Keppel Offshore & Marine secures contracts worth S$125 million from repeat customers
Jan 1, 2016
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M)'s local and overseas subsidiaries continue to win strong support from repeat customers by securing four contracts worth a total of about S$125 million. In Singapore, Keppel O&M's wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) secured two conversion contracts - the first is for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Floating Storage Unit (FSU) vessel awarded by Armada Floating Gas Storage Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad

Transocean declares Shell's early termination of Polar Pioneer contract
Dec 29, 2015
Transocean Ltd. says that Shell has elected to terminate the contract for the harsh environment semisubmersible Polar Pioneer prior to its expiration in July 2017.

Karoon Gas Australia contracts Olinda Star semi-submersible drilling rig
Dec 25, 2015
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd has executed final agreements with members of the QGOG Constellation S.A. Group to contract the Olinda Star semi submersible drilling rig.

Drydocks World completes RIAP on the National Drilling Company’s rig Diyina
Dec 24, 2015
Drydocks World has successfully completed the yard’s first Rig Integrity Assurance Program (RIAP) on rig Diyina for the National Drilling Company (NDC), and the first

KCA Deutag sells Ben Loyal Jack-Up drilling unit
Dec 22, 2015
KCA Deutag has sold its jack-up drilling unit, the Ben Loyal to Egyptian headquartered Advanced Energy Systems A.D.E.S. SAE for an undisclosed sum.

Statoil to cancel rig contract with Transocean
Dec 18, 2015
Statoil has decided to cancel the contract with Transocean for the drillship Discoverer Americas.The drillship has been on contract with Statoil since 2009, supporting Statoil’s

Faroe Petroleum update on Brasse rig contract
Dec 18, 2015
Faroe Petroleum is pleased to announce the award of a rig contract for the drilling of the Faroe-operated, Brasse exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 50%) and the

Independent Oil and Gas sign rig contract with Transocean
Dec 15, 2015
Independent Oil and Gas plc has signed a Rig Contract with Transocean Drilling U.K. Limited ('Transocean') to procure the Transocean John Shaw semi-submersible rig to drill

Transocean Ltd. awarded two year contract for The Henry Goodrich
Dec 8, 2015
Transocean Ltd. says that the harsh-environment semisubmersible Henry Goodrich was awarded a two year contract with Husky Oil Operations Limited offshore Canada at a dayrate of $275,000.

North Atlantic Drilling reaches agreement with Jurong Shipyard
Dec 4, 2015
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. Says that a standstill agreement effective until June 2016 has been reached with Jurong Shipyard (Jurong) for the delivery of the sixth generation harsh environment semi-submersible

KSE Drilling Rig KS Discoverer 3 awarded US$4.1 million contract in Pakistan
Dec 4, 2015
KS Energy Limited says that Atlantic Onshore Services B.V., a subsidiary of KS Drilling Pte. Ltd. (KS Drilling) has been awarded a contract for the “KS Discoverer 3” land drilling rig. The work in Pakistan is expected to begin

Torchlight expects rig to arrive for Marcelina Creek drilling
Nov 20, 2015
Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. says that the drilling contract for the Johnson #4 Re-Entry has been approved and the Company is expecting the drilling rig to be on location

Songa Offshore dismisses claims submitted by DSME
Nov 19, 2015
Norway's Songa Offshore SE referred to its announcement July 15 regarding the receipt of notices of arbitration from South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

Cue Energy secures rig to drill Naga Selatan-2 well in Indonesia
Nov 16, 2015
Cue Energy Resources (CUE) says that its wholly owned subsidiary Cue Kalimantan Pte Ltd., the operator of the Mahakam Hilir Production Sharing Contract (PSC),

Carnarvon Petroleum secures Noble Tom Prosser drilling rig
Nov 16, 2015
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited advises that the operator of the Roc-1 well, Quadrant Energy has now received the Noble Tom Prosser drilling rig. The rig will mobilise to the Roc-1 well

Range Resources Limited announces arrival of new rigs
Nov 10, 2015
Range is pleased to advise that the second development well of the 22 well programme, the GY 180SE well spudded on 4 November 2015 and is drilling

Songa Offshore SE provides October fleet update
Nov 9, 2015
Songa Dee achieved an operational efficiency of 100% and an earnings efficiency of 99% working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Delta achieved an operational

Statoil awards accommodation rig contract for Johan Sverdrup
Nov 5, 2015
Statoil has, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, awarded a contract to Jacktel AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Marine AS, for providing accommodation services on the Johan Sverdrup field. Jacktel AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Marine A, located in Oslo/Norway, has been awarded a contract for the Haven jack-up accommodation rig for the installation and commissioning period for the Johan Sverdrup project phase 1.

Statoil cancels rig contract with Songa Trym
Nov 3, 2015
Statoil has decided to cancel the contract with Songa Trym, four months before the expiration of contract on 4 March 2016.

Bollsta Dolphin terminates contract with HHI for newbuild semisub
Oct 29, 2015
Bollsta Dolphin Pte. Limited (Bollsta), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (FOE), has notified Hyundai Heavy Industries

Keppel FELS delivers eighth rig of the year safely and on time
Oct 29, 2015
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has delivered ARABDRILL 70, a KFELS B Class jackup rig, to Arabian Drilling Company (ADC). It was completed three days ahead of schedule, on budget and with a perfect safety record. ARABDRILL 70 is the fourth KFELS B Class jackup rig to work for ADC.

Transocean Ltd. provides fleet status report
Oct 27, 2015
Transocean Ltd. issued a comprehensive Fleet Status Report which provides the current status of and contract information for the company's entire fleet of offshore drilling rigs

InterOil to assign second rig for Elk-Antelope appraisal program
Oct 20, 2015
InterOil Corporation has assigned one of its drilling rigs to the Elk-Antelope appraisal program in Papua New Guinea. The PRL 15 Joint Venture, which is operated by Total

Deepsea Bergen finished yardstay within time and budget
Oct 16, 2015
Odfjell Drilling's 3rd generation semisubmersible, Deepsea Bergen, has finished its yardstay in connection with the 5-year special periodic survey and is now