Offshore – Noble secures 2 drillships and jackup contracts – November 2023
New York and Copenhagen-listed offshore rig owner Noble Corporation has secured more work for its drillships and jackups units. The 2011 built 188metres drillship NOBLE GLOBETROTTER I and the 2013 built NOBLE GLOBETROTTER II have both received additional contracts from Shell for work in the US Gulf of Mexico. The NOBLE GLOBETROTTER I has been […]
Smit International – Tugboat ZEELEEUW
Smit Internationale N.V. (or Smit International) was a Dutch company operating in the maritime industry. It was founded in 1842 by Fop Smit as a towage company with onl 1 paddle steamer tug KINDERDIJK. Fop’s sons, Jan and Leendert, continued the company under the name L. Smit & Co and expanded the fleet. In 1870, they began using tugs with […]
Malta Shipyards – Drillship GSF EXPLORER Operations – May 2005.
One of the most interesting drillship operations at Grand Harbour, is no doubt the one of the American GSF EXPLORER that happened during June 2005. On Saturday 7th May afternoon the 189 metres long (loa) drillship GSF EXPLORER coming from the Gulf of Mexico and homeported at Houston, Texas (USA Flag) was spotted entering Grand […]
Offshore – Drill Ship PACNORSE I
One of the drilling ships that was seen in Malta during the early 80’s, even drydocked at Malta Drydocks was the PACNORSE I. She was built in 1979 by Scotts Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Greenock, United Kingdom as yard number 746 and named as PACNORSE I for Pacnorse Drilling Corporation 1 Ltd (Kristian Jebsens Rederi A/S […]
Haifa Port – April 2022 Movements
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Offshore – Drillship TUNGSTEN EXPLORER at Malta – April 2019
One of the Ultra-Deepwater Drillships operated by the Houston-based offshore driller Vantage Drilling was the 2013 built BHS flag TUNGSTEN EXPLORER with a total length overall of 235 meters and could accommodate up to 200 people. The drillship could drill wells at depths up to 12,000 meters. During April 2019 she was spotted anchored at […]
Offshore – Vantage Drilling to manage Oil Exploration Units for Seadrill Partners – 22.03.2021
Vantage Drilling International has entered into an agreement with Seadrill Partners which will see Vantage will provide management , operating and marketing services to Seadrill Partners. The agreement relates to drill ships WEST CAPELLA and WEST POLARIS and the semi-submersible drilling rigs (ssdr) WEST LEO and WEST SIRIUS. Seadrill Partners is currently being reorganised after filing […]
Offshore – Drillship STENA CARRON spuds Bulletwood-1 well off Guyana for ExxonMobil – January 2021
Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 well site on the Canje Block located offshore Guyana. Westmount Energy, an indirect partner in the Canje Block, cited a statement by the Maritime Administration Department of Guyana from 1st January 2021 that the drillship STENA CARRON arrived on location of the well and has started […]
Offshore News – 3 Drillships anchored off Gibraltar – 21.05.2020
With the current COVID-19 situation especially the offshore side with hardly crew changes etc, lately 3 drillships operated by Stena Drilling anchored off Gibraltar awaiting orders. Arriving late in April they are the STENA ICEMAX which is the world’s first dynamically positioned, dual mast ice class drillship. She’s a Harsh Environment DP Class 3 drillship […]
Offshore News – 3 SAIPEM Vessels in Central Mediterranean Sea – 11.05.2020
SAIPEM S.p.A. (Società Anonima Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi) is an Italian multinational oilfield services company and one of the largest in the world. Until 2016 it was a subsidiary of Italian oil and gas supermajor Eni, which still retains approximately 30% of Saipem’s shares. Within three weeks 3 vessels were seen in Central Mediterranean Sea – On Tuesday […]
