280 results found for 'transocean barents'

280 results found for 'transocean barents'
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  • OMV Petrom continues its multi-well drilling program with Transocean rig in Black Sea

    11 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    OMV Petrom, Romania-headquartered affiliate of Austria’s OMV, has provided insight into its drilling plans in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, where several wells remain on the list to be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean.

  • Transocean rig trio staying longer in South America and Europe

    18 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Transocean, an offshore drilling giant, has lined up more work off the coasts of Brazil, Norway, and Romania for one of its drillships and two semi-submersible rigs.

  • North Sea yields fresh gas and condensate discovery

    19 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Harbour Energy Norge, a subsidiary of London-listed oil and gas company Harbour Energy, has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which was drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • Fresh Barents Sea oil find offers tie-in opportunity for Equinor

    30 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has made an oil discovery in the proximity of a field it operates in the Barents Sea using a rig owned by Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean.

  • All systems go for Equinor’s drilling ops with Transocean and COSL rigs

    13 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has secured the go-ahead from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be undertaken with semi-submersible rigs owned by Transocean and COSL Drilling Europe, two offshore drilling contractors.

  • Gas flows from Barents Sea field to Equinor’s LNG hub

    23 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has started production from a subsea field in the Barents Sea that is transported to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Melkøya island for processing.

  • Go-ahead for Norwegian giant’s oil & gas ops in Norway

    23 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s state-owned energy player Equinor has received the green light from Norwegian authorities for its planned activities in the Norwegian Sea.

  • More time for cleantech player on Odfjell-operated rig in Norwegian Sea

    13 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech has won contracts with OMV Norge, a compatriot subsidiary of Austria-headquartered oil and gas player OMV, and Northern Ocean Wind for drilling waste management on a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.

  • Moldova inks ‘historic’ Black Sea gas deal to bolster energy security

    8 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Moldova’s state-owned energy company Energocom has signed what it says is its first long-term gas purchase contract with Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom.

  • Duo looking to drill exploration well offshore Bulgaria by year-end

    31 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, have reached a decision to drill an exploration well in a block in the Bulgarian sector of the Black Sea.

  • Energy trip down memory lane: Offshore oil & gas discoveries to remember 2024 by

    1 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    While current indications firmly point out that oil and gas are here to stay for years to come, the same goes for decarbonization, which is expected to pick up more speed globally, including in the oil and gas arena, as Big Oil signs off on new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction endeavors alongside new hydrocarbon pursuits. Offshore Energy has made a collection of the most significant oil and gas finds that came to light last year.

  • WATCH: Transocean rig on its way to kick off 10-well drilling gig

    7 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    One of the semi-submersible rigs, owned by Transocean, is on the move to reach an offshore site where it will embark on a multi-well drilling campaign to unlock natural gas from a project in the Black Sea.

  • Transocean rig spuds first of ten gas wells in Black Sea drilling campaign

    25 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    OMV Petrom and Romgaz have started drilling the first gas production well in their multi-well program in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea with a semi-submersible rig, owned by Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling giant.

  • Step on the gas, pretty please

    1 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    Developments in 2024 hammered home the enduring nature of oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and the progress made in developing new ones and extending the lifetimes of older ones.

  • Shell to drill at Ormen Lange with ‘Transocean Barents’

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Transocean Barents to drill a production well at Ormen Lange, in the Norwegian Sea.  Ormen Lange is a gas field located in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Norske Shell AS (Shell) is the operator of the field, which came on […]

  • Norway: Transocean Barents Anchors at Jette Field

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Transocean Barents anchored up at the Jette field Friday May 4th, and has begun the first phase of drilling.  The first operation will be a observation well at Jette north. Drilling of the two planned production wells will be next. Transocean Barents will remain at the Jette Field until August. The Jette field is being […]

  • Transocean Barents to Spud Ormen Lange Well

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    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. 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 […]

  • Transocean Barents Gets AoC from PSA Norway

    22 November 2012

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the Transocean Barents semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • WATCH: Transocean rig preps to spin the drill bit on €4B gas project

    6 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    With preparations one of the semi-submersible rigs, owned by Transocean, is undergoing in Constanta drawing to a close, a start-up date for a long-term drilling campaign on a natural gas project in the Black Sea is fast approaching.

  • Det norske to Drill in PL 659 with ‘Transocean Barents’

    3 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7222/11-2 in production licence 659 in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Barents mobile drilling rig.   Drilling is planned to begin in December 2013, with a duration of 50 days, depending on whether a discovery is made. Transocean Barents (formerly Aker Barents) […]

  • Transocean Barents rig leaves Kvaerner’s Stord yard

    11 September 2014
    Equipment

    The Transocean Barents semi-submersible drilling rig yesterday leaves Kvaerner at Stord, having completed the five year classification and the planned upgrade and modification work more than one week ahead of schedule.

  • Canada: Suncor probed over Transocean Barents rig spill

    16 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Canadian oil company Suncor is being investigated over an oil spill from the Transocean Barents rig.

  • Shell gets nod to use ‘Transocean Barents’ at Ormen Lange

    8 August 2014

    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 […]

  • OMV Norge to use Transocean Barents in PL 537 ops

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted OMV Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7324/7-2, in the Barents Sea. Well 7324/7-2 will be drilled from the Transocean Barents drilling rig at position 73°29` 27.09″ north and 24°14´ 2.56″ east. The drilling programme for well 7324/7-2 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in […]

  • Norway: Det Norske to Use Transocean Barents for Jette Drilling

    27 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given approval to Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) to use the Transocean Barents offshore drilling rig on the Jette field. Jette is a oil and gas field in the southern part of the North Sea, 180 kilometres west of Haugesund. A Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for […]