MAY 1, 2018 — ABS reports that it has awarded the world’s first Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) –Ready Notation to Ocean Rig for the ABS-classed Corcovado and Mykonos deep water drillships. The
APRIL 13, 2018 — DNV GL has revised its classification rules for Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) systems and introduced two new class notations DRILL(MPD) and DRILL(MPD READY). Stena Drilling Ltd. (SDL) is
DECEMBER 7, 2017 — The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has issued a safety alert following a fatality that occurred December 2 onboard the Petrobras 10,000 drillship, owned by Transocean
MAY 25, 2017 — Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation plc, has selected acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Inc., Houston, for its ultra-deep water drillship Noble Globetrotter I. The Marksman DP-INS system
APRIL 20, 2016 – Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reports that it has reached an agreement with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard Ptd Ltd, to defer the delivery and related final payments of
DECEMBER 21, 2015 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) said today that subsidiaries of the company have agreed with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to delay delivery of two newbuild
NOVEMBER 10, 2015 — In what’s become unusual in the current market, a drilling contractor today had two pieces of positive news to report. Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) said today that
Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE:PACD) reports that it has exercised its right to rescind the construction contract for ultra-deepwater drillship Pacific Zonda “due to the failure by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to timely deliver a vessel that substantially meets the criteria required for completion of the vessel in accordance with the construction contract and its specifications.”
Pacific Drilling says it made advance payments totaling approximately $181.1 million under the shipbuilding contract, and will be seeking a refund of the installment payments.
The company inked a contract for the drillship with Samsung Heavy on January 25, 2013 that provided for a delivery date of March 31, 2015.
The cancelation comes after the October 27 news that Fred Olsen Energy had canceled an semisubmersible drilling rig order at Hyundai Heavy Industries and the October 26 announcement that Transocean, Shell ans Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) had agreed to push back the operating and delivery contracts of two newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships – the Deepwater Pontus and the Deepwater Poseidon – by 12 months each.
OCTOBER 26, 2015 — In yet another indication of the slowdown in global offshore drilling activity, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today reported a mutual agreement with customer Shell EP Wells
The Pacific Santa Ana was beginning drilling operations for Chevron.
According to the operator, operations on the drillship have been shut down. There were no other injuries reported and personnel remain on the drill ship. There was no reported pollution.
No details of the circumstances of the fatality have been released.
BSEE and U. S. Coast Guard inspectors traveled to the drillship yesterday and began collecting evidence and taking statements. The incident will be investigated by both BSEE and the U. S. Coast Guard.
