Oil rig news

The active campaign that took place in 2020 provided 30 environmentally-friendly permanent seals in the Valhall oilfield.

The companies have signed a multi-year framework agreement to decommission wells in the North Sea, as part of the decommissioning specialist’s Plug and Abandonment Club offering.

The seventh annual Global Energy Talent Index has revealed that the recent gas price crisis has transformed oil and gas into the most popular sector for energy workers to join and has sent salaries soaring above pre-pandemic levels.

The company has announced contract awards or extensions for five of its drilling rigs.

The contract, which is worth US$250 000, is scheduled for the first quarter of 2023 and expected to take around a month to complete.

The project saw a team identify the trouble zone and subsequently mobilise and install a short patch on a casing section of a well affected by corrosion.

New research reveals that the availability of emission-lowering upgrades for offshore rigs has been on the rise but adoption of these new technologies is slow outside of Norway and the US Gulf of Mexico

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd has signed bareboat charter contracts with ADES Saudi Limited Company for two jackup rigs to be deployed in Saudi Arabia.

The company has introduced the HalVue® service for real-time wireline data visualisation to expand current features on the platform.

The contracts will take effect before the end of 2022, have a three-year firm period, and three one-year options. The vessels will support Equinor’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.