Oil rig news

The Archer Topaz modular rig has been contracted by TAQA to perform a 21-well plug and abandonment campaign for their Northern North Sea Cormorant Alpha platform.

Once the idle period is complete, the rig will be mobilised to South Africa by Total to commence its charter as planned.

The anti-fouling and topside coatings will be used by Total for the advanced drilling platform Deepsea Stavanger, off the coast of South Africa.

The WilPhoenix semi-submersible will be used for a one well workover on the Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea.

The world’s largest crane vessel, Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, safely transported the topside module onto the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform in a three-hour operation.

The two jack-up drilling rigs sold are the Dhabi II and the Paragon B152.

The hybrid jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid will drill three wells and plug one in the Martin Linge field offshore Norway.

Hild is the sixth jack-up rig that Keppel has delivered to Borr Drilling.

Fugro will deliver integrated marine-based services onboard the Well-Safe Guardian, Well-Safe Solutions’ semi-submersible unit for executing subsea well decommissioning work.

Beach Energy and Diamond Offshore are engaging in discussions with regard to the future operations of the Ocean Onyx rig and the Victorian Otway Basin offshore drilling campaign, with a view to agreeing a new contract in due course.