Rig Notes 6/7/06
North American rig count climbing
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
HOUSTON, TX, United States (UPI) -- The US oil and natural gas drilling rig count for May climbed 38 to 1,635, an industry group said Wednesday. ...
Rig Notes 5/11/06
Attention Business/Financial Editors:
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... its expansion into the United States when it announced on March 7, 2006 that it had been awarded a two year contract for an eighth drilling rig, specifically a ...
Dragon Oil gains on Lukoil contract
ShareCast - London,UK
... SHARECAST) - Shares in Dragon Oil were in demand on news it had signed a contract with Lukoil Shelf for provision of the Astra jack-up drilling rig for use in ...
Desire Says It Still Seeks Falkland Rig; Shares Surge in Week
Bloomberg - USA
May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Desire Petroleum Plc, an explorer for oil and gas near the Falkland Islands, said it's still seeking a drilling rig for the area. ...
Dragon does deal on drilling rig
Irish Examiner - Cork,Ireland
Dragon Oil has signed a contract with Lukoil Shelf Limited for provision of the Astra jack-up drilling rig for use in the Cheleken Contract Area offshore ...
Arena Resources Announces Record Revenues, Earnings, Cash Flow and ...
International News Service - Sydney,Australia
... We have taken delivery of our own drilling rig and now have two rigs drilling full time on the Fuhrman-Mascho. We currently have ...
Rig Notes 5/10/06
Cinch Energy Corp. releases first quarter 2006 results
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... the first quarter and winter drilling season, the Company had a number of locations planned for which we could not obtain a drilling rig, which ultimately ...
(BW) Parallel Petroleum Announces Operations Update and First ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... The drilling rig is currently moving in on this well, which is located approximately 1 mile southeast of the Boxtop 1921-1 Federal No. ...
REVUS - REVUS ENERGY - INTERIM REPORT Q1 2006
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
... With the access to a drilling rig secured, Revus will enter into an extensive appraisal and exploration drilling programme, totalling NOK 1.2 billion in the ...
Rig Notes 5/9/06
Swaziland: AG, Richard Maphalala to have personal accounts ...
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
... So will those of other government officials involved in the matter in which MPD won a tender to supply government with a water drilling rig but was irregularly ...
Attention Business/Financial Editors:
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... in 2005. Operating days are defined as the number of days a drilling rig is in operation from spud to rig release. This does not ...
NIDC concludes agreement with domestic company to build drilling ...
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... concluded an agreement with Machinsazi Arak Co. to manufacture its fiftieth onshore drilling rig. The company has placed an order for ...
Bennett wants more companies to be probed
The Swazi Observer - Mbabane,Swaziland
... Again the drilling rig is not the only one where MPD's name featured prominently nor the Army vehicles saga. There are other deals ...
Vast Contracts Rig, 12 Well Drilling Program to Start Week of May ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
Vast Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VST) ("Vast" or "the Company") has contracted a Shallow Gaswell Drilling rig and will begin drilling on the Paddle Prairie ...
Problems galore for ONGC at Bengal offshore
Hindu Business Line - India
... ONGC sources said that the jack-up drilling rig Transocean Nordic, which was slated to be re-deployed from Bengal offshore to the Mahanadi basin, got one of ...
Siemens and Rolls-Royce technology for new deepwater drilling rig
noticias.info - Spain
Ltd., Singapore has signed an agreement with a consortium consisting of Siemens and Rolls-Royce for deliveries to a new deepwater drilling rig. ...
DNO - OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS - FIRST QUARTER 2006
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
... DNO, in a consortium with several other NCS operators, signed a three-year contract for the semi-submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin. ...
Rig Notes 5/1/06
GEFCO looks back on 75 years
Enid News & Eagle - Enid,OK,USA
... He later acquired the sole account for Sullivan Machinery Co., which manufactured a portable drilling rig that was powered by steam. ...
Transocean Inc. Provides Update on Fleet Contract Status
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
HOUSTON, May 1, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the ...
Chesapeake Energy Corporation Reports Record Results for the 2006 ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... The Martex acquisition bolstered the company's 100% owned drilling rig subsidiary, Nomac Drilling Corporation, in which to date Chesapeake has invested a total ...
Rig Notes 4/26/06
Precision Drilling Trust reports record first quarter results and ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Upon completion of the expansion program in 2008, Precision will have increased its drilling rig fleet to 261, with 250 rigs operating in western Canada and 11 ...
