Oil rig news

The two LNG-fuelled PSVs Island Crusader and Island Contender, as well as a third sister vessel Island Commander, have ben contracted by Lundin Norway.

The employee had recently been to Austria and is not seriously ill.

The contract extension is for the Trident 16 jack-up rig, which is operating in the Gulf of Suez offshore Egypt.

Siemens will modernise a complete and integrated drilling-drives lineup, including auxiliaries and controls, that will be installed on an offshore jackup drilling rig for a customer in the Middle East.

The existing US$50 million bank delivery financing for the rig will be replaced with a new US$100 million take out facility maturing in 31 December 2021.

The company is to design and support installation of a Sea Swift offshore platform off the coast of Angola.

A new gas module that was recently put onstream on the Troll C platform will accelerate and boost production from Fram by substantial profitable volumes.

Grupo R is to lease the La Muralla IV platform for Shell to operate in the deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The alliance will provide clients with an integrated service across a wide range of complex projects in the UK North Sea and internationally.

Under the MoU, the companies will offer tooling and services in four distinct areas.