Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced that its Singapore-based subsidiary, Jet Holding Ltd. was awarded a contract with the Joint Operating Company Vietgazprom, a joint venture between Petrovietnam and Gazprom, for the drillship Energy Searcher. The drilling contract of five wells duration is expected to begin between June and September, 2009 and run approximately 365 days, inclusive [...]

Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary Chevron Africa Holdings Limited has agreed to sell Chevron Nigeria Holdings Limited to Corlay Global S.A, a Panamanian company owned by an African-based consortium composed of MRS Holdings Limited and Petroci Holdings. Chevron Nigeria Holdings Ltd. is a Bermudan company that holds 60 percent of the issued shares of [...]

Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced that the jackup Energy Enhancer was awarded a contract with SPD Limited to drill a well in the U.K. North Sea. The contract award is for an estimated 45-60 days with a contract value of approximately US$9-12 million.
The drilling contract, which will follow in direct continuation to the rig’s current contract [...]

Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced that it has entered into a drilling contract with AGR Peak Well Management Limited, a subsidiary of AGR Group ASA (Oslo Bors: AGR.OL) for the use of the semisubmersible GSF Arctic II in the North Sea. As previously announced, Northern Offshore has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Transocean, [...]

As announced on July 28, 2008, Northern Offshore, Ltd. has entered into agreements with affiliates of Transocean Inc. to acquire the semisubmersible drilling rigs GSF Arctic II and GSF Arctic IV.
The Company prepared an Information Memorandum in connection with the acquisition of the Rigs, as required by Section 3-5 of the Oslo Stock Exchange’s rules [...]

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded contracts by BP Products North America for the engineering, procurement and fabrication of a 102,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) six-drum delayed coking unit and gas plant facilities at BP’s Whiting refinery in [...]

General Maritime Corporation jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby the two companies will combine in a stock- for-stock combination. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, approved unanimously by the Boards of Directors of both General Maritime and Arlington Tankers, shareholders of General Maritime will receive 1.340 shares of [...]

Northern Offshore, Ltd told the press that the company has entered into agreements with affiliates of Transocean, Inc. (NYSE: RIG ) to acquire the semisubmersible drilling rigs GSF Arctic II and GSF Arctic IV currently operating in the U.K. North Sea (collectively the “Rigs”). The total acquisition price for the two rigs is approximately US$750 [...]

Responding the Nabors’ offering worth $750M, Moody’s investors had it reviewed. It is also said that it placed its “A3″ senior unsecured rating for Nabors Industries Ltd. under review for a possible downgrade after the oil and gas driller announced a senior notes offering. The Bermuda-based company said Thursday one of its subsidiaries, Nabors Industries [...]

Seadrill is pleased to report the delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillship West Polaris from Samsung Heavy Industries. The drillship will leave Korean waters tomorrow after completing fuelling and some general mobilisation activities en route to its first drilling assignment for Exxon in Brazil. West Polaris was delivered 10 days after original contract schedule with a [...]