SONG - SONGA OFFSHORE ASA Q1 REPORT
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
... Songa Offshore entered into a memorandum of agreement for the purchase of the semi submersible drilling rig Stena Dee, to be renamed Songa Dee. ...
(PZ) Transmeridian Exploration Signs Contracts for Four Additional ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... The completion rig is expected to arrive on location as early as May 7 and the first drilling rig in mid-May. The other two drilling ...
Rig Notes 4/25/06
Abbot buys Nordic rig group for £247m
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... The cost of hiring a drilling rig is believed to have almost doubled in the past year on the back of rocketing global demand. Exploration ...
(BW) Arena Resources Inc. Provides First Quarter 2006 Operations ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... The company is currently taking delivery of the drilling rig it purchased in December 2005, and expects it to be fully operational by early May. ...
Rig Notes 4/20/06
Nova Scotia CBM Operations Update
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Trading Symbol: SLV.tsxventure CALGARY, April 20 /CNW/ - Stealth Ventures Ltd. (Stealth) is pleased to announce that it has contracted a drilling rig and a ...
McMoRan Exploration Co. Reports First-Quarter 2006 Results and ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... As previously reported, drilling activities were temporarily suspended in February 2006 while the drilling rig was used to perform workover activities on the ...
Mars TLP restart imminent
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... The Mars TLP and wells survived the extreme Katrina weather conditions, but the platform drilling rig and some major elements of the topsides production ...
Shell Nears Restart of Storm-Damaged Rig
MSN Money - USA
... While the Mars wells weathered the category-five storm, the platform drilling rig and other major components were heavily damaged. ...
Rig Notes 4/17/06
Transocean wins two year Indian rig contract
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drilling rig operator Transocean Inc. on Monday said it was awarded a two-year rig contract by Reliance Industries Ltd. ...
Tri-Valley Update on Project and Share Value
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... the required capital, through its newly formed subsidiary, Great Valley Drilling Company LLC, to exercise its option to purchase the only drilling rig based in ...
First Nation Training Breakthrough
Nickle's Energy Group - Calgary,Canada
... Elson McDougald, Western Lakota's chairman and president, acknowledges that aboriginal training was not on his mind when the firm's first drilling rig went to ...
China's first drilling rig for 9000-meter wells to go operation ...
Xinhua - China
The China-made drilling rig, which contains numerous patented parts, breaks the country's dependency on foreign rigs that can drill 9,000 meters and will ...
Rig Notes 4/12/06
Awilco orders another jack-up
Marine Log - New York,NY,USA
It covers construction of a Baker Marine Pacific 375 ft jackup drilling rig. The option was awarded by the yard in the spring of 2004. ...
Double Eagle Petroleum Updates Cow Creek Field Project - Quick ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The company said the drilling rig that will be used at Cow Creek Field and the Christmas Meadows Prospect, has been delayed finishing a well for another ...
AWO - AWILCO OFFSHORE EXERCISES OPTION FOR DRILLING RIG NO. 7
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
to build a 375ft jackup drilling rig with drilling depth of 30.000 ft. The option was awarded by the yard in the spring of 2004. ...
Rig Notes 4/11/06
Dune Energy Announces Long-Term Drilling Rig Contract for Its ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... today that it has signed a definitive contract, the terms of which call for the construction of and subsequent long-term contract for a drilling rig for the ...
Two Longtime Tulsa Titans Are Teaming Up To Drill For Natural Gas ...
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
Helmerich and Payne has a new, state-of-the-art drilling rig that is being used by Williams in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado. ...
Dune Energy Enters Into Long-Term Contract With A Rig Company ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... The terms of the contract call for the construction of a drilling rig for the company's exclusive use on its Barnett Shale properties. ...
Rig Notes 4/10/06
DNO strikes oil in Iraq
Aftenposten - Oslo,Norway
... A drilling rig now placed at the Tawke 1 well will be moved to another site, Tawke 2, for more drilling. It lies two kilometres ...
Drilling supplies, services shares climb
BusinessWeek - USA
... traded up $1.91, or 2 percent, to $93.13. Growth in the drilling rig market means increasingly strong demand for the steel pipes used to build the rigs. ...
BHP Billiton to drill SA oil
Mining MX - Sandton,Eastern Cape,South Africa
“Drilling rig availability is the principle risk,” said Andrew Fisher, GM of BHP Billiton’s southern Africa petroleum operations. ...
Rig manufacturers scramble to keep up with energy boom
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
... Colo.-- On the prairie of northeast Colorado, Roger Stumpff stands in a muddy lot and looks at the pieces of a giant blue-and-white drilling rig that have ...
