Danish offshore contractor Maersk Drilling is looking to reduce well costs through digital collaboration with the American conglomerate General Electric (GE). Following the positive outcome of their pilot project, Maersk Drilling and GE have extended the scope of their digital partnership. The colla
Norwegian oil company Statoil has made a small gas discovery in the Blåmann well, between the Snøhvit and Goliat fields, in the Barents Sea off Norway. Statoil kicked off its offshore exploration campaign in the Barents Sea off Norway with the Blåmann well in May. Recoverable volumes are estimated a
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The well 7220/11-4 A will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig in production license 609. The license is operated by Lundin Norway with an owner
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract for one of its drillships with the French oil major Total. In its latest fleet status report on Thursday, Noble said that the 2013-built drillship Noble Globetrotter II has been contracted by Total to work in the Black Sea offshore Bulga
Fred. Olsen Energy, a Norwegian offshore drilling contractor, will sell its tender support vessel Borgsten Dolphin for decommissioning. The rig has been cold-stacked in Invergordon, Scotland after the early termination of its contract with Total in 2016. The oil company had hired the Borgsten Dolphi
Oil company Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and production testing of Alta appraisal well (Alta-4) in the southern Barents Sea, confirming very good reservoir properties. Lundin’s Norwegian unit, Lundin Norway, received a drilling permit to drill the Alta appraisal well in March and gain
Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has started drilling operations on the 53/6-A exploration well program offshore Ireland. The well is located in the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14, in the southern Porcupine Basin. The license is operated by Providence Resources (56%) on behalf
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received consent from the offshore watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Maersk Interceptor rig to drill two exploration wells in the North Sea. The two wells are designated 25/4-11 and 25/4-12 and are located in a prospect named Hyrokkin, north
Lundin Petroleum has hired the COSL Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig for one well offshore Norway. The contract is expected to start in March 2018. Lundin will have an option to extend the contract for eight more wells. “This is another fantastic news to give our organization. We are proud an
Sparrows Group, a specialist equipment and integrated engineering services provider, has been awarded a three-and-a-half-year extension to its inspection services contract for Stena Drilling’s fleet of drilling vessels. Sparrows said on Tuesday that the contract scope included carrying out LOLER lif
Norwegian oil major Statoil has received consent from the national offshore safety authority, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea using the Songa Enabler drilling rig. The exploration well labelled 7317/9-1, located in production license 718 in the
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for wellbore 7219/12-2 S in the Barents Sea off Norway. The NPD said on Friday that the wellbore 7219/12-2 S would be drilled from the Ocean Rig-owned Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig. The drilling program for the well
As the “lower for longer” outlook keeps getting longer, some rig owners are setting the scene for a major restructuring in the offshore drilling industry. By David Carter Shinn Within a reasonable timeframe, rig dayrates, especially for deepwater drilling rigs, won’t increase from current cash break
Offshore driller Pacific Drilling expects to report a drop in contract drilling revenue for the second quarter of the year, compared to the first quarter, when it releases its results in August. The company on Wednesday said that contract drilling revenue for the second quarter 2017 is expected to b
