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 […]
Offshore News – First Drillship for Turkey – 06.07.2019
FATIH is the first Turkish owned and Flagged (TUR) Drillship . She’s a a sixth generation ultra deepwater drillship owned and operated by the Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (TPAO). She was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan at South Korea at a cost of nearly US$ 860 million, and launched on 25 November 2011 as DEEPSEA METRO II of which […]
Offshore News – Dolphin Drilling dismisses the entire management – 28.05.2019
Norwegian offshore drilling company Dolphin Drilling ASA (DDASA) has dismissed all of its management employees, including its CEO and CFO, amid restructuring efforts. All of DDASA’s key management is employed by Dolphin Drilling Management AS. On this basis, Dolphin Drilling Management AS has today given notice of termination to all of its employees, including DDASA’s […]
OIL EXPLORATION – Russia’s unique drillship to go to the Arctic – 09.02.2018. The 1986 built RUS flag drillship BAVENIT is undergoing modernization which will make her one of the best equipped geological exploration vessels in the world.She was built in Finland by Holming OY Shipyard and her dimensions are 85.8 m x 16.8m x […]