(BW) Pioneer Announces Drilling Results
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Pioneer's Arctic Fox drilling rig is being utilized for the three-well program and is demonstrating the efficiency of having a more mobile, built-for-purpose ...
Rig Notes 4/6/06
GR oil field worker dies from injuries
Green River Star - Green River,WY,USA
A Green River man died from injuries he received in an accident on a drilling rig east of Rock Springs, according to Sheriff Dave Gray. ...
AKVER - AKER KVAERNER WINS DRILLING SYSTEM CONTRACT
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
... and operation at remote locations. 2009. The drilling rig will be designed for world-wide operation. `We are pleased that Sevan ...
Rig Note 3/30/06
PEARL Energy Provides Gulf of Thailand Drilling Update
OilVoice (press release) - UK
PEARL Energy Limited announces the arrival of the ENSCO 107 jack-up drilling rig in the Block B 5/27 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand in preparation for a ...
Afren Secures Nigerian Rig Contract and Appoints Drilling Manager
OilVoice (press release) - UK
... "We are pleased to have secured a drilling rig in the current difficult contracting environment. These two wells will help us add ...
Oil rig worker is badly injured
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
State safety officials are investigating a weekend accident that seriously injured a worker on a drilling rig operating in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ...
Rig Notes 3/29/06
Independent Resources Reports Significant Progress on Key Projects ...
OilVoice (press release) - UK
... Subject to drilling rig availability, well ST-3 on the large Sidi Toui oil and gas prospect is expected to be re-entered and tested during the third quarter of ...
PA Resources Review of 2005 Results
OilVoice (press release) - UK
... The interest is 3 month Nibor plus 4 % and 3 month Libor plus 4 %. • A drilling contract has been signed with the drilling rig company Diamond Offshore. ...
Drill deal targets shortage
WA Business News - Northbridge,Western Australia,Australia
... The offshore drilling rig shortage has been felt in Australia for more than two years, caused mainly by the distance from the world’s main petroleum ...
Swaziland: E10m water drilling will finally be delivered
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
Johannesburg (AND): Senator Mpheni Dlomo, the Director of MPD Marketing Suppliers has announced that the 10 million Emalangeni water drilling rig will be ...
Rig Notes 3/27/06
Western Lakota Announces the Completion of its 38th Drilling Rig ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
(TSX:WLE) announces that it has completed construction of its 38th drilling rig, a 3,600 metre ultra-heavy double drilling rig. ...
Great Plains Reports 2005 Year-End Reserves, Financial Results and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... few weeks. A drilling rig is currently available for this project which may allow for drilling prior to break-up. The upside potential ...
Mahalo Energy Achieves Strong Financial and Operations Results in ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Mahalo has the services of one double drilling rig for its 2006 program, and an additional rig under contract commencing later in 2006. ...
BHP Billiton says ready to drill off Namibian coast
Namibian - Windhoek,Namibia
... drilling. We we are pretty much ready to go but we don't have a line of sight, so to speak, to a drilling rig," Fisher said. South ...
Aker Kvaerner wins contract with Discoverer Invest
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... Ltd. in Singapore for delivery of drilling systems and equipment to a Frigstad D90 ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig. ...
Rig Notes 3/23/06
DNO - NORTHERN IRAQ EXPLORATION DRILLING UPDATE
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
... Whilst continuing evaluations of well data and preparing for the well test program, the Tawke # 1 will be temporarily suspended and the drilling rig will be ...
Bronco Makes Strategic Acquisition for Bronco/Bigstone Project
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Currently, it is expected that well development costs, including drilling, rig moving, trucking, and cementing, could be reduced by up to 40% per well. ...
Saxon Energy Services Inc. announces 2005 financial results and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... These investments continue to bear fruit as the Corporation deployed an additional drilling rig into Colombia under contract during the first quarter of 2006 ...
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(PZ) Running Fox Corporate Update, Drilling Another Deep Alberta ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
With drilling by Precision Drilling Rig # 645, the goal is to complete in the productive Wabamun formation, with a secondary zone of interest in the Charlie ...
Rig Notes 3/22/06
UPDATE:China Oilfield Svcs '05 Net +17%, Sees Strong '06
Yahoo! News - USA
(This updates an item published at 0530 GMT, with the company's outlook on its drilling day rate, a deepwater drilling rig venture with CNOOC and an analyst's ...
