Solstad Offshore will supply its derrick lay barge DLB Norce Endeavour to Chevron for work offshore Thailand.

The vessel will install multiple new wellhead platforms and subsea pipelines for Chevron in the Gulf of Thailand commencing in 2016 under a four-year deal with three one-year options.

The offshore scope of work commencing in 2016 includes the installation of wellhead platforms and pipelines.

North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) and the Jurong Shipyard have agreed to a “standstill period” for the delivery of the sixth-generation harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig West Rigel.

During the standstill period until June 2016, NADL will continue to market the rig for an acceptable drilling contract while it remains at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore.

Jurong and NADL also can consider other commercial opportunities for the Unit during this period.

From Houston (BN): The aggressiveness of the Canada Newfoundland-Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board’s “near-miss” reporting system was highlighted by a recent Seadrill filing. The company reported a “high potential” incident on Nov. 28 aboard West Aquarius when emergency strip lighting and batteries weighing 726 grams (1.6 lb) were knocked loose by a tugger line and fell 54 m to the drill floor. The U.S. system is equally granular (mind you, not minimising the potentially fatal consequences of the Seadrill incident). Both systems require reporting dropped objects. But U.S. reports do not publicly identify companies involved in incidents. The West Aquarius has been working for Exxon Mobil in the Hibernia (32/12) Field.

DOF Subsea has agreed to sell the Skandi Protector subsea project vessel to the Australian government. Delivery to new owners is expected in first-quarter 2016.

Skandi Protector was built in 2007 and served under contract with the Australian authorities from 2010 to year-end 2014. In 2015, the vessel has been operated as a subsea project vessel for the Asia-Pacific region.

DOF Subsea said it will allocate another subsea project vessel to the Asia-Pacific region to operate under existing and new contracts.

AOS has completed its 2014 to 2015 workscope on Inpex’s pipelay programme off Australia.

AOS’ four X-Bow platform supply vessels, Ocean Turquoise-1, Sea Spear, Sea Swift and Sea Frost, were chartered by Saipem to support the work on the Ichthys gas export pipeline.

AOS’s workscope consisted of transporting pipes between Indonesia and Saipem’s Castorone pipelay vessel.

The gas export pipeline will deliver gas from the Ichthys gas-condensate field to the onshore facilities at Bladin Point near Darwin for processing.

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