Asia Drilling & Completion News

Hoang Long Joint Operating Co. has extended by two weeks preparations for testing of the Te Giac Den appraisal well (TGD-2X) in the Cuu Long basin offshore Vietnam.

The new ultra-deepwater drillship West Gemini has started work for Total offshore Angola, reports Seadrill.

The semisubmersible drilling rig Hakuryu 5 is under tow from Singapore to East Kalimantan, where it is due to work for Salamander Energy in the Bontang PSC.

To meet the future worldwide demand for energy, investment of some $350 billion is estimated to be needed every year in upstream activity for the next 20 years, according to Andrew Gould, Schlumberger Chairman and CEO.

Chevron Australia has awarded Atwood Australian Waters Drilling an extension to an existing contract for the Atwood Eagle, with a new dayrate of around $390,000.

Coastal Energy has tied in its latest development well to the Bua Ban production facilities in the Gulf of Thailand.

Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore is on schedule to deliver the COSLPioneer semisubmersible drilling rig to China Oilfield Services Ltd.

Primeline Energy Holdings has completed its initial review of data from its recent LS35-3-1 exploration well in the East China Sea.

Intervention and remediation work is under way at the Tindalo-1 well in the Palawan basin, offshore Indonesia, reports Kairiki Energy.

Drilling contractor Songa Offshore has provided an update on the activities of its global rig fleet.

The jackup Trident IX shortly will spud the Dambus-1 exploration well in the Kutai PSC offshore Indonesia for operator Serica Energy.

Hoang Long Joint Operating Co. has discovered hydrocarbons in its latest appraisal well on the Te Giac Den prospect off southern Vietnam.

Development of the Chim Sáo field off southern Vietnam remains on schedule, according to Premier Oil.

Reliance Industries has notched a fourth successive gas discovery in the KG-DWN-2003/1 (D3) exploration block in India’s Krishna Godavari basin off eastern India.

Hoang Long Joint Operating Co., the operator of block 16-1 in the Cuu Long basin off southern Vietnam, has spudded its first well in the Te Giac Trang (TGT) development/appraisal drilling program.

Coastal Energy has completed its latest well on the Bua Ban field development in the Gulf of Thailand.

HB Rentals has provided two MWD support cabins to Halliburton’s directional drilling facilities operating onboard the Trident 9 for Pearl Energy Indonesia.

Reliance Industries has resumed drilling of the KGV-D3-W1 exploration well on the KG-DWN-2003/1 (D3) license in the Krishna Godavarai basin offshore eastern India.

Noble Corp. has signed contracts with STX Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. of South Korea and Huisman Equipment B.V. for construction of an ultra-deepwater dynamically positioned drillship.

Construction has started on the Sevan Driller II platform at the Cosco Shipyard in Oidong, China.

Serica Energy is lining up wells on two exploration prospects offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

ABB has won an order worth $20 million to provide complete power systems, drilling drive and propulsion systems for a new deepwater drilling rig to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) at its shipyard in South Korea.

Seadrill Ltd. says it has won a six-month extension on the semisubmersible drilling rig West Hercules from Husky Oil China Ltd.

Keppel FELS expects to deliver the KFELS B Class jackup rig West Callisto to Seadrill before the end of July.