AKVER - AKER KVAERNER AWARDED DRILLING SYSTEM CONTRACT
TV2 Nettavisen - Oslo,Oslo,Norway
... with Discoverer Invest Ltd in Singapore for delivery of drilling systems and equipment to a Frigstad D90 ultra deepwater semi- submersible drilling rig. ...
Four operators join Aussie multiwell program
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... For that and its work for the other operators in the program, Peak will hold the contracts for the drilling rig, supply vessels, third-party service contracts ...
Rig Notes 3/20/06
JKX Oil & Gas - Overview of 2005 Results
OilVoice (press release) - UK
... A second drilling rig was mobilised from Poland in December and is currently being utilised for both drilling of new wells and workovers. ...
Local man pushes on in quest to help Kenyans find water
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... Michael Martino, who began a humanitarian mission to bring clean water to Kenya more than 10 years ago, said he won't give up until the drilling rig he has ...
Canadian Superior contracts Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling ...
Oil Online - TX,USA
has entered into a firm multi-well contract for the Kan Tan IV Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig, managed by AP Moller - Maersk A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, and ...
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The Peak Group leads eight well programme in Australia
Oil Online - TX,USA
... coordinators and well-site geologists. The semi-submersible drilling rig, the ‘Stena Clyde’ has been contracted for the programme. ...
Rig Notes 3/16/06
PA Resources Reports Tunisia Operations and Activity update
OilVoice (press release) - UK
PA Resources AB entered in December last year into a drilling contract with Diamond Offshore to charter the 300ft jack-up drilling rig `Ocean Spur` for a ...
Blina Diamonds
Mineweb - Johannesburg,South Africa
· Major evaluation of Terrace 5 gravels upstream of Cut 1 to commence in April/May 2005 utilising large diameter Bauer drilling rig. ...
Oracle Energy Corp.: Update on Romanian Oil and Gas Fields ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Carpathian intends to purchase a trailer-mounted drilling rig capable of drilling to a 5000 foot depth in order to expedite and more efficiently drill new ...
(PRN) Lexington Resources Further Arkoma Basin CBM Drilling to ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... certain targets. Shallower vertical wells are to be drilled by a smaller, more cost effective drilling rig. Developed wells that ...
Tesco Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 ...
MSN Money - USA
... Proceeds from the sale of its Driller's Technology stock as well as its drilling rig assets during the fourth quarter were used to pay down a portion of the ...
Rig Notes 3/15/06
High Arctic Announces 2005 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... in Sense/EDM, an equipment designer and manufacturer based in Norway that currently holds a design patent for the 250K Underbalanced drilling rig "Our results ...
ONGC's drilling in Bengal Offshore to be delayed
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
... Already running at least six months behind schedule in the block, the company recently decided to re-deploy the drilling rig Trans Ocean Nordic from Bengal ...
Swaziland: Prosecute all rig culprits - Mpheni
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
Senator Mpheni Dlomo has ordered government to prosecute the people involved in the corrupt purchasing of the E10 million water drilling rig. ...
Rig Notes 3/14/06
Petrohawk Energy Corporation Announces Record Results for Fourth ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Petrohawk is currently operating one drilling rig in the Elm Grove field and expects to add a second rig in April and a third in May. ...
HYDUKE ENERGY SERVICES INC. ANNOUNCES RECORD PROFITABILITY FOR ...
Filing Services Canada (press release) - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
... Second, the increase in selling turn-key drilling rig packages has an overall downward effect on gross margins through lower margins realized on large dollar ...
Shell's drilling rig contract with Malaysia's Tanjung extended
TMCnet - USA
... received a letter from SARAWAK SHELL BERHAD/SABAH SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED extending the contract for the provision of jack-up drilling rig, Pride Hawaii ...
American Oil & Gas Announces Fetter Drilling and Participation ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... The second well, the Hageman 16-34 well, was drilled and cased to 8,625 feet before drilling rig issues required temporarily suspending drilling operations and ...
Rig Notes 3/13/06
Friendly Energy Corp. Enters Into Joint Venture Negotiations
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... delivery to drill the Peach Creek Prospect." The company had plans to begin drilling in the first quarter 2006, subject to drilling rig availability, however ...
Church wants to help Ghana
York Dispatch - York,PA,USA
... With a well-drilling rig parked behind the church, Aldersgate members have a constant reminder of what they're working for. The ...
Fred Olsen Energy wins 456 mln usd three-year contract for ...
Forbes - USA
... ASA's wholly owned subsidiary, Dolphin Drilling Ltd said it has won a three-year drilling contract for the semi-submersible drilling rig Blackford Dolphin ...
