traded as ose song industry offshore services founded oslo norway 2005 2005 headquarters limassol cyprus key people bj rnar iversen ceo mark bessell coo jan rune steinsland cfo stan stephen vp special projects ole petter landa vp qhse vidar skjelbred vp contract & asset management services offshore drilling website www.songaoffshore.com songa mercur songa delta as deepsea delta in 2006 songa offshore se is a norwegian cypriot offshore drilling contractor founded in 2005 with offices in cyprus stavanger oslo houston kuala lumpur aberdeen and singapore . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit songa offshore as was founded in january 2005 with the purchase of the two semisubmersibles mata redonda and la muralla . mata redonda was renamed songa venus and la muralla was renamed songa mercur . songa offshore was listed on the oslo stock exchange 26 january 2006 . in may 2009 songa offshore se was redomiciled to cyprus and it is registered in limassol cyprus . songa offshore bought the songa dee from stena offshore in june 2006 . after that songa trym 2006 and songa delta 2008 was bought from odfjell drilling . songa offshore se will after the delivery of the four new category d rigs delivered in 2015 from the dsme yard in korea be the largest semi submersible drilling contractor on the norwegian continental shelf ncs with seven drilling units in operation all to statoil . in 2013 the company changed out the management of the company and mr. bj rnar iversen became ceo of the company and the company went true a significant restructuring where mr. frederik wilhelm mohn became the majority shareholder . the restructuring of songa offshore se was elected by marine money conference to be the offshore restructuring deal of the year 2013 world wide . the company changed the strategy in 2013 to focus on the harsh environment north atlantic mid water market and sold the south east asia rigs songa mercur and songa venus to opus offshore in july 2014 . the company stands today out as a focused and leading player in the north atlantic drilling market . 1 operations edit songa offshore operates three semi submersibles with an additional four units on order . songa dee songa delta songa trym songa equinox cat d 1 delivered songa endurance cat d 2 delivered songa encourage cat d 3 delivered songa enabler cat d 4 under construction in 2014 songa offshore sold songa venus and songa mercur rigs to opus offshore as a part of the deal creating songa opus joint venture songa opus offshore drilling pte ltd sood that incorporates songa s international operations . 2 ordered cat d rigs will be delivered in 2015 . all of them being built by daewoo shipbuilding & marine engineering will are chartered by statoil . 3 4 these rigs are designed to drill at mature oil fields off norway . 5 6 references edit treloar stephen 2013 08 26 . songa slumps as delays funding hole dent prospects oslo mover . bloomberg . retrieved 2014 06 16 . marshall steve 2014 04 25 . songa sells pair of rigs . upstream online . nhst media group . subscription required . retrieved 2014 06 16 . bradbury john 2013 11 25 . songa offshore seeks new 2.5 bn refinance for cat d rigs . offshore.no . retrieved 2014 06 16 . songa and statoil facing wait for new cat d rigs . upstream online . nhst media group . 2014 05 28 . subscription required . retrieved 2014 06 16 . holter mikael 2012 11 15 . statoil s tailored oil rigs to help curb rising fees lobby says . bloomberg . retrieved 2014 06 16 . fouche gwladys 2011 07 05 . statoil orders 2 drilling rigs for 2.5 bln . reuters . retrieved 2014 06 16 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title songa offshore & oldid 697486285 categories drilling rig operatorscompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangesocietates europaeaehidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 30 december 2015 at 21 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view