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PV Drilling III begins tow to Malaysia

VIETNAM/MALAYSIA: Jackup PV Drilling III will commence its tow on 10 October to undertake a drilling campaign with Petronas Carigali with an ETA of 14 October at the spud location offshore Peninsular Malaysia.
Petronas Carigali has chartered the rig for a one well plus two one-well options programme that is expected to finish in early 2018. PVD III will then be available for a short charter until its follow-on contract with Repsol Malaysia starts in early second quarter. This time slot should accommodate a one-well scope off Malaysia.
10-Oct-2017

Maersk Deliverer secured by Total E&P after JX Nippon

MALAYSIA: Semi Maersk Deliverer has been awarded a contract in Southeast Asia by Total E&P Malaysia.
With an estimated duration of 60 days, the contract covers the drilling of one exploration well on Block DW-N Sabah. Maersk Deliverer will go to work for Total E&P Malaysia after completion of the previously announced contract with JX Nippon in Malaysia. The contract with JX Nippon is expected to commence during the fourth quarter of 2017 and will have an estimated duration of 30 days. The exploration well with Total is located at a water depth of 2,835 m (9,301 ft) and the complexity of the well requires Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Pressurized Mud Cap Drilling (PMCD) capabilities.

Since April 2016, Maersk Deliverer has been warm stacked in Namibia. It has now been mobilised to Singapore before heading to Malaysia later this month for its new drilling commitments. Maersk Deliverer is the fifth rig that Maersk Drilling has reactivated from warm stacking within the past eight months.
10-Oct-2017

West Cressida finishes PCPP job

MALAYSIA: Seadrill jackup West Cressida has finished its charter with PCPP Operating Company on Block SK 3015 offshore Sarawak.
The unit is being mobilised to Labuan where it will be actively marketed for follow-on work. West Cressida undertook a nine-well P&A charter for PCPP that started in June 2017.
25-Oct-2017

Murphy Malaysia starts pre-qual for shallow water jackup

MALAYSIA: Murphy Malaysia has issued a prequalification (PQ) invitation for the provision of a jackup for a shallow water campaign offshore Malaysia.
The work scope covers three workovers plus associated sidetracks, and two optional scopes, for one workover with an associated sidetrack, and an exploration well. In the earlier market survey, Murphy indicated that the rig, a mat-type or independent-leg unit, will be used to drill from the SAPA platform for a programme lasting 133 days plus 66 days plus 18 days. Commencement is scheduled for between 1 April and 30 June, 2018. The PQ will close on 7 November.
25-Oct-2017
PV Drilling sets up branch office in Malaysia

MALAYSIA: Vietnamese rig contractor PV Drilling has set up a branch office in Malaysia, the firm's third branch office outside Vietnam, after Algeria and Myanmar.
The firm recently secured work for its jackups in Malayisa, where it currently has PV Drilling III working for Petronas Carigali. This will be followed by a one-year plus option charter with Repsol Malaysia commencing in first quarter 2018. Jackup PV Drilling VI is also set to drill two wells for IPC at the end of 2017.
25-Oct-2017

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Vestigo to keep UMW Naga 2 until late November

MALAYSIA: Jackup UMW Naga 2, which recently arrived on the Bentara SK 315 field offshore Sarawak, is currently expected to finish its Vestigo charter only around late November.
If so, the unit will be available from December 2017. It is already being offered for follow-on work in Southeast Asia, including to Pertamina Hulu Mahakam for the operator's jackup tender offshore Indonesia. Meanwhile, the rig is on contract to Vestigo for a two-well programme. According to Marine Sarawak, it has completed work on the Serok Field and is being towed to Bentara by vessels Tourmaline and Lewek Stork.
25-Oct-2017

Shell out with tender for ultra-deepwater rig

MALAYSIA: Shell has issued a tender for a deepwater floater for a drilling campaign off Malaysia in 2018.
The tender is understood to be a follow-up to a inquiry into a ultra-deepwater rig to cover an exploration and development scope off Sabah, Malaysia. The tender scope covers four firm wells, understood to be for a development programme for Gumusut Kakap 2 (GK 2) project, plus four one-well options. In the market survey, Shell indicated the GK2 development drilling scope would cover a duration of around 200 days. Commencement is targeted for June-August, 2018. Shell also requested in the survey for an MPD-capable, DP2 floater with offline capability that can drill in water depths of 1,371-2,514 m (4,500-8,250 ft). Bids are due on 1 December.

06-Nov-2017

2nd JDC rigs in Malaysia
Hakuryu-5 to commence Mubadala charter in January 2018
MALAYSIA: Japan Drilling semi Hakuryu-5 is now scheduled to commence its next charter in Malaysia at the turn of the year.

The upcoming charter in Malaysia, with Mubadala Petroleum, is for two wells during early first quarter 2018, plus one option well in fourth quarter 2018. The unit is en route to Malaysia following completion of its summer drilling campaign with Gazpromneft-Sakhalin on the Ayashsky block in the Sea of Okhotsk. After the charter with Mubadala, the unit has a contract in Vietnam for two wells during third quarter 2017.

Hakuryu-5 to commence Mubadala charter in January 2018
MALAYSIA: Japan Drilling semi Hakuryu-5 is now scheduled to commence its next charter in Malaysia at the turn of the year.

The upcoming charter in Malaysia, with Mubadala Petroleum, is for two wells during early first quarter 2018, plus one option well in fourth quarter 2018. The unit is en route to Malaysia following completion of its summer drilling campaign with Gazpromneft-Sakhalin on the Ayashsky block in the Sea of Okhotsk. After the charter with Mubadala, the unit has a contract in Vietnam for two wells during third quarter 2017.