Rig Notes 3/9/06
Jindal Drilling's rig acquisition to revamp net sales
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
News of Jindal Drilling's first rig acquisition has brought it into the limelight once again. CNBC-TV18's research analyst, Varinder ...
Petsec strikes gas in Main Pass 18
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... "Oil samples and pressure data will be taken from its latest discovery well, Main Pass 18 G-6, prior to release of the drilling rig to allow further evaluation ...
Endeavour Reports 2005 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results
MSN Money - USA
... operator, the company joined with several other operators in the NCS to form a consortium that has entered into a contract for the use of a drilling rig for a ...
Hole: Residents are angry work has not started
News & Star - Carlisle,Cumbria,UK
... The work was supposed to begin today but had to be delayed when it was discovered other equipment for the drilling rig was required. ...
International Sovereign Energy Corp.: First Half 2006 Ten Wells ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... working interest). A drilling rig has been contracted for all three wells and is due on site at Grimshaw March 12, 2006. Planning for ...
Daybreak Leases Interest on 28,000 Acres in Louisiana
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... drilling on a number of interesting plays within the leasehold." In another development, the Company has made a down payment on a drilling rig in Abilene Texas ...
MIKE SCOTT/Daily News
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... Its asset manager, Eric Matthews, said access to offshore drilling equipment was a pressing issue. The rig market was tough, and he did not expect it suddenly ...
Investors cheer arrival on the board of new Adelaide miner
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
... Non-executive chairman Rod Hollingsworth said the company was now working to secure a drilling rig to start work on its Warburton nickel/uranium prospect in ...
Oil City not only once luxuriated in good fortune...but in good ...
Oil City Derrick - Oil City,PA,USA
... money was being made was evident in the restaurant business, a trade that thrived as it catered to everyone from oil company presidents to drilling rig teams. ...
Singapore company delivers first ultra deep drilling jack-up rig
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... "This is the first jack-up rig to be built based on PPL Shipyard's in-house proprietary design, the Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 deep drilling rig," said Lim ...
Singapore oil rig makers bag jobs worth over US$2b
Business Times - Malaysia - Malaysia
The latest order announced yesterday is for a semi-submersible drilling rig worth US$480 million to be built by SembCorp Marine for PetroMena AS, a Norwegian ...
Fire engulfs Rifle apartments
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Glenwood Springs,CO,USA
... Javier Garcia works on a natural gas drilling rig near Mamm Creek and was home sick. His company, Turn Key E & P, rents the apartment ...
Antrim Secures Drilling Rig for Causeway Prospect in UK North Sea ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Scotland. Services include provision of the Bredford Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig currently active in the area. Drilling ...
Powerlines incident to spark safety reminder
ABC Regional Online - Australia
A truck carrying a drilling rig for the company brought down overhead service wires and parts of the high voltage network in Hattam Street, Golden Square. ...
Rig Notes 3/7/06
Desire Completes Environmental Impact Assessment Study
OilVoice (press release) - UK
... for further drilling are now well-advanced and the Company plans to be in a position to commence drilling immediately a suitable drilling rig becomes available ...
Falklands environmental impact study complete
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... other preparations for further drilling are now well-advanced and Desire plans to commence drilling immediately once a suitable drilling rig becomes available. ...
MARKET & COMMODITIES
Financial Express.bd - Bangladesh
... The latest order announced Tuesday is for a semi-submersible drilling rig worth 480 million US dollars to be built by SembCorp Marine for PetroMena AS, a ...
Bulldog Resources Drilling Success Propels Production Increases
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... While drilling rigs in Southeast Saskatchewan are experiencing record high utilization rates, Bulldog has secured its drilling rig for the balance of the year. ...
Elixir Petroleum Plugs And Abandons Jaguar Well >EXR.AU
Yahoo! News - USA
... the results encountered in the Upper Jurassic target, the well was drilled to a total depth of 13,050 feet (3,977 metres) by the Bredford Dolphin drilling rig. ...
Western Lakota Signs Financing Commitment for an Additional $49 ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Services Inc. and its eighth CBM/oilsands coring/pre-set drilling rig which will be operated by its subsidiary Akuna Drilling Inc. ...
Shell plans Beaufort Sea drilling
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... to start exploring the $44 million worth of leases that it acquired in the Beaufort Sea last year, as evidenced by its purchase of a drilling rig to probe the ...
Candax Energy Provides Drilling Update
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Simultaneously, Candax announces that it anticipates mobilization of the drilling rig for the re-development of its offshore El-Bibane field to occur early in ...
