Russian oil exploration giant Rosneft sent a cancellation notice to North Atlantic Drilling Company Ltd. (NADL) to terminate its contract for the Energy Endeavor jackup. The Energy Endeavor. From Northern Offshore…
Lundin Norway began drilling the 7220/11-2 appraisal well in the Barents Sea South. The Island Innovator. From Island Drilling. The Alta discovery is located 10-20km northeast of Lundin…
KrisEnergy’s Gulf of Thailand campaign is getting off to a good start with an oil and gas discovery already made at its first exploration well, the Rossukon-2. The Key Gibraltar jackup. From Shelf Drilling…
ABB unveiled its new addition to its line of Azipod electric propulsion offering, the Azipod D. Azipod D. From ABB. Azipod D will allow a wider range of vessel types to benefit from…
Adapting to current cost conscious market conditions was the recurring theme of the Aker companies'* open day for investors last week (17 March). Edvard Grieg at Stord yard. Photo from Kvaerner. It…
Drilling has started on the Roald Rygg well 6706/12-3 nearby the recently drilled Snedfrid North discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is drilling on Roald Rygg using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig. Well…
No hydrocarbons were intersected at Karoon Gas Australia’s Kangaroo West-1 offshore Brazil. Map from Karoon. The exploration well, located in exploration block S-M-1165, reached its planned total depth of 3170m…
EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development floating production vessel the EnQuest Producer has left its berth in Newcastle, northern England, where it was undergoing finishing and commissioning works, and has completed marine trials. The 249m-long unit…
Chevron’s Big Foot platform is on its way to the Walker Ridge area, offshore deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Big Foot. From Chevron. Walker Ridge is located approximately 360km south of New Orleans…
Schlumberger launched TeleScope ICE ultrahigh-temperature measurements-while-drilling service and PowerDrive ICE ultrahigh-temperature rotary steerable system (RSS). The ultraHT-rated electronics in the…
Luxembourg headquartered Neo Oiltools launched its downhole torque management tool, NeoTork. NeoTork automatically manages torque generated from the drill bit and mitigates axial and torsional vibrations. The system has been…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy began its drilling campaign in the Gulf of Thailand. The Key Gibraltar. From Shelf Drilling. The campaign is starting at the Rossukon-2 exploration well…
Archer began to permanently plug and abandon (P&A) 12 gas wells on Statoil’s Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea using its newest rig. The Archer Topaz modular rig. Photo from Archer. The…
Swedish independent explorer Lundin Petroleum's Gemini well on production license 338 C has been declared a dry hole. Wildcat well 16/1-24 on Gemini was drilled about 10km southwest of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea…
It’s been five years since BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill and in a new report, the company says that the GoM is returning to its baseline condition. Image of Deepwater Horizon. From USCG. According…
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