08-Nov-2017

Another potential takeover...
A.P. Moeller-Maersk on track to exit offshore drilling
INTERNATIONAL: Maersk Drilling has now been classified as discontinued operations by parent company A.P. Moeller-Maersk, which aims to have a structural solution in place within the next 12 months.

The move triggered an accounting impairment of USD 1.75 billion. As a result, Maersk Drilling posted a loss of USD 1.67 billion for third quarter 2017. Total revenue was down by 38% to USD 380 million, a fall from USD 733 million one year ago. The rig contractor is just one of three businesses - along with Maersk Oil and Maersk Tankers - that is being discontinued. In A.P. Moeller-Maersk's latest quarterly conference call, CEO Soren Skou declined to comment on news reports a few months back that suggested the firm was in talks with Rowan to sell its drilling business. Maersk Drilling operates a fleet of 23 rigs, comprising 15 jackups, four drillships and four semis.

08-Nov-2017

Someone was asking about IPC...
IPC signs up PV Drilling VI for Malaysia
VIETNAM/MALAYSIA: The contract for a charter of PV Drilling (PVD) jackup PVD VI for a drilling campaign with IPC (ex-Lundin) off Malaysia is understood to have now been signed, according to market sources.

The work scope covers two wells lasting between 60 and 90 days, including mobilisation and demobilisation time. Commencement is scheduled for December 2017, after the rig completes ongoing work with Premier Oil off Vietnam. The IPC scope will keep the rig occupied until around February 2018. PV Drilling VI will then return to Vietnam to undertake work with Rosneft. The latter campaign is scheduled for commencement in second quarter 2018. PVD VI is then free to pursue other opportunities, in particular offshore Vietnam.

reliable source on the exit plan? i heard they are already going to start the phase 2 nmb execution. main package to be awarded soon. or maybe they can just sell of the assets, wrap up and move back home.

Nine more Norse additions to Borr's jackup pantheon

SINGAPORE/INTERNATIONAL: Borr Drilling has named the nine jackups it acquired from PPL Shipyard after more Norse deities.
The first unit, to be delivered this month, will be called Galar (ex-Vastus, hull P2041). In 2018, Borr is set to take delivery of seven units: Gerd (ex-Perisai Pacific 102, hull P2043) in January, Gersemi (ex-Animus, hull 2045) in February, Grid (ex-Supremus, hull 2046) in April, Gunnlod (hull 2053) in June, Groa (ex-Perisai Pacific 103, hull 2049) in July, Gyme (hull 2047) in September and Natt (hull 2048) in October. Finally, in January 2019, PPL is set to hand over the ninth and final unit, Njord (ex-Iron V, hull 2052).
15-Nov-2017

Hess looks at other rig options for Malaysia HPHT campaign

MALAYSIA: It is understood Hess is reviewing its rig options related to a HPHT (high-pressure high-temperature) requirement on the North Malay Basin Full Field Development (FFD)'s Phase 1B drilling campaign, off Peninsular Malaysia.
Currently, Hess has jackup UMW Naga 8 on contract until May 2018, with a one-year option outstanding. It is understood the operator is looking at extending the rig's charter to cover the HPHT campaign. Hess had issued a market survey for a jackup to undertake the project. It has had plans to charter the rig under a two-year contract, commencing between 1 April and 30 June, 2018. The unit will cover a two part work scope, for three deep wells as Part 1, plus two separate campaigns of four and five wells each in Part 2. Hess's requests included a rig with usable leg below hull of 410 ft (125 m), 3,000 hp drawworks, three cranes, cantilever envelope of 15 by 60 ft (4.6 by 18.3 m), three mud pumps as well as accommodation for 150 people. Water depths in the area range between 60-70 m (196-230 ft).
15-Nov-2017
Petronas Carigali needs jackup for Business of Margin scope

MALAYSIA: Petronas Carigali plans to use the jackup it is seeking through an ongoing market survey for a development concept called Business of Margin (BoM) project offshore Peninsular Malaysia.
The BoM concept involves a development via surface or subsea wellhead in water depths of between 35-75 m (115-248 ft) with measured well depth of up to 3,000 m (9,842 ft), and downhole pressure and temperature of 5,000 psi and below 120 degree C, respectively. The rig for the subsea BoM project will be required to drill and complete, and re-entry for plug-and-abandonment (P&A). Rig utilisation will be short, excluding a four to six-month break between wells, with commencement in first quarter 2019.

The surface BoM scope will require the rig to be on standby for four to six months to support extended well testing for each well plus P&A thereafter. This campaign will occupy the rig for up to two years, including the standby period, commencing third quarter 2018. Both projects will involve the drilling and completing of three wells, known as BoM wells, lasting around 45 days each.
15-Nov-2017

By CPPB

China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau.

CPPB has a lot of cash. A lottttt.

But pay little salary. Kecewa.

I pernah tebiu last year with them for Contract Manager roles. Diorang punya salary offer makes me huhuhuhuhuhu

instead of declining which reduces your chances of getting hired, you can just say you will share once you're hired. Just say your current employer strictly prohibits your salary being reveal to others on your employment.

other rumour says the owner is looking at diversifying into downstream segment

Anyone got friends with structural engineering and offshore HUC background?
Kinda looking for my team.

Is it a norm in this industry that the client openly express their outrage towards their under performing contractor with insulting words openly via mail & cc to others for view?

I heard PBJV sudah bungkus. Any one can confirm?