Charters galore for Maersk and Transocean rigs
Maersk Drilling has secured charters for two of its super-jack-ups for drilling offshore Norway later this year.
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Rig starts work on prospect
Total has started drilling on the Norwegian North Sea Garantiana prospect, part-owned by Aberdeen-based Bridge Energy.
Exxon books West Alpha rig
Seadrill subsidiary North Atlantic Drilling has received a letter of intent from ExxonMobil for the hire of its harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig West Alpha for a further two years. The contract is expected to yield revenues of $410million. The package is due to kick-in during Q3 of 2014, in direct continuation of the next assignment for West Alpha on the Balder field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Oslo Stock Exchange listing for Odfjell Offshore
The rig-owning subsidiary of Odfjell Drilling is hoping to raise $400-$500million in a private placing to boost its ultra deepwater rig fleet.
Antrim to drill three North Sea wells before 2012
Canadian oil and gas explorer Antrim said today it is to drill three wells in the North Sea by the end of the year starting with the Erne prospect.
Awilco rig for Fife & Fergus
Hess UK is planning to hire Awilco Drilling's WilPhoenix semisubmersible drilling rig on next year's abandonment campaign on the Fife and Fergus Fields in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Hurricane Exploration returns to prospect west of Shetland
Oil and gas company Hurricane Exploration said today it had returned to a prospect west of Shetland to continue drilling an exploration well.
DE completes Diamond rig upgrade contract
AN ABERDEEN-BASED hydraulic-engineering company has completed an upgrade project for Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK).