Songa Offshore has taken delivery of Songa Endurance from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea.
Songa Endurance will shortly depart South Korea en-route to Norway to begin an eight-year drilling contract with Statoil, with its first assignment on the Troll (32/2) Field on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Songa said the voyage to Norway will take place with tow-assist, and the rig will arrive with all third-party equipment installed and ready for final acceptance testing. Commencement of drilling operations is expected to take place around year-end.
Songa Endurance is a sixth-generation, high-specification, DP3, harsh environment, midwater rig designed for efficient year-round drilling, completion, testing and intervention operations in water depths up to 500 m.
PGS will cold-stack the Ramform Viking seismic vessel after she completes a multiclient project offshore East Newfoundland in late October this year.
The vessel was originally scheduled for a yard stay and classing in first-quarter 2016, which will be deferred. In-sea equipment from the Ramform Viking will be used on vessels in operation, and PGS said this reduces the company’s capex related to maintenance in 2016 by about $50 million.
In addition to the Ramform Viking, PGS earlier said that the Ramform Explorer and Ramform Challenger will be cold-stacked after the end of the North Europe acquisition season this year.
PGS estimates cold-stacking of the three Ramform vessels will reduce quarterly cash costs by $25 million to $30 million with full effect from first-quarter 2016.
Shell has booked the Regalia semisubmersible flotel for use at the Brent C platform in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.
The short duration $24 million contract beginning in second-quarter 2016 will provide dynamically positioned gangway connection for the duration of the project.
The deal comes after the Regalia recently completed a successful assignment for Shell at the Shearwater platform.
The Yno 302 offshore construction vessel has been launched from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft in Norway. Measuring close to 160 m in length, and with a beam of 30 m, she is the largest offshore vessel built by Ulstein Verft. The helideck is currently being mounted.
The vessel is jointly owned by Norway-based Island Offshore and U.S.-based Edison Chouest Offshore; the latter will be managing the vessel.
Recommended Reading
Woodside Brings in the Know-how
2024-04-01 - Woodside Energy Group CEO Meg O’Neill is relying on technical sophistication to guide the Australian giant as it takes on three challenging projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
CERAWeek: JERA CEO Touts Importance of US LNG Supply
2024-03-22 - JERA Co. Global CEO Yukio Kani said during CERAWeek by S&P Global that it was important to have a portfolio of diversified LNG supply sources, especially from the U.S.
CERAWeek: Sens. Manchin, Sullivan Say LNG Pause Needs to be Paused
2024-03-20 - U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Daniel Sullivan argued against the recent LNG pause announced by U.S. President Joe Biden, saying it creates doubts among allies and creates an opening for competitors as well as U.S. rival Russia.
CERAWeek: Two Minutes with EQT’s Toby Rice on Energy Security
2024-03-22 - EQT Corp. President and CEO Toby Z. Rice spoke to Hart Energy on March 20 on the sidelines of CERAWeek by S&P Global to discuss natural gas infrastructure bottlenecks, energy security and the company’s advances on LNG.
Tinker Associates CEO on Why US Won’t Lead on Oil, Gas
2024-02-13 - The U.S. will not lead crude oil and natural gas production as the shale curve flattens, Tinker Energy Associates CEO Scott Tinker told Hart Energy on the sidelines of NAPE in Houston.