BG Norge AS has received consent to carry out production drilling, completion and well testing on the Knarr field, with the Transocean Searcher rig.
The planned start-up is in June 2013 and the operation has an expected duration of 60-80 days.
Transocean Searcher is a semi-submersible rig of a Bingo 3000 design, built in 1983. The rig is owned by Transocean Offshore and received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) in December 2003.
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Press Release, May 13, 2013