50:50 partner BP, upgraded…

FMC inks Eni West Hub subsea work

Sep 06, 2016

FMC Technologies has won a second award for its new subsea multiphase boosting system, this time with Italian giant Eni for its Block 15/06 West Hub Development, off the coast of Angola. The N'Goma…

VIDEO: Rig grounds on Isle of Lewis

Aug 08, 2016

A semisubmersible drilling rig has grounded on the Isle of Lewis, off the far west of Scotland, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The rig, Transocean's Transocean Winner, was being towed at the time, but the tug,…

BP, Seadrill reach West Capricorn agreement

Jun 29, 2016

Seadrill Partners has reached an agreement with BP to keep the West Capricorn on an extended standby rate of US$316,000/d with expected recommencement of work in late 2017 at the full operating rate of $526,000/d. The unit had been down…

North Atlantic delays newbuild

Jun 07, 2016

Bermuda registered rig operator North Atlantic Drilling has extended a standstill deal agreement with Jurong shipyard over the delivery of the newbuild West Rigel semisubmersible drilling rig.  The standstill agreement, set up amid a…

West Epsilon to P&A on Huldra

Mar 14, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to use the West Epsilon jackup drilling facility for permanent plugging of wells at Huldra 30/2-A, in production license 051. Statoil has allocated 215 days for the activity…

Eni in Mpungi start up

Jan 11, 2016

Italy’s Eni commenced production from the Mpungi field offshore Angola that will bring production ramp up in the West Hub Development Project to about 100,000 boe/d this quarter. N’Goma FPSO. Image from SBM Offshore…

Subsea 7 bags West Nile Delta gig

Dec 30, 2015

Subsea 7 inked a contract estimated to be between US$50 million to $150 million with Burullus Gas Co. for the platform extension and tie-in on the first phase of BP's West Nile Delta development of the Taurus and Libra fields, offshore Egypt…

NADL inks West Rigel standstill deal

Dec 03, 2015

North Atlantic Drilling  (NADL) entered into a standstill agreement, effective until June 2016, with Jurong Shipyard for the delivery of the sixth generation harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig, the West Rigel. During the standstill period until June 2016…

Polaracus gets West-Africa seismic contract

Sep 18, 2015

Polarcus announced that the company has received a letter of intent from an undisclosed client to execute a 3D marine seismic project in West Africa utilizing Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project…

Seadrill cancels West Mira newbuild

Sep 15, 2015

Seadrill is exercising its right to cancel the construction of the newbuild West Mira after Hyundai Heavy Industries failed to deliver the vessel on time. West Mira illustration. From Seadrill…

BP gains West Nile Delta stake

May 18, 2015

BP increased its interest in the US$12 billion West Nile Delta (WND) project in Egypt after partner DEA farmed down its stake. Map of Nile Delta. From DEA. According to DEA, the…

OneSubsea inks BP West Nile Delta gig

Apr 23, 2015

OneSubsea is getting a piece of BP’s West Nile Delta Taurus Libra development offshore Egypt by snagging a multi-million dollar subsea contract. Image from OneSubsea. The scope…

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