UK-based driller Awilco Drilling has swung back to a profit in Q2, but is set to cold-stack its WilHunter semisubmersible due to lack of work opportunities for it in the short-term. The WilHunter will join a fleet of seven cold-stacked…
Det norske has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the Maersk Interceptor jackup to drill production wells at Ivar Aasen. Ivar Aasen is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, around 175km west-southwest of Karmøy in Rogaland county…
A team of eight salvors have finally made it aboard the stricken semisubmersible drilling rig, which grounded off the Isle of Lewis, off Scotland, a week ago today. The rig grounded early last Monday morning after parting from the tug…
Plans to put a team of eight salvors on board the grounded semisubmersible oil rig Transocean Winner have had to be called off because the conditions are unsuitable to winch them down safely, according to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency…
Petrovietnam Marine Shipyard (PV Shipyard) is due to deliver the Tam Dao 05 jackup drilling rig to its client today (12 August). Earlier this week, the firm completed full height jacking trials on the rig. Tam Dao 05 is a Friede and Goldman JU-2000E design…
Rig operator Ocean Rig has agreed to delay the delivery of the first two of three new rigs it is having built by Samsung Heavy Industries. The firm is also assessing its future financial viability amid a 'grossly oversupplied market,' which is expected to worsen…
No pollution has been detected in the area of a rig which grounded on the Isle of Lewis, off Scotland, early Monday morning, says the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The MCA said, despite two of four fuel tanks on the Transocean…
Damage assessments by Smit Salvage and Transocean staff who boarded the grounded semisubmersible drilling rig Transocean Winner off the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, say two of its fuel tanks appear to have been breached. UPDATE: No pollution has been found at the site…
Timing is all-important when repairs to a busy drillship are the order of the day. When Pacific International Drilling West Africa’s (PIDWAL) drillship Pacific Bora suffered damage to the starboard aft hull off the coast of Nigeria, PIDWAL…
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,…
UAE-based engineering and fabrication firm Lamprell has recruited Petrofac exec Christopher McDonald to become its CEO as of 1 October 2016. McDonald will succeed Jim Moffat, who is retiring from the company. McDonald has held the…
Det norske has taken over the operatorship for production license 442 from Centrica and has been given consent to drill an exploration well in a prospect named Langfjellet by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). Well 25/2-18 S…
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Noble Corporation to oversee the load-on, transportation and load-off operations of the first journey of new build jackup rig Noble Lloyd Noble. Aqualis…
Songa Offshore's fourth and final newbuild Cat D Rig, the semisubmersible Songa Enabler, has started drilling operations on 29 July offshore Norway for Norwegian oil giant Statoil. All four rigs are semisubmersible, sixth generation Cat…
Rig operator Seadrill has received three-year contract extensions from Saudi Aramco for the jackups AOD I and AOD II expiring in June 2019 and July 2019, respectively. The extensions are in direct continuation of the current contracts…