Rig Equipment News
| United States >> 3/20/2012 - Vantage Drilling Company announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the rights and obligations under the construction contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship known as Dragonques... |
| Norway >> 3/15/2012 - Siemens has received an order for the supply of two complete power packages for Statoil's two new semi-submersible drilling units – Cat D. Purchaser is Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Lt... |
| United Kingdom >> 3/12/2012 - Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract for a drilling rig to perform its Platanillo drilling campa... |
| Romania >> 3/9/2012 - Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP) has been awarded a contract by Wintershall Noordzee B.V., for offshore drilling. The first concerns the rig GSP Saturn, presently located on the continental shelf of ... |
| Angola >> 3/8/2012 - Songa Venus achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month, the rig continues to operate for Petronas Carigali in Malaysia. Songa Mercur achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the ... |
| United States >> 2/27/2012 - Seadrill has in the last year seen a surge in long-term demand for tender rigs and modern ultra-deepwater drilling rigs. The increased demand for ultra-deepwater rigs has been driven by high oil price... |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) >> 2/27/2012 - Rialto Energy Limited, the exploration, appraisal and development company with operated assets offshore Cote D’Ivoire, is pleased to advise that the Transocean GSF Monitor drilling rig has today been ... |
| Norway >> 2/24/2012 - Songa Offshore SE is pleased to announce that its 100% owned subsidiary, Songa Rig AS, has received and accepted a Letter of Award (LOA) from Statoil for two newbuild "cat D" semisubmersible rigs. Th... |
| Ukraine >> 2/23/2012 - Transeuro Energy Corp. announces that the Company has commenced the mobilization of Dafora Rig 2 to prepare the wellbore for the planned hydraulic fracture stimulation of the Karl-101 well, located on... |
| Singapore >> 2/17/2012 - Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a US$213 million contract to build a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig. The Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig, a proprietary design of P... |
| Denmark >> 2/15/2012 - The Board of Directors of Ezion Holdings Limited is pleased to announce that it has secured a charter contract with a value of up to USD 80.3 million over a 4 year period to provide a second North Sea... |
| United Kingdom >> 2/13/2012 - Talisman Energy Norge AS has extended the contract for the Regalia at the Yme field until end August 2012. The extension of 198 days has a gross value of USD 57.4 million, bringing the total contract ... |
| Egypt >> 2/8/2012 - Sea Dragon Energy has provided the following operational update for its Kom Ombo concession in Egypt. ... |
| Singapore >> 2/7/2012 - Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech), a design and engineering arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), and ConocoPhillips are jointly designing a first-of-its-kind ice-worthy jac... |
| United States >> 2/7/2012 - Leni Gas & Oil plc announces a short delay to the start of drilling operations at the Eugene Island Field ("EI-184") in the US Gulf of Mexico. The current operator of the Ocean Columbia jack-up rig at... |
| Brazil >> 2/6/2012 - Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz has secured a contract worth approximately US$792.5 million from Guarapari Drilling BV, Netherlands, a subsidiary of Sete Bra... |
| Brazil >> 2/6/2012 - Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Mistral commenced operations in Brazil on February 6, 2012. The drillship is contracted for a three-year term to Petroleo... |
| United States >> 2/1/2012 - Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that one of its subsidiaries has reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to extend until February 17, 2012 an option to construct a seventh ultra-deepwater d... |
| Egypt >> 1/30/2012 - MENA has signed a contract with Petroservices Drilling Overseas (PSDO) of Egypt for the rental of their 750 HP rig Shams 1 in order to commence operations on its Lagia oil field development in Egypt. ... |
| Norway >> 1/23/2012 - The Wartsila power and positioning system solution represents proven reliability as well as superior efficiency, which results in lower operating costs, fewer emissions and less maintenance. Furthermo... |
