Prosafe will try to reinstate the tow for its flotel Safe Bristolia today after the towline snapped on Sunday leaving the flotel adrift in the UK North Sea. The vessel was on its way from England to Poland when it broke loose due to the heavy weather. The flotel currently has 33 people on board. Acc
Statoil, a Norwegian oil and gas company, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway using the Songa Delta rig. Statoil is the operator for production licences 272 and 035 and has received consent to drill explorati
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has found safety non-conformities on the Wintershall-operated Brage field situated east of Oseberg field in the northern part of the North Sea. The goal of the audit was to determine whether the operator, drilling contractor and well service companies are mee
Offshore Energy Today reported last week that an offshore worker had died after a heavy wave hit the COSL Innovator drilling rig offshore Norway. The worker has now been identified by his union, Industri Energi. Rune Morten Narvåg, aged 53, was killed by a giant wave that hit the rig operating for S
The article has been updated to include a statement by Prosafe One of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessels is running loose in the UK North Sea and Prosafe is trying to regain control of it after a towline connecting it to a tugboat snapped on Sunday. According to the Norwegian news webs
Dear readers, as you are probably aware by now 2015 has been one of the toughest years ever for the oil and gas industry, with oil prices reaching eleven year lows, thousands of workers laid off, hundreds of vessels stacked, and dozens of rigs scrapped. However, thanks to you, our readers, the year
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has decided to investigate a fatal incident that occurred on the COSL Pioneer drilling rig at the Troll field on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, when one person was killed and two others injured. As previously reported, a big wave hit the living quarters of the CO
Songa Endurance semi-submersible drilling rig has started drilling operations under its contract with Statoil in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The rig’s owner Songa Offshore broke the news on Thursday, saying that the rig “is now on operating rate”. The Songa Endurance is on an eight-year d
This year, the offshore oil and gas industry has had to come to terms with the worst downturn for more than a decade. With commodity prices plummeting to an eleven-year low in December, it is time to reflect on the year gone by and consider the outlook for the year to come, Douglas-Westwood, an ener
The Norwegian authorities have granted OMV, an integrated oil and gas company, their consent for drilling in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) granted a drilling permit to OMV for the well 7324/7-3 S located in the Barents Sea. In addition, OMV received cons
Lundin Petroleum has completed the Rolvsnes exploration well 16/1-25 S, in the North Sea offshore Norway, as an oil discovery. The well was spud in October 2015. It is located in PL338C south of the Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit to Total E&P Norge AS for well 1/5-5 in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The well, 1/5-5 will be drilled from the Maersk Gallant jack-up drilling rig. The drilling program for well 1/5-5 applies to drilling of a wildcat well in product
Amedeo Resources, an AIM quoted company investing primarily in the resources and energy sectors, has informed that the physical build of the jack-up rig Explorer 1 has been completed. The jack-up drilling rig, of the Le Tourneau Super 116E Class design, was Jiangsu Yangzijiang Offshore Engineering’s
KCA Deutag, a global drilling and engineering contractor, has sold its jack-up drilling unit, the Ben Loyal, to Egyptian-headquartered Advanced Energy Systems A.D.E.S. SAE for an undisclosed sum. According to the drilling contractor, the Ben Loyal had been continuously under contract in the Gulf of
