Statoil has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Songa Enabler rig for drilling a production well at its Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. Snøhvit is a Statoil-operated gas field in the Barents Sea northwest of Hammerfest. The field wa
The international offshore rig count for February 2017 was down both sequentially and year over year, which is the third time in a row, according to Baker Hughes’ monthly rig count reports. The report by the oilfield services provider shows that the international offshore rig count for February 2017
Lundin Norway has started appraisal drilling on the Edvard Grieg field and the Gohta discovery, offshore Norway. The oil company informed on Monday that the appraisal well 16/1-27 in PL338 on the Edvard Grieg field in the North Sea is being drilled on the southwestern flank of the field by the semi-
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to drill an exploration well off Norway with the Transocean Arctic semi-submersible rig. PSA said on Thursday the consent was for the exploration well 24/9-11S and a potential sidet
Repsol Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Spanish oil company Repsol, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea with the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. Repsol Norge is the operator for production license 705 in the Norwegian Sea w
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea. The well 6507/3-12 A will be drilled with the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig, which is owned and operated by Odfjell Drilling. The drilling program for well 6507/
Norwegian project engineering company Semco Maritime has completed the upgrade project on the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig. Semco said on Tuesday that the rig left the company’s yard at Hanøytangen on Friday, February 24. The rig has been in the yard since September 2016. After var
Offshore driller Ensco returned to profit during the fourth quarter of 2016 versus a net loss in the prior-year quarter as its revenues declined due to lower rig utilization. The driller on Monday reported net profit attributable to Ensco of $39 million for the fourth quarter 2016, compared to a los
Activists from Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Germany are today, February 27, 2017, protesting near a drilling rig, which is working for Statoil, in a fjord in northern Norway. According to a Monday statement by the environmental organization, the activists – in kayaks near the rig – are peacefull
Golden Close Maritime Corp., the owner of the Deep Sea Metro I drillship, is working to restructure debt, as it looks at a long term financing solution amid the challenging offshore oil and gas market. The company has suffered from the reduction in business activity and rates as there is a reduced d
Offshore driller Songa Offshore expects its Songa Enabler drilling rig to resume drilling operations soon, following a suspension by Statoil. Songa Offshore on October 31, 2016, received a notification from Statoil for suspension of Songa Enabler and on December 29, 2016, the rig went on 75% suspens
Lundin Norway, operator of production license 533, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7219/12-1 and appraisal well 7219/12-1 A, in the Barents Sea. The well proved oil and gas. The company gained a drilling permit for the wildcat in September 2016 and for the appraisal in January 2017. The p
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract for a jack-up rig from ExxonMobil in Canada. In its fleet status report on Thursday, Noble reported that the 2013-built jack-up drilling rig Noble Regina Allen has been hired for a 22-well plug and abandonment (P&A) program,
Offshore driller Ocean Rig has received a contract termination for one of its drilling rigs and reached an agreement in a dispute over contract termination for another drilling rig. In its 4Q 2016 report on Wednesday, Ocean Rig said it has reached an agreement with ConocoPhillips to terminate the co
