Archive | The Offshore Frontier
Upgrades extend drilling capabilities of Beryl platform rigs
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
The Beryl field, located about 200 miles northeast of Aberdeen, is located in a water depth of 390 ft. Its discovery in 1972 led to the installation of the Beryl Alpha platform…
Drill pipe riser system qualified for African deepwater project
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
The Cameron/TOTAL Usan project team took one of the first high-pressure drill pipe riser for intervention systems (DPRIS) to the African deepwater market in 2009…
Petrobras starts production from FPSO in Gulf of Mexico’s Chinook oilfield
Posted on 14 September 2012 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Petrobras began oil production in the ultra-deepwaters of the Chinook oilfield…
Shell, Santos award service contracts for Australia’s busy North West Shelf
Posted on 13 September 2012 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Shell and Santos have awarded service contracts to Viking SeaTech for work on Australia’s resource-rich North…
Rowan to build fourth ultra-deepwater drillship with Hyundai
Posted on 13 September 2012 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Rowan Companies has exercised an option to build a fourth GustoMSC P10,000 design ultra-deepwater drillship with Hyundai Heavy Industries…
Transocean to sell 38 shallow-water rigs to Shelf Drilling
Posted on 13 September 2012 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Transocean has reached agreements to sell 38 shallow-water drilling rigs to Shelf Drilling International Holdings for approximately US $1.05 billion…
PEMEX makes its first discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Posted on 30 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
PEMEX has made its first discovery of crude oil in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, which confirmed the existence of light crude oil in deepwater Gulf of Mexico…
Noble selects Sonardyne emergency BOP control system for Noble Globetrotter II
Posted on 29 August 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Offshore Frontier
Sonardyne International Ltd has been awarded a contract by Noble Corp to supply a wireless acoustic emergency BOP control…
TWMA, operators in Norway coordinate efforts for offshore drilling waste management on NCS
Posted on 29 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
TWMA, a provider of specialized services for the international onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, has begun…
Statoil to drill nine exploration wells in Barents Sea
Posted on 28 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Statoil will drill nine wells during a non-stop 2013 Norwegian Barents exploration campaign, increasing its Arctic activities…
FEATURED VIDEOS
- Exclusive video: Honghua Group taps shale gas, offshore rig markets
- Center for Offshore Safety provides backbone to support safer practices
- Special webcast: Defining challenges and potential solutions for MPD in deepwater drilling
- Perspectives: Gregers Kudsk, Maersk Drilling – Industry’s joint efforts lead to advances in technology
- Case studies: Mitigating drilling hazards offshore Mexico, optimizing well architecture offshore California
