+1(833) 396-4204 info@riglynx.com
Menu

Archives

Frontera and CGX eye Q3 spud in offshore Guyana with Maersk Discoverer

July 13, 2021
| Archives

Frontera Energy, the majority shareholder of CGX Energy and joint venture partner in the Petroleum Prospecting Licenses for the Corentyne and Demerara blocks offshore Guyana, has announced an update on the activities related to the Corentyne block. Exploration: The Kawa-1 well, the Joint Venture's commitment well on the Corentyne block, is expected to be spud between August 1-15 and reach total depth in approx.

Read More...

Brazils Ocyan continues with fully booked fleet

July 13, 2021
| Archives

Norbe IX, one of Ocyan’s five deepwater drilling rigs, was rehired by Petrobras for a period of 1095 days. The new charter and services contract is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022, a few months after the end of the current contract between Norbe IX and Petrobras, which lasted for ten years. The entire Ocyan fleet,

Read More...

Chevron eyes permanent shutdown of Pasadena, Texas FCC refinery

July 13, 2021
| Archives

Chevron Corp is considering permanently closing the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 112,229 barrel-per-day (bpd) Pasadena, Texas refinery as part of a possible reconfiguration of the plant, said sources familiar with the company’s deliberations. Idling the shut 52,000-bpd FCC would be part of converting the refinery on the Houston Ship Channel to a simpler hydroskimming configuration, the

Read More...

Guyana re-launches search for company to market government’s crude

July 13, 2021
| Archives

Guyana is re-launching a search for a company to market the government’s share of crude oil produced off the South American country’s coast to make the tender process “simpler and more competitive,” the natural resources minister said on Monday. According to the notice published late last week, companies will have until Aug. 3 to submit their bids to

Read More...

ReconAfrica and NAMCOR granted seismic permit for Namibias Kavango basin

July 12, 2021
| Archives

Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) announced that the Republic of Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has issued the Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for the initial 2D seismic program to be conducted in the Petroleum Exploration License No 73 in the Kavango East and West regions of NE Namibia. ReconAfrica will commence logging and coring operations designed to

Read More...

Woodside completes acquisition of FAR’s interest in Sangomar offshore Senegal

July 12, 2021
| Archives

Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy has completed the acquisition of the entire participating interest of oil company FAR in the offshore area in Senegal containing the Woodside-operated Sangomar development. The purchase price for FAR’s stake in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture was $45 million, plus a working capital

Read More...

Aker Carbon Capture Launches Carbon Capture as a Service

July 12, 2021
| Archives

Aker Carbon Capture has launched Carbon Capture as a Service; Carbon capture made easy, an integrated offering that covers everything a customer needs to reduce emissions by CCS. 'Now is the time to bring the full value chain together to enable source-to -storage decarbonization. With our offering, customers will simply pay per tonne captured CO2. We will handle the

Read More...

Western Gas awards Valaris MS 1 drilling contract offshore Australia

July 12, 2021
| Archives

Western Gas has awarded Valaris a one well contract for the Valaris MS-1 mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU). The MS-1 is a 6th generation deepwater semisubmersible MODU currently operating in waters off the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Drilling will commence at the earliest in mid-February 2022, subject to approvals, with an estimated total campaign duration of 25

Read More...

Woodside awards Valaris with 16 well contract

July 12, 2021
| Archives

Valaris Limited announced today that it has been awarded a 16-well contract with Woodside offshore Australia for semisubmersible, VALARIS DPS-1. The contract is expected to commence late in the first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2022 with an estimated duration of 300 days. Source: Valaris Join our mailing list here

Read More...

Valaris JU140 gets extended by Aramco

July 9, 2021
| Archives

Valaris Limited announced that it has been awarded a 183-day extension to its contract with Aramco for VALARIS JU-140, a standard-duty modern jackup. The extension is in direct continuation of the existing contract and, as a result, the VALARIS JU-140 is now expected to be under contract through the end of 2021. Source: Valaris Join our mailing list here

Read More...