SembMarine bags S$781m rig deal
Channel News Asia - Singapore
SINGAPORE : Jurong Shipyard, a unit of SembCorp Marine, has bagged a deal worth S$781m to build a second semi-submersible drilling rig for Norwegian firm ...
Digital Oilfield launches E&P business optimization solution
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
... of single projects and multi-project programs, including drilling programs. ... A graphical resource/rig scheduling capability allows the visualization of progress ...
Business Roundup
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... oil and gas drilling rigs working around the world last month rose 95 to 3,133. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Tuesday that the global February rig count ...
Saddle Hills project - 2006 program well underway
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... At least one more drilling rig will be added to the Saddle Hills Project so that two rigs will be drilling the exploration targets while two rigs remain in the ...
(BW) Clayton Williams Energy Announces 2005 Financial Results and ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Property and equipment, net 474,067 398,360 ----- OTHER ASSETS Debt issue costs 8,557 3,575 Advances to drilling rig joint venture 10,329 ...
Delta Petroleum Corporation Announces Six-Month Proved Reserve ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Once completed, the pipeline will have sufficient capacity for full development of the Vega Unit. DHS rig #5 is currently drilling in the unit. ...
Magnum Energy Inc. Completes Drilling of Vauxhall Well
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... The drilling rig is now contracted to proceed to the Taber area of South Eastern Alberta where it will commence drilling of the previously announced farm-in ...
GlobalSantaFe gets 7-year deal for new ultradeepwater rig
Oil & Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA
By OGJ editors. HOUSTON, Mar. 7 -- GlobalSantaFe Corp. has signed a $1 billion draft deal for a new ultradeepwater semisubmersible drilling rig. ...
Rig Notes 3/6/06
Desire Awaits Approval of EIA
SARTMA.com - Stanley,Falkland Islands
... drilling are now nearing completion and the Company plans to be in a position to commence drilling immediately if a suitable drilling rig becomes available. ...
AP Moeller-Maersk, Hyundai Heavy Industries settle dispute over ...
Forbes - USA
In January, the AP Moeller group claimed that Hyundai delivered the 'Inspirer' drilling rig almost 18 months too late and that the rig was incomplete compared ...
Bulldog Resources Drilling Success Propels Production Increases
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... While drilling rigs in Southeast Saskatchewan are experiencing record high utilization rates, Bulldog has secured its drilling rig for the balance of the year. ...
Activa Resources Provides Project Update
OilVoice (press release) - UK
... interest is 25% Barnett Shale, Jack County, Texas: Lewis Energy, the operator of the project was delayed in moving its company owned drilling rig to the ...
Rig Notes 3/3/06
GlobalSantaFe Gets Drill Rig Contract
MSN Money - USA
on Thursday said it has received a letter of intent to supply a deep-water drilling rig under a seven-year deal worth about $1 billion. ...
Trinidad Energy Services Income Trust announces fourth quarter and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... Foreign exchange gain In the third quarter of 2005 the commencement of operations through the release of the first newly constructed drilling rig in the United ...
Still cleaning up the mess left by Katrina
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... The Mars platform was badly damaged when a drilling rig tumbled over in the storm, shattering equipment, living quarters and the intricate network of ...
Transocean Inc. Provides Update on Fleet Contract Status
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
HOUSTON, March 2, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the ...
Infinity Announces a 75% Increase in Proved Reserves During Fiscal ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Assuming a steady program of drilling and completions using at least one drilling rig and assuming steadily improving per well production and reserve results ...
Keppel launches bid to acquire remaining shares of Keppel ...
Channel News Asia - Singapore
... Separately, another unit, Keppel FELS has clinched a contract worth US$177 million to upgrade a semi-submersible drilling rig. The ...
Rig Notes 3/2/06
Chevron Awards Drilling Contract to Build a New Deepwater ...
Finanzen.net - Germany
... Chevron has also extended its contract for Transocean's Cajun Express, a semisubmersible deepwater drilling rig. The two-and-a-half ...
Fairmount announces third quarter results and increases drilling ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... 4 gross (2.0 net) wells with 2 wells targeting the Barons formation and 2 wells targeting the Medicine Hat formation as soon as a drilling rig becomes available ...
Fred Olsen Energy Signs $177M Contract With Keppel
Yahoo! News - USA
The contract regards the previously announced deepwater upgrade of the semi submersible drilling rig Blackford Dolphin. The drilling ...
Arduous task: Fixing offshore US oil rigs
International Herald Tribune - France
... They were crushed when a drilling rig broke free from its moorings during the storm, dragging along a 12-ton anchor that plowed the sea floor. ...
