PTT Exploration & Production International (PTTEPI) has contracted high specification tender barge rig, EDrill-2, for a firm term of 18 months with an option period of 30 months. Zawtika Development Drilling Campaign (Phase 1B + Infield…
After almost eight decades of Pemex monopoly, the Mexican energy sector is entering a new era of foreign oil company participation. A decade of steady decline in domestic oil and gas production has incentivized the Mexican government…
The construction of EDrill-3 semitender rig in COSCO’s Guangdong shipyard is in the final phase of testing and commissioning, reports Energy Drilling. EDrill-3 is a four-column, Ocean Class design by MSC Gusto. Edrill-3, which was designed to work in both shallow and deep waters…
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), is on track to deliver PV Drilling VI, a KFELS B Class jackup rig, to PV Drilling Overseas (PVDO), a subsidiary of PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services Corp (PV Drilling) on time and on budget…
Greece-based exploration firm Energean Oil & Gas has launched a US$225 million investment program to develop 30MMbbl of reserves in North West Greece and to increase production from the Prinos, Prinos North and Epsilon fields to 10,000bbl/day by 2016…
Deeper and more difficult reservoirs are demanding different concepts offshore West Africa, including tension leg platforms. Jérôme Iacovella and Pauline Beraud discuss the options. The Moho Nord TLP design…
Dutch floating platform leaser SBM Offshore NV will not participate in the upcoming Petrobras Tartaruga Verde and Libra tenders, the company announced 12 June, adding that the decision resulted from conversations held between the two giants on 28 May…
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad's drilling division, SapuraKencana Drilling, has won a new contract and three contract extensions, worth a total of US$454 million, from new and existing clients in West Africa (Congo and Angola), Brunei…
Norwegian private equity group HitecVision AS is to invest US$92.6million in Singapore-based Energy Drilling Pte Ltd. The deal will see Hitecvision take a majority stake in the company and it will ensure delivery of Energy Drilling Pte…
Houston-based BassDrill Ltd. is changing its name to Atlantica Tender Drilling Ltd. This change is part of a larger rebranding effort designed to reflect the growing strength of the company. “Atlantica is the name given to an ancient continent…
Bangladesh English-language newspaper, Dhaka Tribune, reported on 5 August that state-owned Bangladesh Oil & Gas Corp. (Petrobangla) will sign exploration agreements with two international oil companies for three blocks. Petrobangla initially…
Houston-based BassDrill Ltd. is changing its name to Atlantica Tender Drilling Ltd. This change is part of a larger rebranding effort designed to reflect the growing strength of the company. “Atlantica is the name given to an ancient…
Petrofac has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for Satah Al Razboot (SARB) package 3 project, offshore Abu Dhabi. The US$500 million…
Endeavor wins Papa Terra advisory projectEndeavor Management announced today that Petrobras has retained the Houston-based consulting firm to provide third-party review and advisory services on the Papa Terra project. Endeavor will work…
The AP Moller-Maersk Group's Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with the Keppel Fels yard in Singapore for the construction of two ultra-harsh environment, high-capacity jackup drilling rigs. The new rigs are targeting operations in water…
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