Covid-19: Aban Offshore Suspends Jack-Up Rig Operation Again

Bartolomej Tomic
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Indian offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has suspended operations at one of its jack-up rigs citing Covid-19 outbreak.

In a brief announcement on Monday, Aban Offshore said: "We hereby inform you that one of our rigs "Aban IV " has suspended operations owing to outbreak of COVID-19."

According to Aban's fleet status report, the Baker Marine Class 300 Aban IV rig has a contract with the Indian oil and gas company ONGC and is operating off the west coast of India in the Mumbai High area. The company did not say how many crew members have been affected.

The news of the suspension of operations comes after the Aban IV rig on April 17 resumed operations which had been suspended due to Covid-19, too.

Also, Aban Offshore on April 24 said that its Aban III rig had resumed operations after suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This rig too is on a contract with ONGC. 

According to Reuters, India on Tuesday crossed the "grim milestone" of 20 million coronavirus cases, reporting 357,229 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 20.28 million. 

Categories: Energy Activity Asia Rigs

Related Stories

VARD Snags $125M Shipbuilding Deal for Subsea Construction Vessel

INEOS Wraps Up Acquisition of CNOOC’s US Oil and Gas Assets

Cairn India Might Invest in US Oil Servicing Firms to Increase Production

CNOOC Discovers ‘Vast Exploration Prospects’ in China’s Beibu Gulf Basin

Shell Predicts 60% Rise in LNG Demand by 2040 with Asia Leading the Way

Petronas Preps for Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Decom Op

BP Targets 44% Oil, 89% Gas Increase from India’s Mumbai High Field

US Operator Finds Oil Offshore Vietnam

BP to Help Boost Oil and Gas Output at India’s Largest Producing Field

Vestas Lands First 15MW Offshore Wind Turbine Order in Asia Pacific

Current News

Chuditch Gas Field Up for Summer Drilling Ops as Sunda Reshapes Ownership Structure

EnQuest Bags Two Production Sharing Contracts off Indonesia

Hanwha Drilling’s Tidal Action Drillship En Route to Petrobras’ Roncador Field

China's ENN, Zhenhua Oil Ink LNG Supply Deals with ADNOC

MODEC Wins ExxonMobil Guyana’s Hammerhead FPSO Contract

India Stretches Bids Deadline for 13 Offshore Deep-Sea Mineral Blocks

Indonesia Awards Oil and Gas Blocks to Boost Reserves

Sapura Energy Nets $22.6M in Offshore Support Vessel Contracts

CNOOC Puts Into Production New Oil Field in South China Sea

Sunda Energy Starts Environmental Consultation for Chuditch-2 Well Drilling Plans

Subscribe for AOG Digital E‑News

AOG Digital E-News is the subsea industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service, delivered to your Email three times per week

https://accounts.newwavemedia.com