Rig Notes 2/28/06
Sierra Vista Contracts Drilling Rig, Grants Options, and Confirms ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Lakota Energy Services Inc. ("Lakota") for the delivery of a drilling rig on/or about December 1, 2006. The Corporation will have ...
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Houston Chronicle - United States
... ACOR is pleased to announce that the Mirage-2 well is being completed as a potential Murta Formation oil well and the drilling rig released. ...
Pason Reports 4th Quarter & Year-End 2005 Results, Stock Split
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... in both Canada and the United States, over time the Company expects revenue per service rig site to be approximately 25% of that of the drilling rig site. ...
Rival Energy Ltd. Updates 2005 Results and Announces 2006 Budget ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Rival has a five well drilling program proposed for this pool, with the first two wells currently awaiting the availability of a drilling rig. ...
Rig Notes 2/23/06
GMX RESOURCES INC. Announces Record Preliminary Revenues and Net ...
MSN Money - USA
... resources play. Currently two rigs, H & P rig #156 & D & D Drilling Rig #11 will be drilling in the JV30% Area. Three wells have ...
Chesapeake Energy Corporation Reports Record Results for the ...
Finanzen.net - Germany
... In anticipation of today's tight drilling rig market, Chesapeake began making a series of investments in drilling rigs in 2001. ...
American Energy Production Inc. Announces Major New Development ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
(OTC BB: AMEP) is pleased to announce investee Bend Arch Petroleum has acquired another drilling rig in a joint venture agreement with Armadrill USA, a ...
Grey Wolf, Inc. Announces Record Operating Results for the Quarter ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... and contract oil and gas land drilling services in the best natural gas producing regions in the United States with a current total drilling rig fleet of 115 ...
Rig Notes 2/22/06
(PRN) GlobalSantaFe Worldwide SCORE Keeps Positive Gains in 2006
Houston Chronicle - United States
GlobalSantaFe's SCORE compares the profitability of current mobile offshore drilling rig dayrates to the profitability of dayrates at the 1980-1981 peak of the ...
Unit Corporation Reports 2005 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... continued to expand our gas gathering and processing business and gathered record volumes in 2005." CONTRACT DRILLING RESULTS Contract drilling rig rates for ...
LOI: The LOI between Aker Yards and Brittany Ferries confirmed as ...
Webbolt Business News (subscription) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Contracts for drilling and well services with a total value of NOK 855 million have been given by Statoil to Aker Kværner Well Service, Welltec and ...
Rig Notes 2/21/06
Deep Forbes "Archer F-1" Well Drilling Rig Mobilizing -- Drilling ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... Fidelis has been informed by the operator that the drilling rig is being mobilized to the North Franklin project site tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22nd. ...
SAGE mobilizes second rig to Kerrs Gold Property
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
20 /CNW/ - Sage Gold Inc. ("SAGE") is pleased to announce that it has mobilized a second drilling rig to the Kerrs Gold Property near Lake Abitibi, Ontario. ...
Refinery Exhibit to be repaired - 2/20/06
Borger News-Herald - TX, USA
... it's just outside of Borger now and Panhandle Plains donated it to us because they were pretty amazed with the success we had with the drilling rig exhibit and ...
Rig Notes 2/20/06
Blue House Publishing Publishes 'Bluewater Seven South From Alaska ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... Non-stop action as Jeff McDonald leads his crew of men in an epic fight to move an offshore drilling rig in the dead of an Alaskan winter, they will battle the ...
Rig Notes 2/16/06
UMW JDC gets Petronas' rig deals
Business Times - Malaysia - Malaysia
... UMW Corp Sdn Bhd and Japan Drilling Co Ltd, has been awarded contracts by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) for the provision of drilling rig and workover rig ...
American Energy Production Inc. Announces Investee Bend Arch ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
(OTC BB: AMEP) announced successful initial drilling operations by Bend Arch Petroleum's Ideco H-40 drilling rig, Phantom Rig I. ...
Aminex gives update on US activities
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
... The next well in the programme is designed to test deeper formations and will be spudded as soon as a drilling rig comes available. ...
Transmeridian Exploration Issues Operations Update
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... addition, the Company is evaluating opportunities to further accelerate development of the Field by adding a fifth and possibly a sixth drilling rig later in ...
Rig Notes 2/15/06
Precision Drilling Trust reports record earnings from continuing ...
