A/S Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use Transocean Barents to drill appraisal well 6305/8-2 at Ormen Lange field.
Ormen Lange is a gas field located in the Møre Basin in the southern section of the Norwegian Sea . The sea here varies from 800 metres to more than 1100 metres deep. This great water depth and the seabed conditions have made this a highly challenging development, requiring technological innovation.
Drilling is scheduled to start in August 2014.
Transocean Barents (formerly Aker Barents) is a 6th-generation semi-submersible drilling rig of the H-6e type. The rig was built at the Aker Stord yard in Norway and was completed in 2009.
Transocean Barents is owned and operated by Transocean Norway, from head offices in Stavanger.