Helicopter operator CHC Group has signed a contract to provide Providence Resources helicopter services in support of its exploration well program on the Druid/Drombeg prospect in frontier exploration license 2/14 of the southern Porcupine Basin…
Providence Resources is set to drill a wildcat targeting the multi-billion bbl potential of both the Druid and Drombeg offshore Ireland this summer. The Stena IceMAX, from Stena Drillng. Providence…
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…
Offshore Ireland focused Providence Resources has been approved to move into the second phase of exploration on Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 2/14, containing the Druid and Drombeg prospects. FEL 2/14 is in about 2250m water depth…
Cairn Energy and its partners have contracted a rig to drill two appraisal wells on the world class SNE oil field offshore Senegal in 2017. The wells - SNE-5 and SNE-5 - will be drilled using the Stena DrillMAX drillship, starting Q1…
Providence Resources has inked a contract for a drilling rig to explore its southern Porcupine Basin license, containing the Druid and Drombeg prospects, starting June next year (2017). The Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 2/14 is…
Statoil is cutting its contract short for Stena Drilling's Stena Don semisubmersible drilling rig, leading to about 180 job cuts. The Stena Don, from Stena Drilling. The rig has been on contract with Statoil since 7 February 2014…
Shell Canada is moving on to its next prospect in the Shelburne basin, offshore Nova Scotia, after failing to find commercial hydrocarbons at its first exploration well in the program. Map of the Shelburne basin exploration project…
Shell has been cleared to resume drilling offshore Canada following a review to its procedures after an incident saw a 2km riser section drop to the seafloor. Shell was drilling the Cheshire L-97 well, in about 2000m water depth, in the Shelburne basin…
Sparrows Group has been awarded a 20-month inspection services contract to cover Stena Drilling’s global fleet of drilling vessels. The agreement will see Sparrows Group deliver LOLER lifting gear surveys, potential dropped objects surveys…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Statoil consent to use the Stena Don mobile drilling facility for drilling and completion of wells 35/11-B-22 and B-13 in the Fram field in the North Sea. Fram is an oil field in the northern North Sea around 20km north of Troll…
The board of directors of AVIC International Maritime Holdings (AVIC Maritime) has announced that it has entered into a contract, as a co-seller, for four RoPax vessels with two plus two options with Stena RoRo, a subsidiary of Swedish ship owner…
Shell Canada’s operations offshore Nova Scotia were brought to a halt over the weekend due to severe weather, which caused a 2km pipe from the Stena IceMAX drillship to fall to the seafloor. The Stena IceMAX…
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) granted Shell Canada the approval to begin its Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project, offshore Nova Scotia. The Stena IceMAX…
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process critical software assets, announced that it has secured an important contract with Stena Drilling Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland. This contract represents a significant development for AGSL…
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