MSN Money - USA
... The Contract Drilling Services segment contains our contract drilling rig, camp and catering, oilfield supply, and manufacturing divisions. ...
RPC, Inc. Reports 2005 Fourth Quarter and Annual Results
MSN Money - USA
... Both Technical Services and Support Services experienced stronger results during the fourth quarter of 2005 due to the increased drilling rig count and related ...
Lookin' for gold in them thar hills
The Bandera Bulletin - Bandera,TX,USA
... Patterson Drilling Rig 102 began operation off of Elm Pass Rd. last Friday morning, setting the stage to bore possibly 4,700 feet into the earth. ...
Rig Notes 2/15/06
Transocean Roughed Up
TheStreet.com - USA
Transocean's (RIG:NYSE - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) shares were sold down Tuesday after the drilling-rig supplier said high costs and downtime ...
Transocean Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2005 Results
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... gain of $103.6 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, related to our previously reported disposition of TODCO, a gain from the sale of a drilling rig of $21.7 ...
Transocean posts profit, warns on first half '06
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil drilling rig contractor Transocean Inc. (RIG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it swung to a ...
Rig Notes 2/13/06
Western Lakota Acquires Drilling Rig and Completes Construction of ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... The assets of 959271 include one 3,000 metre telescoping double drilling rig and related equipment which was built by Western Lakota in 2001 and has been ...
Tyler Announces New Director and Confirms Arrival of Third Diamond ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... Drilling performance since the beginning of the year has increased by roughly 90% since replacement of the smaller rig used in 2005. ...
Rig Notes 2/9/06
Carville Job Corps Academy obtains offshore drilling rig pass ...
Gonzales Ascension Citizen - Gonzales,LA,USA
Rig pass certification was established several years ago by the International Drilling Contractors Association (IADC) as a minimum safety training program for ...
Statoil Secures Rig for Norwegian Sea
OilVoice (press release) - UK
A letter of intent worth about NOK 2.35 billion (USD 350 million) for use of the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig in the Halten-Nordland area of the Norwegian Sea ...
(BW) CanArgo Energy Corporation: Saipem Commences Drilling on ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... CNR) (OSE:CNR) ("CanArgo") today announced the commencement of drilling operations on the Manavi M12 appraisal well using the Saipem drilling rig, and also ...
Curlew Lake Resources Inc. Announces It Has Secured a Rig to ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
9, 2006) - Curlew Lake Resources (TSX VENTURE:CWQ)(PINK SHEETS:CWLXF) announces it has secured a drilling rig for the PARAX LS 13 Sec. 30 Twp. ...
Rig Notes 2/8/06
Unit Corporation's Oil & Natural Gas Subsidiary's Reserves Reach ...
Finanzen.net - Germany
... Currently, Unit has 111 rigs, 110 of which are operating under contract. As previously announced, in January 2006, Unit lost a drilling rig in a blow-out fire. ...
Rig Notes 2/7/06
Hardman Resources: Drilling Rig Mobilisation Completed
Yahoo! News - USA
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Hardman Resources said Tuesday that mobilisation of the drilling rig from the Mputa-1 location has been completed with the last loads ...
Aspen Contracts Drilling Rig For Manitoba Development Program
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
7, 2006) - Aspen Group Resources Corporation (TSX:ASR) ("Aspen") today announced that it has contracted a drilling rig to be deployed on its leases in the Daly ...
Nabors Post Record Year and Quarter at $4.07 and $1.35 Per Diluted ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... (4) Includes our marine transportation and supply services, drilling technology and top drive manufacturing, directional drilling, rig instrumentation and ...
Oil industry pins hope on Orphan Basin
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland,Canada
... in the Barents Sea. Strong said another drilling rig, the jack-up Rowan Gorilla VI, will return this summer to drill four wells. ...
TUSK Updates Mega-Venus Activity
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... The drilling rig used on the 11-7 operation has commenced operations at 8-6-101-6 W6M where it will re-enter a well drilled and cased to 1,936 metres last year ...
Rig Notes 2/6/06
Platform Resources Inc. - Corporate update
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... 2006. Drilling rig availability is a challenge at the moment; however, one of these wells is expected to spud in February. With ...
Calvalley Petroleum - Yemen Operations Update For the Month of ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... Drilling & Completions - The drilling rig was mobilized on January 4, 2006 to the eighth horizontal Hiswah well, which was spudded on January 8, 2006. ...
IPSCO Reports 2005 Record Sales and Earnings
MSN Money - USA
... looking statements due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to: weather conditions affecting the oil patch; drilling rig availability; demand for ...