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Shelf Drilling Wraps Maersk Completer Rig Buy

Jan 07, 2020

Dubai-based offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has completed the purchase of the jack-up drilling rig Maersk Completer from Maersk Drilling. The rig, which has now been renamed, has been stacked in Singapore since 2017. The two companies…

Activists Climb Jackup in Dundee

Jan 06, 2020

Activists on Monday boarded a jackup drilling rig in Dundee harbor, in Scotland, aiming to prevent the rig from departing for scheduled drilling operations for Shell in the North Sea.The 'occupied' rig, Valaris' KFELS Super A jackup Valaris Ju-122…

Sapura Esperanza Extended in Malaysia

Jan 03, 2020

Oil and gas services firm Sapura Energy said it has been awarded a contract extension by Sarawak Shell Berhad / Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited, for the provision of a semi-submersible tender assist drilling rig, Sapura Esperanza.The contract…

New Year’s Lift for Rig Owners

Jan 02, 2020

Norway’s bevy of oilfield supplier had a terrific day on the stock market Thursday, the first day back from holiday riding a buoyant oil price and news Chinese and Norwegian orders for oilfield items was on-again.Drilling contractor Seadrill led the pack…

Seadrill Wins Extensions for Jackup Pair

Dec 30, 2019

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill announced on Monday it has secured a three-year contract for the jackup drilling rigs AOD II and AOD III in the Middle East, in direct continuation of their current contracts.Total contract value is expected…

Vår Energi Awards Rig Contract to Seadrill

Dec 23, 2019

Vår Energi announced it has awarded a rig contract to Seadrill to secure the West Phoenix drilling rig for work on the Balder Future redevelopment project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The contract, which is subject to authority approval of the $2…

Aker Extends Deepsea Nordkapp Job

Dec 18, 2019

Aker BP, the oil exploration and development company focusing petroleum resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, has exercised the first one-year option for Odfjel Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig.According to a press note from Odfjell Drilling…

Shelf Drilling Buys Jack-up Rig Maersk Completer

Dec 18, 2019

Maersk Drilling said it has agreed to sell the jack-up rig Maersk Completer to a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling for $38 million in cash as the Danish-based offshore drilling contractor seeks to concentrate its efforts on harsh environment activities in the North Sea…

Perenco Cancels Contract with Maersk Drilling

Dec 18, 2019

Maersk Drilling said it has been notified by Perenco that the Anglo-French oil and gas company is canceling a three-well contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Resolute in the UK North Sea due to scheduling overruns.According to Perenco, the cancellation…

Keppel Delivers Jackup Rig to Grupo R

Dec 13, 2019

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered the KFELS B Class jackup rig, Cantarell III, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo R.As part of the deal, Grupo R has…

PTTEP Charters Energy Drilling for Arthit Gig

Dec 12, 2019

Singapore based Energy Drilling  has been awarded a contract by the Thailand's oil and gas company  PTT Exploration & Production International (PTTEP) to provide drilling services on the Arthit field in Gulf of Thailand.The builder and manager…

New 'Rig Baby' Takes Shape

Dec 05, 2019

Norwegian rig and shipping magnate John Fredriksen is pooling harsh environment rig assets and putting his money into new venture, Northern Ocean Ltd., now a business of Seadrill subsidiary, Northern Drilling.Fredriksen’s investment vehicle…

ADNOC to Buy Dozens of Rigs

Nov 14, 2019

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said its drilling subsidiary will acquire dozens of rigs to support that national oil company’s upstream growth plans.In the first phase of the wider fleet expansion program, ADNOC acquired, in November 2019…

Shell Contracts Maersk Developer

Nov 13, 2019

Maersk Drilling has entered a contract with Shell subsidiary BG International, for work offshore Trinidad and Tobago on a two-well development project for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Developer.The contract has an estimated duration of 171…

West Mira Awarded DNV GL Battery Notation

Nov 08, 2019

Northern Drilling’s West Mira is the first rig in operation to be awarded the DNV GL Battery (Power) class notation. West Mira is an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible designed by Moss Maritime, operating a hybrid power plant using Lithium-ion…

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