Lundin Norway has completed the drilling of exploration well 7219/12-2 on the Hufsa prospect in PL533 in the southern Barents Sea. A non-commercial gas discovery was made in the main well while the sidetrack was dry. The wells were drilled about 20 kilometers west of the discovery well 7220/11-1 (Al
One of Transocean’s semi-submersible drilling rigs has been awarded a contract to drill production wells at the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.
Aker BP has entered into two separate alliance agreements, one with Maersk Drilling and Halliburton for jack-up rigs, and one with Odfjell Drilling and Halliburton for semi-submersible rigs.
OMV has received a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).
Spanish oil company Repsol is set to resume work on the Yme field in the North Sea offshore Norway, after years of delays at the project. The company has hired a drilling rig/production platform, and has ordered caisson support structure for the Yme New Development project. Danish driller Maersk Dri
Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found serious breaches during an audit of Rowan Norway and the mobile drilling unit Rowan Stavanger. The PSA said on Thursday that the audit, conducted from October 17-20, was directed at emergency preparedness and maintenance manag
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for an appraisal well at the Tune Statfjord prospect offshore Norway.
OMV Norge has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.
OOS Energy, has revealed a new design for a multi activity unit (MAU).
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to Aker BP to drill the 24/9-12 S North Sea exploration well using the Transocean Arctic rig. Aker BP is the operator for production license 340 in the North Sea. The company holds 65 percent interest while its p
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found eight non-conformities and two improvement points during an audit of the COSLPromoter drilling rig.
Some of them are walking dead, but old rigs aren’t coming back to get us.
Songa Offshore’s revenues dropped due to lack of contribution from two stacked rigs.
Baker Hughes’ international rig count for October 2017 was 951, up 20 from the 931 counted in September 2017, and up 31 from the 920 counted in October 2016. The international offshore rig count for October 2017 was 204, up 14 from the 190 counted in September 2017, and up 4 from the 200 counted [&h
