Transocean lands contract for newbuild Deepwater Atlas Transocean Ltd. announced that BOE Exploration & Production LLC (“BOE”) awarded Transocean a $252 million firm contract for its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, the Deepwater Atlas, including a mobilization fee of $30 million. Read More   Mandatory vaccinations added to employee requirements for Chevron, Hess and more U.S. energy companies are moving to require that employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations as infection rates rise across the United States and energy workers. Read More   Exxon and partners spud in Sapote offshore Guyana Westmount Energy notes the announcement by the Maritime Administration Department, Guyana, dated 25th August 2021, that the Stena DrillMAX drillship commenced drilling operations at the Sapote-1 wellsite on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, on 28th August 2021. Read More   Take the Survey   BW Energy makes new discovery offshore Gabon E&P company BW Energy has made an oil discovery in the Hibiscus North exploration well (DHBNM-1) in the Dussafu Block offshore Gabon. Read More   Seadrill issues update on Seabras fleet in Brazil Seadrill Limited and the Issuer announce the publication of a fleet status report for the Seabras Sapura JV.  Read More   This week's career opportunity Role: Driller Location: Mediterranean Vessel Type: 6th Generation Drillship Systems: MHWirth Drillview     Overtime Ep 22 - Oil Prices - Shell’s Permian Play - NewsCorp Wants the Oil Data - No Headdress, No Face Paint, No Cheerleaders - UFC 265 - YouTuber Abducted by Aliens - Felony Embezzlement Over VHS Tape Listen to the podcast West Africa Weekly Ep 15 - Oil Prices - Ghana seeks loan approval to accelerate oil and gas exploration - Senegal partners with Nigeria for oil sector development - Algerian Petroleum Institute signs training partnership with Senegal Listen to the podcast   Oil Prices August 30, 2021 WTI $69.05 Brent $73.27 Natural Gas $4.38   Rig Count U.S. & Canada - August 27, 2021 International - August 9, 2021 International Rigs ( -7 ) 751 U.S. Rigs ( +5 ) 508 Canada Rigs ( -9 ) 147   Join our mailing list here We are #1 on Google and Bing for the "Largest Mobile Energy Network" Come join our community! Download the Rig Lynx app here  

      Northern Drilling pulls out of newbuild West Aquila West Aquila Inc., the 100% owned subsidiary of Northern Drilling Ltd has notified Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (“DSME”) that it has cancelled the resale contract for the 7th generation ultra deepwater drillship West Aquila due to delay of delivery as well as repudiatory breach of contract. Read More Island close to landing work in South Africa Several assignments may follow. - We are excited about the future with the political landscape, which will be of great importance to us. We must therefore see both inland and outlying and not just lock ourselves into the Norwegian shelf. Read More Var approved for more exploration in Barents Sea The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Vår Energi consent for exploration drilling in Block 7122/6 in the Barents Sea. Read More     Buyers continue to circle Seadrill Limited Offshore drilling rig contractors Transocean Ltd and Dolphin Drilling have made a new offer to buy the assets of stricken rival SeadrillLtd. Read More Tom Burke steps down as President and CEO Valaris Limited announced that Mr. Tom Burke will step down from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective September 2, 2021. Read More   This week's career opportunity Role: Assistant Driller Location: Mediterranean Vessel Type: 6th Generation drillship Systems: MHWirth Drillview     Overtime Ep 22 - Oil Prices - Shell’s Permian Play - NewsCorp Wants the Oil Data - No Headdress, No Face Paint, No Cheerleaders - UFC 265 - YouTuber Abducted by Aliens - Felony Embezzlement Over VHS Tape Listen to the podcast West Africa Weekly Ep 15 - Oil Prices - Ghana seeks loan approval to accelerate oil and gas exploration - Senegal partners with Nigeria for oil sector development - Algerian Petroleum Institute signs training partnership with Senegal Listen to the podcast   Oil Prices August 20, 2021 WTI $61.92 Brent $64.96 Natural Gas $3.85   Rig Count U.S. & Canada - August 20, 2021 International - August 9, 2021 International Rigs ( -7 ) 751 U.S. Rigs ( +3 ) 503 Canada Rigs ( -8 ) 156 Join our mailing list here We are #1 on Google and Bing for the "Largest Mobile Energy Network" Come join our community! Download the Rig Lynx app here  

      Seadrill Limited strikes deal with Northern Ocean Seadrill Limited announced that the Company has reached a settlement agreement with Northern Ocean Ltd. (“NOL”) predominantly with respect to balances outstanding from Seadrill’s preparation of the West Mira and West Bollsta rigs. Read More Total and Shell expect to spud in offshore Namibia in Orange Basin Q4 2021 The farmout process is currently underway. The wider context in offshore Namibia exploration is the drilling program in Namibia’s Orange Basin to be undertaken by the oil majors, Total (Venus-1) and Shell (PEL0039). Both wells are expected to spud in Q4 2021. Read More Sinogeo buys jack-up Java 2 from KS Drilling  New market player Sinogeo has bought a jack-up drilling rig from Singapore’s KS Drilling for what the industry officials described as an “extremely low price. Read More     TotalEnergies and DS15 ready to spud in offshore Brazil The two campaigns will be carried out by the Valaris Renaissance drillship (DS-15), recently chartered from Valaris to operate for a period of 400 days. The rig, which arrived in Brazil in July, is already on its way to Lapa, its first location. Read More Shelf Drilling puts more rigs to work with recent fleet status update Shelf Drilling issued an updated fleet status report and here are the highlights Read More     Overtime Ep 22 - Oil Prices - Shell’s Permian Play - NewsCorp Wants the Oil Data - No Headdress, No Face Paint, No Cheerleaders - UFC 265 - YouTuber Abducted by Aliens - Felony Embezzlement Over VHS Tape Listen to the podcast West Africa Weekly Ep 15 - Oil Prices - Ghana seeks loan approval to accelerate oil and gas exploration - Senegal partners with Nigeria for oil sector development - Algerian Petroleum Institute signs training partnership with Senegal Listen to the podcast   Oil Prices August 13, 2021 WTI $67.93 Brent $70.22 Natural Gas $3.86   Rig Count U.S. & Canada - August 13, 2021 International - August 9, 2021 International Rigs ( -7 ) 751 U.S. Rigs ( +9 ) 500 Canada Rigs ( +8 ) 164   Join our mailing list here We are #1 on Google and Bing for the "Largest Mobile Energy Network" Come join our community! Download the Rig Lynx app here