Tullow Oil plc announces that the Zumba exploration well (6507/11-11) in licence area PL 591 in the Norwegian Sea has not encountered hydrocarbons and will now be plugged and abandoned. Tullow received permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill Zumba wildcat in May and the drilling sta
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 10/4-1 in the North Sea. Well 10/4-1 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 10/4-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 73
Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner Project located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Tenaris said it will be providing TenarisHydril Blue and TenarisHydril Wedge connections with Dopeless technology, together with a fu
PSE Kinsale Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has entered into a contract with Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Limited for the Ocean Guardian drilling rig to drill a well on the Midleton Prospect, in SEL 4/07, offshore Ireland. The Ocean Guardian is expected to drill the Midleton w
Noreco Norway AS announced that the drilling of the Haribo prospect in Norwegian licence PL616 in the North Sea has started. Noreco Norway holds a 20% interest in the licence. Edison Norge is operator with 25% interest, Concedo 20%, Lime Petroleum Norway 15%, North Energy has 15% and Skagen 44 5% in
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to extend use of Oseberg C platform, in the Norwegian North Sea, and associated pipelines till March 2031. According to the PSA, consent has been granted based on Statoil’s documentation of assessments which conclude that
Petrofac’s Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has secured contract renewals for operations and maintenance work worth approximately $400 million on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). According to Petrofac, the largest of these awards is for the provision of operations and maintenance teams f
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the ‘Maersk Guardian’ drilling rig to permanently plug subsea well 7/8-5 S, in the Norwegian North Sea. According to PSA, the work is expected to take around 18 days. ‘Mærsk Guardian’ is a jack-up drilling rig, owned
Between 16 and 20 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Norway (PSA) audited Statoil and Maersk Drilling regarding drilling operations at the Romeo and Julius exploration wells in southern part of the North Sea, using ‘Maersk Gallant’. The PSA says that the objective of the audit was to verify Statoil an
Ezion Holdings Limited has announced that Atlantic Marine Services B.V. (AMS) has dropped the lawsuit in the Singapore High Court against Ezion. Ezion said in the press release that AMS, a company managing Ezion’s liftboats in the North Sea, has agreed to release and discharge the company from all c
Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into a contract amendment for the provision of the Tender Support Vessel Borgsten Dolphin with Total E&P UK Ltd. The company has said that the amendment covers a revised contract period starting October 1, 2015 and continuing to J
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 378, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 35/12-5 S, in the Norwegian North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 15 km southwest of the Gjøa field in the Norwegian North Sea and 80 kilometres southwest of Florø, Norway. According
Saga Tankers has launched a mandatory takeover offer for the Oslo-listed Standard Drilling, a former drilling contractor, now an investment firm. The company owns 59.93 per cent of the total issued and outstanding shares of Standard Drilling, and is now looking to acquire the remaining shares. Saga
Swedish independent oil company Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the exploration well 16/4-9 S on the Luno II North prospect in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The Luno II discovery is located approximately 15 km south of the Edvard Grieg field. The well is located in PL359 and will explore the
