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West Gemini drillship. Source: Seadrill Limited Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has secured a contract for the West Gemini drillship in West Africa. Seadrill said on Wednesday that the West Gemini had secured a nine-well contract with three options, each for two wells. The total contract value for the firm portion of the contract is …
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Offshore drilling firm Seadrill Partners has scored a contract in Gabon for one of its drillships. The West Polaris drillship – Image source: Seadrill PartnersSeadrill Partners said Wednesday that its drillship West Polaris had secured a contract with PC Gabon Upstream for drilling operations in Gabon. The contract is for one well, and it is …
FPSO operator BW Offshore has made changes to its management team, including a new CEO and CFO, and won a contract extension for one of its FPSOs. Source: BW Offshore BW Offshore said on Monday that all the changes within the executive management team were effective immediately. The company added that Marco Beenen assumed the position of …
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Oil company Aker Energy needs more time to decide whether to charter Ocean Yield’s FPSO Dhirubhai-1. FPSO Dhirubhai-1 / Image source: Ocean YieldThe two companies in February signed an option agreement for a 15-year charter of the FPSO. The option was to be exercised by May 1, with Aker also having the right to extend the option …
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Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has been awarded drilling contracts for two of its 2014-built drillships with Woodside in Senegal. Ocean BlackRhino; Source: Diamond OffshoreAccording to its latest fleet status report, Diamond Offshore has secured a well-based contract for its Ocean BlackHawk drillship with Woodside in Senegal. The contract also includes options. It is scheduled to start …
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Offshore services provider DeepOcean has hired a subsea construction vessel from Danish offshore shipowner Maersk Supply Service (MSS). Maersk Forza; Source: Maersk Supply Service (LinkedIn) Maersk Supply said via social media on Thursday that the subsea construction vessel (SCV) Maersk Forza began a two-year firm contract with DeepOcean on April 1. According to the company, …
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Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has managed to score yet another job for its Topaz Driller jack-up rig in West Africa, which will keep the rig busy until the end of the year. Topaz Driller / Image source: Vantage DrillingThe driller said on Thursday the 2009-built Topaz Driller had secured a deal with the oil …
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MODEC, the Japanese supplier of Floating Production solutions, has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the SNE Field Development floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, offshore Senegal. The FPSO is expected to have a capacity of around 100,000 Barrels of Oil Per Day, with first oil targeted in 2022. “Following …
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The Kenyan government has published a gazette giving notice to land owners along the right of way of the planned crude oil export pipeline to the coast of Lamu. The action is the latest in the series of actions leading up to final sanction of a 140,000Barrels of Oil Per Day oilfield development project, expected …
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Offshore drilling contractor Ensco has secured new drilling contracts for the floater as well as jack-up part of its drilling fleet. As a result, Ensco’s rigs will be working in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, offshore Australia, Egypt, Japan, in the North Sea, and offshore Saudi Arabia. Ensco DPS-1 semi-submersible rig. Source: ALP Maritime Ensco …
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