Offshore Drilling - Jul 7th, 2022
 
 
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July 7, 2022
Latest report notes “re-emergence” of markets in Angola, Germany, Guyana, and New Zealand.
Equinor Brazil has awarded Valaris a 540-day drilling contract scheduled to start in 2023.
Sapura Energy subsidiaries have secured six new offshore oil and gas contracts in the Asia-Pacific and Atlantic regions, with a combined value of RM2.7 billion ($613 million).
Deepwater Atlas is now world’s highest specification drillship, shipyard says.
Esgian analysts will provide an overview of the most active offshore drilling campaigns and provide an update on the changing rig contracting market and rig construction market.
Odfjell Drilling has awarded PSW Technology a one-year extension of its frame agreement to maintain and recertify marine riser and subsea equipment for all the contractor’s rigs.
Shell UK has booked the Maersk Resilient jackup for an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the U.K. southern North Sea.
Borr Drilling Ltd. has signed a binding letter of intent with an undisclosed third party for the sale of three high-specification units under construction with Keppel FELS shipyard, namely Tivar, Huldra and Heidrun.
Ukrainian forces have attacked a drilling platform in the Black Sea owned by a Crimean oil and gas company.
Masirah Oil is scouting for a jackup to drill exploration development wells this fall on and around the Yumna oil field in Block 50 offshore Oman.
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia has made a small gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, 30 km southwest of the Aker BP-operated Skarv Field.
Noble has signed an asset purchase agreement to sell five jackup rigs (the “Remedy Rigs”) to a newly formed subsidiary of Shelf Drilling Ltd.
Two Conferences. One Location. Attendees can expect to learn and discuss the real-life issues and solutions relevant to deepwater operations and topsides, platforms and hulls. Nov. 8-10, 2022.
Flow test results from the Krabdagu oil discovery offshore Suriname confirm the need for appraisal drilling, said partner APA Corp.
Shelf Drilling has entered an agreement to acquire the Deep Driller 7 jackup from Aban Offshore for $30 million.
Energean has exercised options with Stena Drilling for two further exploration wells offshore Israel.
TotalEnergies E&P has taken up an option with Maersk Drilling for an additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname, using the Maersk Valiant drillship.
Norway continues to be a global hotspot for offshore exploration drilling, according to Westwood Global Energy Group’s Norway State of Exploration report.
IOG has issued an update on its Saturn Banks gas development in the U.K. southern North Sea.
Shelf Drilling has secured a three-year contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Achiever jackup rig.
Saipem and Trevi have a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop two drilling systems for large-diameter holes to host foundation piles for offshore wind farms.