Scotland's Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL) said it will host the world's largest semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, the 60,800-metric-ton Ocean GreatWhite, for preparation work ahead of a drilling contract in the North Sea early in 2019.The Diamond…
Two Diamond Offshore drilling rigs – semisubmersibles Ocean Apex and Ocean Patriot -- have secured contracts for additional work. Woodside Energy extended its contract for Ocean Apex from mid-February 2018 to early April 2018 with an…
ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, is working with industry to improve efficiencies in offshore development. “ABS is working on multiple fronts to help the offshore industry find efficiencies and streamline operations…
Diamond Offshore has won its case in a Brazilian court against the state oil firm Petrobras regarding the early termination of the Ocean Valor semisubmersible. Image of the Ocean BlackHawk, from Diamond Offshore…
Diamond Offshore Drilling has said it is going to defend a move by Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to terminate its contract on the Ocean Valor semisubmersible early. The Ocean Valiant…
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has laid claim to delivering the world's largest semisubmersibles - the Ocean Greatwhite, for Houston based driller Diamond Offshore. Ocean Greatwhite, measuring 123m-long and 78m-wide, is capable of operating…
Frank's International deployed its patented 1250-tonne Buoyancy Module (BM) Spider along with ExPert Landing String Solutions’ (ExPert) Drill Pipe Buoyancy Modules to help Anadarko achieve a nearly 250,000-pound reduction in total weight…
Diamond Offshore Drilling and Trelleborg's offshore operation have announced a joint development agreement to develop, manufacture and market Helical Buoyancy riser technology developed by Diamond Offshore. According to Diamond, its patented…
Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) told oil major BP to modify and resubmit its environment plan for exploration drilling in the Great Australian Bight (GAB). NOPSEMA said if BP accepts what it described as 'an opportunity…
Drilling contractor Awilco Drilling posted zero revenues for Q1 this year and a net loss of US18.7 million, thanks to one rig being out of work and another undergoing work. While the firm has work for one of its two semisubmersible rigs…
Dana Petroleum awarded Fugro to supply ROV drilling support services on board the Ocean Guardian MODU at the Dana-operated Western Isles developments in the northern North Sea. Operating one of its fleet of FCV 600 ROVs, specifically designed for North Sea drill support activities…
Diamond Offshore Drilling and GE Oil & Gas entered into the offshore drilling industry's first-of-its-kind contractual service agreement (CSA) that transfers full accountability for blowout preventer (BOP) performance to GE Oil & Gas. In this Pressure Control by the Hour model…
Australian regulators have rejected BP's environmental plan for the major's deepwater, four-well drilling plan in the Great Australian Bight. The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) said…
Amid positive Q3 results, Houston-based Diamond Offshore is sending one of its vessels to the scrap yard after Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) cut contracts short for two of its vessels, resulting in an extension for another contract…
Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has started drilling on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy is using Diamond Offshore Drilling's…
